05-22-2023, 02:58 PM
In a more general sense, I'd also argue that rebounding is becoming less and less of an emphasis in modern team-building, and with pretty good reason, logically. The game is becoming so skill based that what you need to win seems very, very simple: You need to create more quality, open shots on offense than you allow your opponent to create.
If you subscribe to that basic tenet, and I do, then a guy like Kleber, who is a real threat as a catch-and-shoot guy, pulling opposing defenders OUT of the paint so that penetration is easy and more effective, while simultaneously being a plus defender in a variety of situations, is like gold.
If you subscribe to that basic tenet, and I do, then a guy like Kleber, who is a real threat as a catch-and-shoot guy, pulling opposing defenders OUT of the paint so that penetration is easy and more effective, while simultaneously being a plus defender in a variety of situations, is like gold.