05-22-2023, 06:33 PM
(05-22-2023, 05:38 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Hmm, fairly aggressively insulting, but I guess that’s what passes for discourse around here these days.
My counter would be, I suppose, that if the Mavs were truly so bad in rebounding, perhaps a “me-first” sort of rebounder like Wood isn’t the answer. Perhaps he is part of the problem, rather than the solution.
I’ll just say again: I don’t immediately assume that players who compile piles of rebounds are all that helpful in the aim to win modern basketball games. In fact, my bias almost has me leaning the other way.
Your Jokic example is a good one, because he has the ball inside pretty often, so he’s not JUST a big guy out there thinking “go get ball”…to that point, neither is Wood, and count me in the camp that believes he got less than a totally fair opportunity here, but you can’t deny that the league-wide opinion of him seems to flow in one direction, damn near exclusively.
The problem with the Mavs isn’t rebounding - it’s their inability to force opponents to create rebound opportunities by missing shots. One of those things seems infinitely more important than the other to me, but what do I know? I’m just ignorant.
Sorry, I meant the front office, not you. We are horrible at rebounding, yet they're letting our best rebounder walk because Kidd can't coach.
You make a good point about lowering opponent fg% to get more rebound opportunities. That is a problem, but doesn't negate the horrible rebounding% we have with the opportunities that come. We're also 30th in rebounding%.
Given a defensive rebound changes possession and initiates the fast break, you can't look at it in a bubble. Yes, gone are the days of lumbering bigs who sit under the basket, but what is important is rebounding at all 5 positions. We are awful at 4 positions. There's a reason all modern MVP candidates are great rebounders because it's baked in their game.
This is why I don't want Turner on this roster. Dude is a terrible rebounder for his position.
Jarrett Allen is really perfect for this roster, especially if lightning strikes and we don't let Wood walk.
IMO, our biggest holes in rebounding is at SF. Even DFS wasn't great, but THJ and Bullock are abysmal. Someone like Tari Eason would be ideal.