Posted by OldFan:
Posted by efw:
We're one of the best rebounding teams in the league. We need help in other areas more.
I think you're misreading the statistics. We're an excellent OFFENSE rebounding team - only an average defensive rebounding team, typical of teams that have athletic guys but are not very good at boxing out and don't pay as much attention as they should to getting back on defense.
During the Ewing, Oak era -we were never a very good offensive rebounding team but did an excellent job on the defensive glass - which usually goes along with playing good defense.
I don't think that it matters. A rebound is a rebound. Theoretically, if you have more rebounds, than you have more opportunities to score the ball. We have those opportunities. We blow them for other reasons - turnovers, shot-selection, bad offensive execution. In addition, if an opponent rebounds less than us but then scores more points of those rebounds, than rebound statistics don't matter. In this case, we need more defense - shot blocking, perimeter D, etc.
Bottom line, if we're already one of the better teams in rebounding, why add to that category when there are more pressing needs?
