floppymoose wrote:Down near the bottom of the player stats pages at 82games.com, they have team rebounding % numbers for on/off court for that player. I use that to evaluate rebounding, rather than raw rebound totals. As you point out, sometimes a player is helping the team rebound even though he doesn't get the board himself.
Cliff Robinson used to be the king of this. The guy would get 4 boards a game from the PF spot, and everyone would say his rebounding sucked. But the team rebounded better when he played. If you watched him he would just seal off the other team's best rebounder and let one of our guards run in and grab the ball.
cliff robinson was one of the most underrated players in my lifetime. i loved him as a player. he never got the recognition he deserved. he was great defender and did all the little things to help teams win. and of course was nasty from the corners.
