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[QUOTE="NineOneSeven, post: 5398607, member: 871"]
Agree it’s hard to get the ball down the court on fast breaks if you aren’t completing the defensive possession by rebounding but I’d gladly give up some rebounding to be more efficient elsewhere.

One thing this past year’s team was actually [I]decent[/I] at was rebounding, which is ironic considering it was our worst team in 5 decades, and even some of our better teams would be frustrating to watch clear the rebounds (from zone).

We certainly weren’t an elite rebounding team but we finished the season out rebounding opponents (+4pg I think) and had around a top 50 rebounding rate.

The problem is, from numbers I saw…we were 291(!) in defensive efficiency. And 168 in offensive efficiency. If the opponent wasn’t scoring first shot attempt sure we’d get the rebound and we were okay at clearing our own bricks inside.

Point being— rebounding didn’t necessarily translate to wins when there were clear bigger issues on both sides of the ball.
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