Now comes the application to our season last year. Though not championship by any stretch, we got into the Utah state record book twice last year. Both of these were in the rebounding category. Against Milford in our season opener, we had 57 rebounds as a team. 25 of these rebounds were offensive. We had 3 players get 10 or more rebounds and our entire starting 5 had at least 7. Initial thoughts was that we were playing against St. Mary's school for the vertically Challenged. Milford's Center was a very skilled 6'7 and though not a huge guard line, their front court was as big, if not bigger than the one we put on the floor.
In a similar game later against Maple Mountain, we tallied 53. We had 7 games of 45 rebounds or more and averaged 35. We as a team averaged 12 offensive rebounds per game.
Great Coaching, right? Actually, as much as I would like to take responsibility for this, we never once worked on rebounding. And this is not to say that my assistant coaches who
I took some time and began to look at the triangle and found that this definitely e


To the Right, the ball is in the hands of the point. There is a strongside double screen, however if the ball is shot, there is a %33 chance that it will go left, right and middle. Again, with the ball at the top, most defenses will be toward the ball, between their man and the ball. If the ball is shot, the weakside post player and strongside post player need only to step in and box out their defender for a rebound seeing as they are already naturally between their defender and the basket. Adding those percentages, you will make roughly %40 of those shots. of the %60 left you will have a 2/3 chance of getting the rebound on the miss. This raises your percentage of getting a basket or the ball back to %80. This percentage, obviously idealistic, is pretty impressive.
I have this diagrammed in all situations, however suffice it to say, positioning in your offense needs to be taken into consideration. There is a reason that Dennis Rodman led the league in rebounding at 6'9. Yes he pursued the ball and yes he was physical, however the Bulls would play him on the weakside in the triangle which, I learned last year, is the optimal spot for offensive rebounding. Now with the Lakers and their length, within the triangl, you are picking your poison as an opposing teams defense. Not so much Kobe or Pau, but Even if Kobe shoots a high volume of shots, there is built in rebounding spots that are being filled by Gasol and Bynum who simply have to keep the ball high and finish.
With that in mind I would like to say, I am not a Lakers fan at all. In fact my cross to bear has been my love of the Denver Nuggets. But, I still do not see how the Miami Thrice has been able to create a group that will rival the Size WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE SYSTEM that the Lakers Possess.
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