Interesting Stats From The Other Bigs

[Gary]

Okay, this took a bit of doing. I am sure of course that you will greatly appreicate the effort. Below are the names of every player who has averaged 10+ rebounds a game in a season (even if only 1 season) this millenium (since the 00-01 season). Next to their names are their rebs/gm as a frosh, minutes as a frosh, and then rebs/40min rate (so they can be compared more accurately).


Shaq 12.0reb/28.2min 17.0/40min
Dampier 8.7reb/23.4min 14.9/40min
A. McDyess 8.1reb/23.7min = 13.7/40min
Randolph 6.7reb/19.8min 13.5/40min
Fortson 7.6reb/23.4min 13.0/40min
Duncan 9.6reb/30.2min = 12.7/40min
Ku. Thomas 1.1reb/3.5min 12.6/40min (5.4reb/16.5min as soph = 13.1/40-min)
C. Webber 10.0reb/31.9min 12.5/40min
Brand 7.3reb/23.5min 12.4/40min
Murphy 9.9reb/33.0min 12.0/40min
Okafor 9.0reb/30.0min = 12.0/40min
T.Hill 8.4reb/28.4min 11.8/40min
Camby 6.4reb/21.9min = 11.7/40min
B. Grant 8.5reb/29.1min 11.7/40min
Mutumbo 3.3reb/11.3min = 11.7/40min (as a soph, DNP as frosh)
Bosh 9.0reb/31.0min = 11.6/40min
Magloire 4.4reb/15.7min 11.2/40min
Odom 9.4reb/34.9min 10.8/40min
Boozer 6.3reb/23.7min = 10.6/40min
Ke.Thomas 7.8reb/29.7min 10.5/40min
Lee 4.7reb/18.0min = 10.4/40min
D. Marshall 6.1reb/26.9min 9.1/40min
S. Hawes 6.4/28.9min = 8.8/40min (8.3 pace adjusted)
A. Davis 1.8reb/8.6min = 8.4/40min (6.5reb/30.2min as soph = 8.6/40min)

B. Miller ?reb/17.9min (could not find rebs)
Marion = ? (community college)
Wallace = ? (community college)
Garnett (did not play in college)
Chandler (did not play in college)
Howard (did not play in college)
Jefferson (did not play in college)
Ming (did not play in college)
J.Oneal (did not play in college)


So there you have it. Of all the guys who have averaged 10rebs/gm in the NBA in the last 7 years, Hawes had better frosh stats than exactly 1 -- Antonio Davis who was not ready, did not play, was undersized, ended up having to go play in Europe for a year (or was it two) jsut to get into the NBA, averaged 10+ rebs exactly one time in his career (and just barely at 10.1) and has a career average of 7.5 rebs/gm. The only other guy remotely in his vicinity is Donyell Marshall, who guys of course long to be compared to, and is a tweener forward. Rebounding is like any other aptitude, you normally show it early and then its just refining.

Did David Lee qualify? I know last year he only played in someting like 50-60 games. In college he averaged somethign like 6.8

 

[Bricklayer]

Did David Lee qualify? I know last year he only played in someting like 50-60 games. In college he averaged somethign like 6.8

Lee's there near the bottom a couple above Marshall. Bottom of the 10.5 pack with 4.7/18.0 = 10.4/40. Found his stats here:
http://www.gatorzone.com/basketball/men/media/2004/pdf/36.pdf

 

[Bricklayer]

^Brad Miller averaged 4.8 rebounds in 17.9 minutes, so 10.7 per 40.

Thanks for putting all that together. And yikes it's scary.

I am most receptive to arguments that a) he may have been slowed somewhat by early illness. Taht sounds excusey, but I've had mono, and it does knock your socks off. That would still make him a weak rebounder, but maybe not as weak as he showed; and b) that he's a bit feisty/competitive, and maybe he can go Agent Zero on us and say "I'll show you!'. Of course that might still only mean 9 reb/gm. But I'm not going to be disappointed with anything over 8 from him. Just do the Big Z and get enough to justify keeping you on the floor so we can use that post game.