Official Utah/Minnesota/Philadelphia Pick Watch

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I don’t disagree with needing a strong rebounder, but Walker is a mediocre rebounder?

Maybe mediocre was strong, but I dont think he is a great rebounder. He might have good overall impact on the team rebounding, but individually he is pretty mediocre for his size/position.

Like I dont think you cant be a good rebounding team with WK getting 30 mpg as a starter, but he isnt going to carry your team's rebounding without other strong rebounders (especially strong out of area rebounders) next to him.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

For reference, WK's defensive rebounding percentage according to BBall Reference is 24.4%

Rudy Gobert's lowest % was 27.2 and his highest was 36.3

 

[SoberasHotRod]

For reference, WK's defensive rebounding percentage according to BBall Reference is 24.4%

Rudy Gobert's lowest % was 27.2 and his highest was 36.3

I think Kessler is a good rebounder, but not great. He does a good job of boxing out, but isn't strong enough to hold his position some times and doesn't have the crazy length of Gobert to rebound over everyone. I'm sure he'll get much better, but would agree with your general premise that you need to surround him with better rebounders than we surrounded Gobert with.

 

[infection]

Maybe mediocre was strong, but I dont think he is a great rebounder. He might have good overall impact on the team rebounding, but individually he is pretty mediocre for his size/position.

Like I dont think you cant be a good rebounding team with WK getting 30 mpg as a starter, but he isnt going to carry your team's rebounding without other strong rebounders (especially strong out of area rebounders) next to him.

For reference, WK's defensive rebounding percentage according to BBall Reference is 24.4%

Rudy Gobert's lowest % was 27.2 and his highest was 36.3

Per statmuse.com, mean rebounding percentage for centers this year is 16.8%. He’s 19.1%. It would help to have the standard deviation, but of those who qualify on minutes, there are only 7 guys in the entire league with a higher % (Adams, Jonas V, Sabonis, Gobert, Portis, Zubac, Nurkic).

A better question is, who’s a “strong rebounder” we can bring in and why isn’t said rebounder on this list?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Per statmuse.com, mean rebounding percentage for centers this year is 16.8%. He’s 19.1%. It would help to have the standard deviation, but of those who qualify on minutes, there are only 7 guys in the entire league with a higher % (Adams, Jonas V, Sabonis, Robert, Portis, Zubac, Nurkic).

Interesting, personally I'd rather look at DRB% because overall I would say it's more important.

I think Walker has a pretty high level ORB% which is boosting his TRB% a bit.

According to BBALL reference he is 33rd in TRB% this year, not 8th. He doesnt even qualify for the leader board though (based on minutes I guess).

 

[Bodhi]

LOL, that was a swing an miss to call WK a mediocre rebounder. He's 16th in the league per36 in total rebounds. 11th on ORB.

Also..........he's a rookie. We just say a lot of stuff on this board.........

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Walker's DRB% is 47th among all players.

I would assume he's pretty close to qualifying for the minutes threshold though, so if he got his minutes boosted a bit, he would be closer to the 20th if he kept the same pace with more minutes.

 

[Elizah Huge]

LOL, that was a swing an miss to call WK a mediocre rebounder. He's 16th in the league per36 in total rebounds. 11th on ORB.

Also..........he's a rookie. We just say a lot of stuff on this board.........

Confirmation bias against players you said would bust but haven’t lol.

 

[Bodhi]

 

[HermanG]

Per statmuse.com, mean rebounding percentage for centers this year is 16.8%. He’s 19.1%. It would help to have the standard deviation, but of those who qualify on minutes, there are only 7 guys in the entire league with a higher % (Adams, Jonas V, Sabonis, Gobert, Portis, Zubac, Nurkic).

A better question is, who’s a “strong rebounder” we can bring in and why isn’t said rebounder on this list?

That list has one huge credibility problem. Capela is not on it.

 

[HermanG]

Walker's DRB% is 47th among all players.

I would assume he's pretty close to qualifying for the minutes threshold though, so if he got his minutes boosted a bit, he would be closer to the 20th if he kept the same pace with more minutes.

His per 36 is 12.4 which is 1.1 lower than Gobert and he ranks between Giannis (12.5) and Zubac (12.2) and above guys like Jokic, Vucevic, Bam etc.

However there is one important reason to downplay his numbers a bit. He plays way more against 2nd stringers than those top guys.

Still, its objectively great numbers for a rookie.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

His per 36 is 12.4 which is 1.1 lower than Gobert and he ranks between Giannis (12.5) and Zubac (12.2) and above guys like Jokic, Vucevic, Bam etc.

However there is one important reason to downplay his numbers a bit. He plays way more against 2nd stringers than those top guys.

Still, its objectively great numbers for a rookie.

Yeah, per game isnt as good as a number as % though.

And I wouldnt say it's a 1st vs 2nd stringer thing more than it is an energy thing. If you are playing 20 mpg you should have way more energy to go out and really battle for rebounds vs when you are a starter.