Minnesota misses a LOT of shots

[OldSkoolball#52]

No wonder Love gets so many rebounds.


I don't like to call 'stat padding' unless I'm actually seeing it with my own eyes.


I'm seeing it with my own eyes.

[Dr. Ice]

he only has 3 offensive rebounds...he'd still have double digit rebounds regardless

[JimmyMcAdocious]

You're right. Love is stat padding by forcing his teammates to miss a lot of shots.

[InspiredLebowski]

You're right. Love is stat padding by forcing his teammates to miss a lot of shots.

how dare he try to rebound missed shots! so selfish!

seriously, this shit again?

[Brook(lyn)Lopez]

Happens when Ricky Rubio is your starting point guard.
He might be the worst starting scoring point guard right now. It's between him and whoever the Jazz decide to start.
(obviously he can't shoot, but he's under 50% at the rim for his career, terrible)

[k0kakw0rld]

No wonder Love gets so many rebounds.


I don't like to call 'stat padding' unless I'm actually seeing it with my own eyes.


I'm seeing it with my own eyes.

are you for real?

[OldSkoolball#52]

how dare he try to rebound missed shots! so selfish!

seriously, this shit again?

I'm not blaming HIM for it. Maybe you'd prefer I simply say "inflated stats"??


Point is, this dude is not someone who clearly beasts rebounds or is a superior rebounding player like a Barkley or a Rodman.

This dude has so many rebounds that just seem to bounce over to him. Minnesota shoots a terrible percentage yet is like 3rd in the league in scoring... because they lead the league in turnovers and shoot a lot of foul shots. They have so many opportunities to just get 'default' rebounds. Same kind Chris Kaman used to get on bad Clipper teams. And defensively Love is VERY soft, whoever he's guarding puts up a lot of shots. Even though a lot get made on him, it also allows him to be in position to grab the ones that are missed.


I'm jsut saying.... people need to stop with "Kevin Love MVP, 14 rbs per game!!!!"


He's not that valuable.

[Qwyjibo]

"Did someone say miss shots?"

[Inactive]

The Timberwolves have shot .443. League average is .447. If they missed literally 5 fewer FGA this season, they'd be average. They're averaging 89 FGA per game, league average is 83. He's averaging 11 defensive rebounds per game. He grabs 21% of all available rebounds; very close to Dwight (21.7), and DeAndre Jordan (21.3).

[Brook(lyn)Lopez]

Love misses the easy ones.

[OldSkoolball#52]

LOL i swear, every possession they have its like they miss 3 or 4 shots and keep getting long rebounds and then finally score.


Unless the buzzer sounds first

[Eric Cartman]

ironic that love missed the last one

[FireDavidKahn]

No wonder Love gets so many rebounds.


I don't like to call 'stat padding' unless I'm actually seeing it with my own eyes.


I'm seeing it with my own eyes.

I don't think you understand what percentage actually means.

[OldSkoolball#52]

I don't think you understand what percentage actually means.

per - indicating a ratio between two values

cent - latin representation of one hundred

age - suffix indicating a process or action



hammertime -

[chazzy]

The Timberwolves have shot .443. League average is .447. If they missed literally 5 fewer FGA this season, they'd be average. They're averaging 89 FGA per game, league average is 83. He's averaging 11 defensive rebounds per game. He grabs 21% of all available rebounds; very close to Dwight (21.7), and DeAndre Jordan (21.3).

Aand there you have it.