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NBA rookie of the year
Re: Who are your top 10 rebounders in NBA History?
Originally Posted by DatAsh
Oscar Robertson seems like an odd choice here.
Robertson was a great rebounding guard.
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NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: Who are your top 10 rebounders in NBA History?
Originally Posted by ThaRegul8r
Howard's still active, so he has yet to hit his decline phase
Looks like he may have hit his decline phase if he doesn't improve on this season.
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Re: Who are your top 10 rebounders in NBA History?
Originally Posted by ThaRegul8r
You're welcome. Looking at career leaders:
NBA & Career Leaders for Total Rebound Pct
Rank Player TRB%
1. Dennis Rodman 23.44
2. Dwight Howard 20.86
3. Moses Malone 19.83
4. Larry Smith 19.30
5. Marcus Camby 19.18
6. Dikembe Mutombo 19.10
NBA Career Leaders for Block Pct
Rank Player BLK%
1. Shawn Bradley 7.83
2. Theo Ratliff 7.19
3. Mark Eaton 6.92
4. Alonzo Mourning 6.57
5. Dikembe Mutombo 6.28
Mutombo's the only player to rank that high on both lists. Howard's still active, so he has yet to hit his decline phase while Mutombo's got a whole career in the books, so we don't know how he's going to end up, and Camby's still active, so he could still drop behind Mutombo, but Mutombo's still in the top six for both rebound rate and block percentage for a career since '73-74.
But I don't think people realize that since the league has been officially recording the stats, Mutombo's been the best at combining rebounding and shot-blocking. So since you brought him up, that provided an opportunity to give him some props.
And it's crazy to think that the rebounding % and block % of his career are lower than they should be because he played until he was 80.
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Local High School Star
Re: Who are your top 10 rebounders in NBA History?
Originally Posted by senelcoolidge
Robertson was a great rebounding guard.
Sure, but we're talking about the best in history. For some perspective, his rebounding rates are somewhere in between Kobe's and Jordan's.
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NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
Re: Who are your top 10 rebounders in NBA History?
Originally Posted by ProfessorMurder
And it's crazy to think that the rebounding % and block % of his career are lower than they should be because he played until he was 80.
Not sure his % went down much? He still was putting up numbers in less minutes.
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Re: Who are your top 10 rebounders in NBA History?
Originally Posted by Xiao Yao You
Not sure his % went down much? He still was putting up numbers in less minutes.
Yeah you're right. It probably didn't hurt much because his per 36 minute stats were about the same, while only playing about 15mpg in his Houston years.
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College superstar
Re: Who are your top 10 rebounders in NBA History?
Originally Posted by ProfessorMurder
And it's crazy to think that the rebounding % and block % of his career are lower than they should be because he played until he was 80.
same with camby
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Re: Who are your top 10 rebounders in NBA History?
Originally Posted by ThaRegul8r
You're welcome. Looking at career leaders:
NBA & Career Leaders for Total Rebound Pct
Rank Player TRB%
1. Dennis Rodman 23.44
2. Dwight Howard 20.86
3. Moses Malone 19.83
4. Larry Smith 19.30
5. Marcus Camby 19.18
6. Dikembe Mutombo 19.10
NBA Career Leaders for Block Pct
Rank Player BLK%
1. Shawn Bradley 7.83
2. Theo Ratliff 7.19
3. Mark Eaton 6.92
4. Alonzo Mourning 6.57
5. Dikembe Mutombo 6.28
Mutombo's the only player to rank that high on both lists. Howard's still active, so he has yet to hit his decline phase while Mutombo's got a whole career in the books, so we don't know how he's going to end up, and Camby's still active, so he could still drop behind Mutombo, but Mutombo's still in the top six for both rebound rate and block percentage for a career since '73-74.
But I don't think people realize that since the league has been officially recording the stats, Mutombo's been the best at combining rebounding and shot-blocking. So since you brought him up, that provided an opportunity to give him some props.
Mutombo was underrated to me. He was also the best protector of the paint as well. He had a larger range covered than any other post 80's shot blocker as well, even more so than Eaton.
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