Seems like Asik's rebounding...

Yes, I look up the box score and he inevitable has about 5 to 6 rebounds in the first quarter only to end up with 12-13 by game end. Part of it has to do with playing big minutes in the first quarter (12 min several times) and part has to do with the soft Patterson at PF.

 

He is a pretty big guy I think the pace of the game does effect him.

 

Yep, he gets tired and less energetic on the boards.

Although this last game against the Lakers is not a great example of that, as he only played 24 minutes due to foul trouble, and then didn't even play in the fourth quarter if I'm not mistaken.

 

he got fouls..

 

He didn't play as long in the second half. Smithsanity was in full effect.

 

Yeah, that tends to happen when you have other big people hanging off of you all game.

 

by the 2nd Q opposing coaches start yelling at their players to box him out

 

http://www.nba.com/advancedstats/pl...201213;season=r;splitType=period;splitValue=1

Code:

[B]quarter   mpg    reb%[/B]
1st       9.5    23.0%
2nd       7.8    19.9%
3rd       8.1    24.6%
4th       7.0    14.8%
Total    32.8    20.8%

 

Great find.

Absolutely shows a trend of starting out strong in the first quarter, getting tired in the second, rested in the third from the halftime break, and then tired again by the fourth.

 

Question: What about his minutes distribution though? Did we take that into consideration.

 

Yes, that's why he looked at rebound percentages (percentage of available rebounds) instead of total rebounds, since those would vary based on MPG.

 

Well that's somewhat encouraging if I'm not missing something. Tells me if he can get his conditioning/endurance up he could dominate the boards even more than he already is. Still room to improve....

 

It doesnt help if he hardly plays in the 4th.

 

Oh thanks for the clarification. Interesting well yeah likely conditioning problems then.

 

No problem. It's not surprising that Asik is hitting a sort of conditioning "wall" in the second and fourth quarters. This is the first time he's playing consistent starter's minutes in the NBA.

I wouldn't stress too much if he seems slow or tired at times. He's a young guy playing his butt off, and the conditioning will catch up in time.

 

I dont think it's fair to look it as a downward trend, more like he starts very high and levels out. If he kept up the pace he'd average an insane 18 boards a game. I'll gladly take the 12-13 at his size.