Why doesn't he rebound? Sometimes I look at his box, like today, and it's something like 34 minutes, 25 points, 2 rebounds. 34 minutes, 2 rebounds? c'mon now.
He got 12 yesterday because he didn't have Tyson Chandler or Antonio Davis doing the work for him. Eddy would be a better rebounder on a different team, and the Bulls do consistently outrebound their competition, but it's a shame he gets so few boards.
but an athletic 7 footer? you'd ideally like to see 8 boards a game at least... granted i don't get to see him play much. but there are a bunch of 18 point 3 rebound games. which i feel is rather weak.
Curry is a very good low-post offensive player, an average defender, and a very poor rebounder. That's just the type of player he is. His problem with rebounding is that he doesn't jump on the boards. It's simple as that.
Isn't funny how 8 boards for Curry is pretty good or what he should do, but 8 boards for Yao is under par? LOL!
i dunno... i'd expect more than eight from Yao... but yao give you more than eight. i would say that curry is farther away from expectations than yao is, because you'd expect yao to be a better rebounder. taller... and not lazy.
I'm talking about perception amongst the fans. I'm quite happy with 8 rebounds a night from him, but many fans expect much more. That's what I'm talking about. Curry's expectations obviously are lower.
Why do people still make such linear connections between height and rebounding? To me that is one of the highest levels of naïveté. Only folks who do not understand basketball do or think like that. Sorry.
ooh... umlaut and the accent mark niiice. plot height against rebound from earl boykins to yao ming. if the correlation coefficient is not CLEARLY statistically significant. then i'll agree i have a high level of naivete. anyway what's kind of funny here is that i'm in no way trying to take down yao, who is clearly my favorite player. it's kind of like when you're playing ball and two guys go up for the rebound and you just wanna yell "same team same team"
The expectations should be based around minutes per game, and the amount of availible rebounds. Like I said, ANYBODY (7-foot Curry especially) playing 34 minutes and getting two rebounds is pathetic -- but the impact isn't as bad when the team (as the Bulls did tonight) significantly out-rebounds their opponent.
Eddy just doesn't hustle on the boards or make a real effort to jump when he's rebounding. He doesn't really box out either, and his anticipation is poor. Really, he's just not a very good rebounder. It doesn't come naturally to him, and he doesn't have any hustle in him.
Curry picks and chooses when he plays with energy, and it's lopsided towards one end of the court. He smacks of a guy that doesn't care, and if this is what he's giving in a HUGE contract year, well, buyer beware. It's going to be worse than when Zach Randolph got his cash. Evan
For starters, Curry is a poor rebounder. Also, the difference in height between the two is the same difference in height between Curry and say, Cuttino Mobley. If you have the size, rebounding is about positioning, timing and desire. For a 7-foot-6 guy like Yao who has the skills he does, 10 boards a night shouldn't be unrealistic.
Yao doesnt care about stats. And that hurts his rebounding numbers. There are probably about 2-3 rebounds each night he could have if he just snatched them, but if a teammate is around he almost NEVER snatches it away from a teammate if they are both equally close to the ball. Watch for this! The good rebounders NEVER give up boards, even to their own teammates!!! Watch Sura, he always rips it away from anyone around him and that's why his rebounding numbers are so high.
Good point Deuce. I watched a recent episode of "NBA Fastbreak" & GAnthony pointed that fact out. He stated that on many occassions Yao will simply shield his defender & allow Sura to grab the board. Anthony said Garnett would have grabbed it & padded his stats. He wasn't being critical of Yao, just pointing out some things those who go by the boxscore only will miss.
one game last year, ball hits the rim and starts rolling out of bound. yao spreads his arms to shield defender from picking it up and lets it go out of bound for a rockets possession. commentator (maybe bill walton): "obviously yao has yet to learn the concept of the stats pad. c'mon that's a rebound waiting to happen."
Unlike Sura, Yao's a come-to rather than a go-get rebounder. He gets the rebounds that come to his area, but he doesn't necessarily try to anticipate where it's coming down like a Rodman or the like. If a ball was equally close to both Yao and Sura, I'd pick Sura getting to it faster, just because he reacts quicker. Nothing to do with desire.
