He who controls the rebound controls the game. Even Warriors, the 3pt team, is still one of the top rebounding team.
Remember the 2013-14 LA Lakers? Me either, but they shot .381 from 3pt land that year, which was 3rd behind San Antonio and Dallas (Both made the playoffs) however the Lakers finished 27-55 which was 2nd the last in the West, and 7th worst overall. These same lakers were out rebounded by 8 rebounds a game that year. So, I think I'll go with a rebounding team, please.
93-95 Rockets were at the bottom of the league in rebounding so there's that. I say no TOs trumps all!
See my thread in the GARM regarding the Rockets being 9th in the league for points per shot, despite 26th in the league in 3pt%. Combine that with the fact we shoot the most 3s in the NBA, if we also were even top 5 in %, what would that do?
Consider this... GS is a MUCH better 3PT team than a rebounding team. They're currently ranked #1, shooting 43.3% while #2 is at 40.0%. The difference in that discrepancy (3.3%) is same as #2 to #7. They do rebound well, currently #6, but it's safe to say 3PTs help them more than rebounds. Here's a link for lazy posters, such as myself Does PPS account for FTs? When you hear, "____ scored ____ points on ____ amount of shots", free throws aren't always mentioned.
I thought it counted AND-1s, but maybe not. Regardless, looks like we are #11 in PPP, which does count FTs. We would probably be #9 in PPP, if it weren't for the fact we weren't 24th in FT%
Surprising. Hakeem's fadeaways limited his offensive rebounding, but it's still surprising we were that bad a rebounding team. What FT ranking would net us 11th in PPP?
PPS is usually calculated simply as PTS/FGA, which means any made free throws drive up PPS, and there is no penalty for missing free throws. For example, someone that was 0/2 from the field and 4/12 from the free throw line (obviously an extreme example) would have 2.0 PPS. If we assume those 12 FTA came on 6 possessions, then they would have 0.5 PPP.
Get me a 25 year list of the #1 team in each of these categories. 75 team list. Let me know when it's done.
