Because to me, as someone watching the game and picking apart systems, context matters more than trying to qualify a player based on a single variable. I stick 2 bigs in the low post and a 2 in the high post and make the 1 just run to the corner, like you had when the Lakers running the triangle, vs a system like Houston's where the 2-4 are always camping the 3 line and the 1 is supposed to penetrate, I expect the 1 in the triangle to get fewer rebounds. If I have my 1 run with an elite rebounder like in those examples I gave you, vs Beverly running with his unit, I expect Beverly to get more rebounds. If my 1 is playing with scrubs, like Beverly did most of the season, I expect him to get more rebounds. I also wasn't quantifying anything which is why I'm not giving you a hard number which is what you're asking for. To me not playing enough games means he's still been taking on garbage time duties, he's still a rook and he's still not on the scouting report - all these are factors independent of sample size that skew your data. You can make a stat out of anything and it can still be useless regardless of sample size. If you want to give Conley the same number of possessions as Beverly, knowing there are 5 guys, 1 rebound per possession, Conley has Z-Bo dominating the boards and Beverly had Greg Smith (Cole Aldrich earlier on) doing whatever it is that they did, making their # of possessions equal doesn't make that stat any more meaningful
Dragic and Kendall Marshall proved my point last night. They used Jeremy as their plaything. Not so much with Beverley.
Are you not impressed by Barea's rebounding? Those really quick guards with focus and great vision get a lot of rebounds.
Beverly is Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!! In as much as he seems to have forgotten how to score during the last two games! Also McHale is unbelievable in as much as he keeps playing Beverly while we have a much better player named Brooks, sitting on the bench. The management should wake up and notice the poor control by their Coach of the Rockets talent , after all we are in the game to WIN!! Y
His effort is great but he usually runs a small ball lineup with 4's and 5's that average 3 rebounds a game. If he was running with Love or Pekovic, he wouldn't be near the top of that list. More reason why that list is BS.
Interesting that McHale has given Bev free reign to go for offensive boards. It'll be interesting to see when McHale begins to curtail that in favor of getting back on D.
I look forward to seeing AB play. Hope we would have accumulated enough lead so McHale feels comfortable playing him more in the fourth quarter. I still don't think McHale would play him before Beverley.
The Unbelievable Beverley is now believable. He has dropped back down to earth. We really need to consider playing Brooks when Lin and Beverley are sucking which looks to be happening more often now.
He didn't have to score to be affective. He did every thing else. Pass, rebound, block and most important, he played defense.
Beverley shot 0-2, 0-2, 0-4 in the last three games. Seems to fit what you describe as Lin's problems--missing shots and refusing to take open shots. And he has surely consistently done this in the last three games. I like Beverley and I am only pointing out some facts.
LMAO ... Rockets are falling off the playoff race, sad but true, unless our Head Coach gets a major dose of coaching IQ. Hold players accountable for mistakes; don't give them PT, and go deeper into the bench. Let's try Brooks and Ohlbrecht please, even a little more of Smith. Let's post up DMo more please, and PGs, please take more shots to keep the defense honest and off Harden.
Beverley has looked awful lately...he's a backup PG, probably always will be. Solid defender and has a nice 3 point stroke at times. Move along, nothing more to see here
