We lose games on rebounds way too often for a team that still starts 2 bigs, and I always wonder why. I went on the NBA site player stats and filtered it down to just starting guards per 100 possessions to adjust for pace, and neither Mitchell or Garland were even in the top 50. They weren’t even top 50 for JUST offensive or JUST defensive rebounds either. I then went a step further and made it JUST starting guards in the East, both are still outside the top 50. What the fuck do we do?
Yeah but every team probably does that because the modern NBA is all about pushing the pace. However, tip ins are still a thing you see from modern bigs. Just look at what Jokic, Wemby and AD have done in just the first two games.