Obi gets a lot of shit for his rebounding numbers. Could they be better? Sure. But everyone fails to recognize that he is essentially utilized like a deep ball wide receiver where he leaks out on the break the majority of the time rather than going for boards. This works out great when the Pacers grab the rebound but not so great when they fail to. He averaged 7.5 reb in college so the potential is there to grab more and would like to see him be a bit more strategic with leaking out vs boxing out.
It’s not just rebounding though is it, it’s his lack of screen assists, his pathetically bad ‘contested shots’ percentages. His 30% 3p%. Let’s be honest folks, if all he can do is run up the court very fast… He just doesn’t need to be on it.