So, who is going to rebound?

[JCSunsfan]

No Shaq. No Marion. Amare doesn't. Hill can't. Lopez never has. Frye doesn't like the contact. Clark, who knows.

 

[Roca Dolla]

steve nash

 

[devilalum]

Amare will probably average more this year just because there's nobody else to do it.

 

[Covert Rain]

Amare will probably average more this year just because there's nobody else to do it.

Seriously doubt that fact alone will all of the sudden make Amare a 18 rebound per game player.

 

[green machine]

Amare will probably average more this year just because there's nobody else to do it.

That's how Shawn Marion did it for years and everybody loved him for it.

 

[HooverDam]

Seriously doubt that fact alone will all of the sudden make Amare a 18 rebound per game player.

He didn't say, imply, infer or anything else that in any way. Amare's averaged 8.9 rebounds for his career, his best season was 9.6. Its reasonable to think with less competition from his own team this year that Amare might end up getting 10+ a game.

Not that him alone grabbing 10 will really mean much, this team is going to be atrocious defensively and on the boards this year.

 

[BC867]

That's how Shawn Marion did it for years and everybody loved him for it.

Not everybody.

The Matrix was an opportunity rebounder. Right place, right time . . . enough to put up good numbers.

Put him in a one-on-one rebounding situation and he never matched the performance inferred by his stats. In actuality, he was not a force as the team rebounding leader.

And that's what you'd expect from a 6'7" Small Forward playing Power Forward next to a Power Forward playing Center.

Yup, here we go again.

 

[devilalum]

He didn't say, imply, infer or anything else that in any way. Amare's averaged 8.9 rebounds for his career, his best season was 9.6. Its reasonable to think with less competition from his own team this year that Amare might end up getting 10+ a game.

Not that him alone grabbing 10 will really mean much, this team is going to be atrocious defensively and on the boards this year.

That's right. Even on the worst teams somebody gets the rebounds. Amare is probably the best of the lot.

 

[Mainstreet]

I'm expecting Amundson to grab more rebounds this season although he is only part of the answer. The Suns will have to rebound by committee.

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

My predictions:

Amare: 10
Frye: 8
Hill: 6
JRich: 4
Nash: 2

Lou: 6
Lopez: 4
Dudley: 4-5

 

[BC867]

My predictions:

Amare: 10
Frye: 8
Hill: 6
JRich: 4
Nash: 2

Lou: 6
Lopez: 4
Dudley: 4-5

Last season, the Suns with Shaq averaged 41.7 rebounds per game. Your prediction totals 44-45 this season with no legitimate starting Center on the roster.

That might be their average in those games where we do outrebound our opponent. But, for an average of the whole season, it sounds high.

As Mainstreet posted, "The Suns will have to rebound by committee." To me that means we will not have one dominating rebounder on the floor at any time.

We might do OK when we can . . . but not when we need to.

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

Good call BC, I was hoping my numbers were rational but we definitely arent going to outrebound last years team numbers. I think my bench stats are too high, most of them wont get the play time to achieve those #s

 

[AzStevenCal]

...but we definitely arent going to outrebound last years team numbers. #s

We're going to play faster, shoot quicker and encourage quick shots from our opponents all of which will likely increase the number of rebounds available. Also, it will make for more hustle boards and fewer contested/congested rebounds which makes both Frye and Amare more effective IMO. We're absolutely going to killed down low on rebounds but our overall numbers may not go down at all.

Steve

 

[Griffin]

Our rebounding totals have been pretty consistent the past four seasons, at around 41 a game, whether Shaq was here or not. But with Shaq, at least for awhile we started to limit the offensive rebounds we used to give up. I don't know how we will keep teams off the boards this year. I guess it will be up to Frye or Clark or whoever happens to be on the floor next to Amare, cause I wouldn't count on Amare to grab those. Maybe someone will finally learn the art of boxing out...

 

[dodie53]

Amare will average a double-double for sure

 

[boisesuns]

Other teams will rebound pretty well this season.

 

[Covert Rain]

He didn't say, imply, infer or anything else that in any way. Amare's averaged 8.9 rebounds for his career, his best season was 9.6. Its reasonable to think with less competition from his own team this year that Amare might end up getting 10+ a game.

Not that him alone grabbing 10 will really mean much, this team is going to be atrocious defensively and on the boards this year.

I think your missing my point. Just because you have crappy rebounders surrounding Amare doesn't automatically mean Amare will get more rebounds either. It could simply mean that the other team gets more rebounds.

Point being your not going to see a significant spike in Amare's rebounds.

 

[FArting]

Amare will average a double-double for sure

 

[elindholm]

Total team rebounds are a nearly meaningless statistic. You have to look at rebound percentages.

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

Other teams will rebound pretty well this season.

+1

 

[Tyler]

The only rebound i care about with the Suns is rebounding back into the playoffs. Then we can go from there.

 

[Covert Rain]

The only rebound i care about with the Suns is rebounding back into the playoffs. Then we can go from there.

Yeah because rebounding into a 1st round exit again would prove we are back on track.

 

[jandaman]

Total team rebounds are a nearly meaningless statistic. You have to look at rebound percentages.

Yup.

A team can average 50 rebounds a game, but if the opponent averages 55 then its redundant.

A great rebounding team has ratio of 60/40 of total rebounds obtained in a game. And especially during the last quarter and key moments.