Success! Rebounding Improves

by Tom Ziller on Mar 10, 2010 10:18 AM PST in Numbers

Since we bludgeoned the Spencer Hawes-Carl Landry and Spencer Hawes-Jason Thompson lines in terms of rebounding anti-prowess in Sunday's Oklahoma City game, we feel a duty to update on how things went in Portland.

These are each big man duo's defensive rebounds, defensive rebound opportunities and defensive rebound percentages.

Hawes-Landry       20-27, 74%
Thompson-May        7-8, 88%
Thompson-Landry    3-6, 50%
Hawes-Thompson    1-1, 100%

Lineups featuring Hawes and Landry together did much better than on Sunday, grabbing 20 of 27 potential defensive rebounds, just about a league average figure. Lineups featuring Thompson and Landry together were less good (1-4 in the first half, 2-2 in the second). The late third-early fourth lineup featuring Thompson and Sean May was fantastic on the defensive boards, with seven rebounds in eight opportunities. Hawes and Thompson barely played together, but their lineup did grab its single defensive rebound opp.

Let's add this to Sunday's lineup to see what we're working with.


Hawes-Landry        33-50, 66%
Thompson-Landry  16-24, 67%
Thompson-May         7-8, 88%
Hawes-Thompson      2-6, 33%

Basically, the Landry lineups flipped from this game. Obviously, as Landry is an integral part of the team going forward, this needs further investigation. As time allows, I'll look back at Landry's tenure here, and keep tabs going forward.

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I’m enjoying the in-depth look into the Kings rebounding. Very nice work.

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by Exhibit G on Mar 10, 2010 10:36 AM PST reply actions

Hurray small sample size!

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by jjham15 on Mar 10, 2010 11:48 AM PST reply actions 2 recs

hah!

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by lietothegirls on Mar 10, 2010 11:53 AM PST up reply actions

That's what she said.

by thekangarooster on Mar 10, 2010 12:46 PM PST up reply actions

Keep up the good work of tracking the rebounds for these guys.

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by Slam_Dunk on Mar 10, 2010 12:01 PM PST reply actions

Problem solved!

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by otis29 on Mar 10, 2010 12:35 PM PST reply actions

or not

I was encouraged by a lot of things last night especially rebounding, it’s really interesting to see what they are doing on the boards. Props where props are do. Thanks TZ.

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by Bluejohn on Mar 10, 2010 1:30 PM PST up reply actions

Is it just me or is May improving on all fronts

Rebounding, shooting, defending… The guy is showing that he deserves to play. I am pretty surprised by that…

by MustangMBS on Mar 10, 2010 3:03 PM PST reply actions

Funny thing about May

He’s only 25, and he’s played less minutes in the NBA than Spencer Hawes, Jason Thompson or Tyreke Evans. The guy was as skilled a player as there was coming out of his draft, but the weight issues really derailed his career. Theoretically, he’s very early into his development cycle as an NBA player.

Here’s hoping he keeps improving and keeps the weight off. I’d like to see what he can do if he’s given consistent minutes over time to develop.

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by otis29 on Mar 10, 2010 3:08 PM PST up reply actions

Interesting

I probably appreciate the defensive rebounding effort the most and hope that he is given more minutes. He also has a sweet stroke on his shot and is hitting some clutch shots.

Interesting thoughts on development. As old as he is it seems like he may not develop much, but you make a very good point. He hasn’t really played much… Definitely hoping for the best because at 25 he is definitely young enough to stay on a building team.

by MustangMBS on Mar 10, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions

I doubt the Kings will keep him on longer than this year

But if they signed him to a very cheap contract for a few years as big man insurance, I wouldn’t be upset. He’s a good teammate and a decent player.

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by Aykis16 on Mar 10, 2010 3:48 PM PST up reply actions

I love that he tries to take charges

He’s a big guy so if you can’t block shots, take the charge. I don’t know who’s more automatic on the perimeter, him or Landry. Its funny because Hawes biggest attributes are shooting and passing. He’s the 3rd best big man shooter on a 21 win team!

by elSAVinator on Mar 10, 2010 4:59 PM PST up reply actions