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Q12543 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:I wonder how much we can expect Towns to improve as a rebounder. Can he get to 15 some year? Or is rebounding something that doesn't tend to improve that much?

He will probably improve a bit as he gets stronger, but typically rebounding is one of the things that doesn't change much over a career. The other issue with KAT is that he is going to exert a lot of effort on offense and play more on the perimeter as his 3-point shot comes around, so I don't see him being the type of guy that can just go all-out on the glass and put up huge numbers.

Carlos Danger wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:I wonder how much we can expect Towns to improve as a rebounder. Can he get to 15 some year? Or is rebounding something that doesn't tend to improve that much?

He will probably improve a bit as he gets stronger, but typically rebounding is one of the things that doesn't change much over a career. The other issue with KAT is that he is going to exert a lot of effort on offense and play more on the perimeter as his 3-point shot comes around, so I don't see him being the type of guy that can just go all-out on the glass and put up huge numbers.

I generally agree with that. But can somebody please explain to me how Thad Young suddenly turned into Shaq this year? I'm serious. Friggin guy is averaging 9.2 boards this year. He averaged 5.1 last year with us. How does that happen?

Q12543 wrote:

Carlos Danger wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:I wonder how much we can expect Towns to improve as a rebounder. Can he get to 15 some year? Or is rebounding something that doesn't tend to improve that much?

He will probably improve a bit as he gets stronger, but typically rebounding is one of the things that doesn't change much over a career. The other issue with KAT is that he is going to exert a lot of effort on offense and play more on the perimeter as his 3-point shot comes around, so I don't see him being the type of guy that can just go all-out on the glass and put up huge numbers.

I generally agree with that. But can somebody please explain to me how Thad Young suddenly turned into Shaq this year? I'm serious. Friggin guy is averaging 9.2 boards this year. He averaged 5.1 last year with us. How does that happen?

I have no clue, that is without question a classic outlier situation. His D-Reb % has spiked up considerably - easily a career high. It's also a classic case of a veteran that came to Minnesota and performed worse here than both his prior team or next team. I'm surprised he didn't also become a dead-eye 3-point shooter with Brooklyn....

Q12543 wrote:

Carlos Danger wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:I wonder how much we can expect Towns to improve as a rebounder. Can he get to 15 some year? Or is rebounding something that doesn't tend to improve that much?

He will probably improve a bit as he gets stronger, but typically rebounding is one of the things that doesn't change much over a career. The other issue with KAT is that he is going to exert a lot of effort on offense and play more on the perimeter as his 3-point shot comes around, so I don't see him being the type of guy that can just go all-out on the glass and put up huge numbers.

I generally agree with that. But can somebody please explain to me how Thad Young suddenly turned into Shaq this year? I'm serious. Friggin guy is averaging 9.2 boards this year. He averaged 5.1 last year with us. How does that happen?

I have no clue, that is without question a classic outlier situation. His D-Reb % has spiked up considerably - easily a career high. It's also a classic case of a veteran that came to Minnesota and performed worse here than both his prior team or next team. I'm surprised he didn't also become a dead-eye 3-point shooter with Brooklyn....

AbeVigodaLive wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

Carlos Danger wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:I wonder how much we can expect Towns to improve as a rebounder. Can he get to 15 some year? Or is rebounding something that doesn't tend to improve that much?

He will probably improve a bit as he gets stronger, but typically rebounding is one of the things that doesn't change much over a career. The other issue with KAT is that he is going to exert a lot of effort on offense and play more on the perimeter as his 3-point shot comes around, so I don't see him being the type of guy that can just go all-out on the glass and put up huge numbers.

I generally agree with that. But can somebody please explain to me how Thad Young suddenly turned into Shaq this year? I'm serious. Friggin guy is averaging 9.2 boards this year. He averaged 5.1 last year with us. How does that happen?

I have no clue, that is without question a classic outlier situation. His D-Reb % has spiked up considerably - easily a career high. It's also a classic case of a veteran that came to Minnesota and performed worse here than both his prior team or next team. I'm surprised he didn't also become a dead-eye 3-point shooter with Brooklyn....

If it makes you feel any better, Chase Budinger and Sebastian Telfair didn't exactly thrive after leaving MN...

Carlos Danger wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

Carlos Danger wrote:

Q12543 wrote:

CoolBreeze44 wrote:I wonder how much we can expect Towns to improve as a rebounder. Can he get to 15 some year? Or is rebounding something that doesn't tend to improve that much?

He will probably improve a bit as he gets stronger, but typically rebounding is one of the things that doesn't change much over a career. The other issue with KAT is that he is going to exert a lot of effort on offense and play more on the perimeter as his 3-point shot comes around, so I don't see him being the type of guy that can just go all-out on the glass and put up huge numbers.

I generally agree with that. But can somebody please explain to me how Thad Young suddenly turned into Shaq this year? I'm serious. Friggin guy is averaging 9.2 boards this year. He averaged 5.1 last year with us. How does that happen?

I have no clue, that is without question a classic outlier situation. His D-Reb % has spiked up considerably - easily a career high. It's also a classic case of a veteran that came to Minnesota and performed worse here than both his prior team or next team. I'm surprised he didn't also become a dead-eye 3-point shooter with Brooklyn....

Yep. I was thinking the same thing. I just hoping someone could pin-point something I'm missing. Then we could apply that principle to our current team and everyone would come back next year with double their career rebound rates. We'd be unstoppable.