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Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:43 pm I missed the game tonight, but I’m not surprised by the result. Nice to have Jaden back, but I noticed he had only 3 rebounds in 27 minutes. He’s averaging 2.2 rebounds so far this season and 3.8 in his career. At some point, we have to acknowledge those low rebounding numbers are not acceptable at the SF position, especially from a player with a nearly 9’0 standing reach. He doesn’t have to run the offense, bring the ball up, or be a ball-dominate scorer. He just has to continue playing stellar defense, hit open perimeter shots , and rebound. So far, he’s been doing two of those three. He has to do all three.

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:09 pm

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:43 pm I missed the game tonight, but I’m not surprised by the result. Nice to have Jaden back, but I noticed he had only 3 rebounds in 27 minutes. He’s averaging 2.2 rebounds so far this season and 3.8 in his career. At some point, we have to acknowledge those low rebounding numbers are not acceptable at the SF position, especially from a player with a nearly 9’0 standing reach. He doesn’t have to run the offense, bring the ball up, or be a ball-dominate scorer. He just has to continue playing stellar defense, hit open perimeter shots , and rebound. So far, he’s been doing two of those three. He has to do all three.

Lip Jaden isn't a good rebounder but you bring this point up quite often without acknowledging he's a perimeter defender. He simply isn't going to check the other teams' highest usage perimeter player and compile big rebound numbers. It's not going to happen. It's especially not going to happen when he's playing with (2) 7-footers, at least one of which is always under the basket. With these factors and the fact he's not physically strong enough to win a lot of rebound battles, his rebound numbers are never going to be even average. He's not comparable to your typical small forward who can get rebounds coming in from the weak side.

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:12 pm

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:09 pm

Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 10:43 pm I missed the game tonight, but I’m not surprised by the result. Nice to have Jaden back, but I noticed he had only 3 rebounds in 27 minutes. He’s averaging 2.2 rebounds so far this season and 3.8 in his career. At some point, we have to acknowledge those low rebounding numbers are not acceptable at the SF position, especially from a player with a nearly 9’0 standing reach. He doesn’t have to run the offense, bring the ball up, or be a ball-dominate scorer. He just has to continue playing stellar defense, hit open perimeter shots , and rebound. So far, he’s been doing two of those three. He has to do all three.

Lip Jaden isn't a good rebounder but you bring this point up quite often without acknowledging he's a perimeter defender. He simply isn't going to check the other teams' highest usage perimeter player and compile big rebound numbers. It's not going to happen. It's especially not going to happen when he's playing with (2) 7-footers, at least one of which is always under the basket. With these factors and the fact he's not physically strong enough to win a lot of rebound battles, his rebound numbers are never going to be even average. He's not comparable to your typical small forward who can get rebounds coming in from the weak side.

I’ve acknowledged Jaden’s great defense far more than I’ve brought up his poor rebounding. I’ll just say there have been a lot of great perimeter defenders who also rebounded much better than Jaden. They’re not mutually exclusive.