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I was curious because the knee-jerk reaction is to say Wilt or Russell

this is from the 1960-61 season:



if you go by league average FG's vs FGA's, the average was that teams missed 64 shots a game...meaning, theoretically, there were 128 rebounds/game available. Wilt's 27.2 rebound average would put him around a 21.3 TR rate

obviously, that 128 number is inflated. I watched back then and I remember live rims. A good number of missed shots simply bounced over the backboard or out of bounds. And of course, there were lots of fouls and some of those were committed on rebounding which back then would negate the live rebound. if you anecdotally adjust for that (115 missed shots?), it 'might' puts Wilt's rebound rate in the 23-24% range

there's an offset though for rebounds on missed FT's. Now those were the days of 3 chances to make 2 so there weren't as many cheap missed-FT rebounds available. But there were some
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I'm not sure if the lack of surrounding size and talent is a valid factor. Maybe. But I know that rebounding was a definite focus back then and Wilt's team played 33 of 79 games against Boston (Russell averaged 24), St Louis (Pettit averaged 20), and LAL (Baylor averaged 20). Wilt played against Russell 13 times. Drummond has played in an era when the big man role has evolved to the point that many big men hang out around the three point line. IIRC the key was smaller back then so bigs were able to station themselves in 'easier' rebound position (not sure which way that points)

Drummond has had the advantage that the only thing he's really been asked to do is rebound and rim protect. Wilt was asked to that too, but he was also asked to score (a lot) and pass. Wilt was dominant on offense and defense. He was dominant on the glass and in the paint. I think Drummond probably only checks one of those boxes

so sure, Wilt's era may be a factor but so might Drummond's.

 

no doubt...and his case is a strong one

one factor: looking at his rebound rates, he's really been padding that rate over the last 3 seasons as his minutes average has fallen well under 20 minutes. Pretty easy to inflate rebound rates when you're mostly a backup playing limited minutes

Drummond averaged 13 minutes and 17 minutes at 29 & 30. Wilt averaged 47 & 46 minutes at the same ages

 

one game

 

Well as long as he averages 3.5 points a game, he’ll do it THIS season. HA!
Hate all you want….21/6/6 at age 19…….. 26/8/7 at age 39………..

 

He’s such a fucking tool.

 

He's playing the heel so well. Vince McMahon would be proud.

 

I tend to think about player value more than anything else. How much would a team be willing to give up for Ant Edwards? A lot. A whole lot. That is all that matters.

 

67 hours and 2 minutes ‘til the first game of the season Celtics vs Nuggets! Fuck baseball…..all is right in the world!!!!

 

Good friend of mine I used to work with at HBO Boxing just produced a documentary on Vince and the history of WWE is it? People should check it out. I’m not a wrestling guy, but assumed a bunch on here are.

 

Who is doing the pooping scene stunts for that documentary? that is must see tv

 

My hunch is, his value is a whole lot less than people assume. Edwards is a massive ball hog with questionable shot selection, and is super disrespectful to the game, both current and past. I think teams would be wary about giving up a lot to build around those qualities. It's different with Minnesota, where they're already committed to him.

 

My hunch is that your hunch is wrong.