Originally Posted by oldfan
The lack of offensive rebounding my have been by design but not just for getting good defense on the other side of the court.
One of the changes this year was that Cunningham who was extremely foul prone was much less so this year and there was no one who could even come close to replacing him if he was out of the line up. AG as a way to minimize Cunningham's fouls might have told him to avoid crashing the offensive glass. Since on offense the defender is usually between you and the basket the chance of going over or through the defender to get the ball is more likely to result in a foul on the offensive player than on the defensive side of the court.
Given the size of the other two forward position AG might have figured their chances of getting an offensive rebound were slim given again that they would usually need to go over much taller players or through in the case of DD much stronger players. Better they get set and play good half court defense than to chase the unlikely offensive rebound.
Of course the bigger problem was that the team never really got the knack of playing good half court defense. But that is a different issue.
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Maybe on Cunningham, but for everyone else, rebounding is grit and desire even at the offensive end. I think you're got to accept a foul or 2 throughout the course of a game as the cost of 5-7 extra possessions, plus the pressure it puts on the other team. Most teams lollygagged after rebounds when we shot instead of having to exert energy.
