NBA Rumors: Can Erick Dampier Solve Phoenix Suns’ Rebounding Woes?

October 8th, 2010 by Jess Root Leave a reply »
Say what you want about Amare Stoudemire and his lack of rebounding. He averaged almost nine a game in his career in Phoenix.

Now he is gone and so are those rebounds. Who is taking his place? Hedo Turkoglu, who has averaged half the rebounds as Stoudemire in his career (4.3), and Hakim Warrick, who in his career has averaged the same amount.

Based on career statistics, the two best rebounders are Grant Hill (6.5 RPG) and Jason Richardson (5.3 RPG), but they play on the wings. This isn’t exactly where you want your best rebounding. Their starting center, Robin Lopez, averages 3.3 RPG in his career.

For a team like the Suns that thrives on running and scoring, its success requires rebounding from the center and power forward positions. This allows the wing players to release and run.

The Mike D’Antoni Suns struggled as a team with rebounding but had great offensive success because they got double digit rebounding from Shawn Marion and near double digit rebounding from Stoudemire.

Last season, the Suns offense was less about the fast break and more about open shots. As the team has gotten more athletic and versat ...

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