The best rebounders add about 1 point per 100 possessions to team point differential. Now that I've got the adjusted four factors going, it's pretty easy to see this.
Recall that O4 and D4 are the rebounding components of A4PM, defined as:
Here is the 2.5 year list (players > 3000 possessions played):
Total Adjusted Rebounding Point Differential
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According to this, the best rebounder is Kevin Love, who adds 1.16 points per 100 possessions to team point differential through his rebounding alone. Unfortunately, Kevin Love's total A4PM is -0.03, which suggests the rest of his game offsets his rebounding. But if you are in an argument on the internet, and just want to talk about the good parts of Kevin Love, feel free to bandy about this stat. It should be noted how high up on the list Ryan Anderson is, actually above Dwight Howard. That's interesting. And it probably isn't easily explained as a regression issue where he's just drawing away some of Dwight Howard's value, because Brandon Bass is way down on the list at #194 with (-0.15).
The Warriors have had rebounding issues for a long, long time. You can see why here:
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Isn't David Lee supposed to be a great rebounder and Ekpe Udoh a terrible one? Well, not according to this. At any rate, you can see that the lineups the Warriors put out most of the time are so bad on rebounding, that it really can make a difference. For example, the starting unit of Curry/Ellis/Wright/Lee/Biedrins is -2.02. That's just awful and difficult to offset. And the funny thing is that we brought in Lee specifically to help improve it.
What is "position" ? I assumed it's an algorithm to assign position with 1 as PG and 5 as center. But seeing "4.5" for Earl Boykins makes no sense. I don't think he could even handle playing center with Kindergarten kids.
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