I am all about challenging convention when it comes to basketball and an article I found the other day made me think twice about a coaching cliché that’s as old as basketball itself.
That cliché? The longer the shot, the longer the rebound.
It makes sense on first glance as a deeper shot means more arc and more arc should make for a more emphatic bounce when the shot hits the rim. Many coaches who love launching as many threes as possible point to this adage to support their strategy, maintaining that shooting more threes will result in more offensive rebounds.