Rebounding is a problem. On some plays, it’s the single most important thing you can do. One rebound can become a legend or decide a championship. Yet, over the course of a season, it’s the least important individual stat in the box score. Some very smart people have taken this problem apart in different ways, but there still isn’t an easy way to understand the value of one of the game’s most fundamental individual skills.
Henry Abbott, Dave Berri, and Alex Konkel each looked at whether teams should chase offensive rebounds at the expense of transition defense, with a summary from Abbott.