He’s never going to be compared to a Wilt Chamberlain or a Dennis Rodman or any other great rebounder from the NBA past — size, bulk and a lack of ink and piercings make sure of that — but there’s just something of late that’s turned Kyle Lowry into some monster board-crasher.
Whether it’s his sixth sense for where a shot may go, a switching Raptors defence that makes him an interior defender far more often than normal or just a ferocity for 50-50 balls, Lowry’s rebounding is at an all-time high.
He set a career high for rebounds in a game with 13 against Atlanta on Saturday, he’s had six double-figure rebounding games in Toronto’s first 19 games of the season and it’s added another dimension to the team.