On a sublimely talented Nets team, defensive rebounding is one of their biggest shortcomings. When they’re healthy, it might be their Achilles heel.
Outside observers see it as a roster issue, a personnel problem. From the inside of the Nets organization, some attribute it to tactics, others to temperament.
But they all agree it’s holding the Nets back from being a true championship contender. In the 1980s, then-Lakers coach Pat Riley famously proclaimed: “No rebounds, no rings.” Almost four decades later, the warning holds true for the Nets, statistically the worst rebounding team in the entire NBA.
The Nets are dead-last in the league in rebound percentage (47.2), defensive rebound percentage (68.2) and offensive rebound percentage (22.3).
