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Which is the more important statistic?

which is the more important statistic?

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Just a fantastic thread btw

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Rebounding.

If you can't rebound, you can't get the other team off of offense. Plus, if you can rebound really well, you can create extra possessions for your team.

FG% is very important, but I don't think it's as important as rebounding. Rebounding wins Championships. Imagine if San Antonio could ave secured that game 6 rebound.
 
Depends on the position but if you just mean overall as a team then I would say rebounding, although if you are rebounding well the FG% will naturally go up just because some of those will have to be offensive rebounds, which leads to easier baskets.
 
//r00t 4 Jazz said:
Depends on the position but if you just mean overall as a team then I would say rebounding, although if you are rebounding well the FG% will naturally go up just because some of those will have to be offensive rebounds, which leads to easier baskets.
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I was planning to the same thing pretty much. I also would add that rebounding is part of defense and offense alike every rebound creates an offensive possession.
 
MoreFeasts said:
Not enough information given to answer question.
Define "important".
Define "rebounding".
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From thefreedictionary.com

Important:
1. Strongly affecting the course of events or the nature of things; significant
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Rebound:
4. Basketball To retrieve and gain possession of the ball as it bounces off the backboard or rim after an unsuccessful shot.
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I say rebounding is more important. Rebounding pertains to both offense and defense, whereas FG% is purely an offensive stat.
 
akirac73 said:
I say rebounding is more important. Rebounding pertains to both offense and defense, whereas FG% is purely an offensive stat.
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Not entirely. Shooting a high% means you are limiting the other team's fast break opportunities.
 
I say FG%. At the end it measures the first thing that you have to do in order to win.
 
FG% isn't really a good stat, and there are several rebounding statistics. Total rebounds is bad. Rebound differential is slightly less bad. Rebound percentage, preferably divided into offensive and defensive numbers, are much better.
 
Isn't rebounding a sort of "the dark side of the sun"?
There are less rebounds with overall higher on-court FG % and vice-versa. Both doesn't say much about a player's positive qualities, but more about his teammates and rivals.

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It's like tricky question. If you can not take the rebound, you can not have a chance to make a FG plus you gotta be on the defensive side again and again. But even though you get the rebound but can not the make a FG, it becomes just an unsuccesfull effort that's why you gotta regard all the facts and stats in basketball while analysing. Pace of the game, not the numbers but percantage of the rebounding, distribution of FG (3 point shots, transition offense, put backs etc) all that matters and change the scenario.
 
gregbroncs said:
They are both just stats. And therefore pretty meaningless.
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What?

If we're talking total rebounds v. team fg%, the answer is fg%. Take a look, season-by-season (not terribly scientific), at the top fg% and total rebounding teams.
 
FG%.

Just because it's a lot easier to find a good rebounder than a good shooter.

Rebounding is mostly effort. Pure shooting is more of an innate quality. You can take a thousand jump shots a day and still not be a good in game shooter.
 
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