I enjoy offensive rebounding.
That said, it doesn't seem to correlate with much post-season success.
2004-
Offensive Rebounding Leader: Utah Jazz
Champion: Detriot Pistons (ranked 9th)
2005-
ORL: Cleveland Cavaliers
Champ: San Antonio Spurs (ranked 12th)
2006-
ORL: Utah
Champ: Miami (ranked 16th)
2007-
ORL: Utah (seeing a trend?)
Champ: San Antonio (ranked 26th)
2008-
ORL: Philly
Champ: Some team no one's ever heard of (ranked 18th)
2009-
ORL: Portland
Champ: Lakers (ranked 3rd)
2010-
ORL: Memphis
Champ: Lakers (ranked 7th)
2011-
ORL: Sacramento
Champ: Dallas (ranked 26th)
2012-
ORL: Chicago
Champ: Miami (ranked 19th)
2013:
ORL: Denver
Champ: Miami (ranked 26th)
Numbers snagged from ESPN (I used offensive rebound rate instead of raw numbers so that pace would be accounted for a little bit):
http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/teamstats/_/sort/offReboundRate/year/2013
Sorry that I did not make my post clear, as there are two separate points.
1) Last night Humphries, Sullinger and Johnson efforts in getting offensive rebounds and second chance points were key and nearly led to a very unlikely victory and a very entertaining game.
2) Having one more aggressive rebounding big like either Humphries or Sullinger during the big three years to rest KG, Wallace and eliminate second chance points for LA and Miami, would of been a huge difference. 2010 and game 7 is indisputable. We got killed on the glass and our bigs were completely gassed in the fourth quarter.
Did not mean to say that going forward, offensive rebounding is the magic key to building a contending team.
Right now however, with the depleted roster and the Celtics having to match up against more talented teams night after night, extra possessions are key to being competitive.
I am well aware of Doc and Danny's take on offensive rebounding and also all the stats listed above. Offensive rebounding stats aside, my eye test says if you turn it over or get stops then yet give up offensive rebounds, a team like the Heat will kill you come playoff time.
The Celtics of course will not be in the playoffs, but Indiana will. LB came out recently and said the Pacers have to rebound better and stop the turnovers, or the Heat will beat his team again. Hate the Heat, but I agree with him.
Also, not a Jeff Green basher, but found the offensive rebounding numbers from last night interesting. Looked like he was just playing another game on the schedule while Johnson, Humphries, Sullinger, Pressey and even Wallace were trying to will the Celtics to an unlikely victory.
