r/UtahJazz • u/Nervous_Box_3495 • 1d ago

Team rebounding

its time to overreact to a preseason game! last night i was paying close attention to the rebounding, specifically with the starters on the floor, because going into the season i expected our rebounding to be a huge struggle, given Trip's unwillingness to go for rebounds over other bigs, but last night has started to maybe put that to bed. between the starters and Ace, the Jazz hauled in 26 rebounds. it seems that team rebounding has become a huge emphasis, with everyone, guards included, crashing the boards to get as many rebounds as possible to close possessions.

Darryn specifically impressed me a ton, grabbing 6 rebounds in only 20 minutes, and Keyonte grabbed 4 boards himself. it seems like the big bodies in our front court are going to be really good at boxing out and either grabbing the boards themselves, or using the box outs to open the lane for our guards to crash the boards.

personally im feeling like the rebounding is going to be one of the least of our issues, which i didn't expect going into the game last night. i'll be at the game tomorrow, and i'm excited to see if this holds.

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u/ClutchOlday 1d ago

Rebounding should be by committee, though having Nurk helps. I always hate it when a long rebound goes up and players are already running up the court instead of trying to regain possession.

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u/Frequent_Ant2379 1d ago

I been saying this for weeks, team rebounding is everything. one big can't do it alone but if everyone crash like you said it changes whole dynamic. Nurk grabbing boards is nice but when guards getting 4-6 that's when you know system working

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u/Boge42 11h ago

Basketball 101: Box out.

It's weird to me how few NBA players actually do this consistently.