Portland leads the league in rebounding

[riverman]

Davis ranks 11th in offensive rebounds and only plays 17 minutes a game. That’s crazy. Everyone around him is a starter.

Vonleh is ranked in the top 25. I wish we would’ve kept him. He’d fit our current squad better than Davis as well since he can knock down a shot.

the east is a stat stuffing conference though...Ed could make the allstar team there

 

[Wizard Mentor]

We ended in a bad way last season, and we seem to have rebounded nicely.

 

[jlprk]

A better approach would be to use the % of rebound opportunities. (ORB%, DRB%, and TRB%). Sorting the data here, Portland ranks 5th for offensive rebounds, 19th for defensive rebounds, and 9th for total.

Team stats, change from last season to this season:
ORB%: improved slightly from 10th to 5th
DRB%: plummeted from 5th to 19th

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2018.html
https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2019.html
(see Miscellaneous Stats section)

Ed Davis vs. Zach Collins, rank on team
Davis last season: 1st in ORB%, 1st in DRB%
Collins this season: 6th in ORB%, 9th in DRB%

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/2018.html
https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/2019.html
(see Advanced section)

Analysis: To compensate for the loss of Davis, the brave combined effort of all Blazers except Collins has resulted in our moving upward 9 places in ORB% and 4 places in DRB%. Collins' contribution is to move us downward 4 places in ORB% and 18 places in DRB%. Thus the net changes are (+9 - 4 =) 5 places upward in ORB% and (+4 - 18 =) 14 places downward in DRB%.

Thus, our rebounding would have been higher this season with Ed Davis instead of the Collins calamity.

 

[jlprk]

Also, don't forget that Collins shooting outside so much and missing all the time has probably tripled the number of available rebounds. Ed "Never Miss" Davis would have cleaned up all those rebounds if he were on the floor now playing with Calamity, who would thus fall even further behind Davis in rebounding. Come to think about it, all those Collins long shots are probably the sole cause of Portland's ORB% increase. If he would miss more, we could move up to 1st place.

 

[SIeepwalker]

Collins is better than Davis man

he's also shooting 40% from 3, not "missing all the time"
Actually his TS% is .691, better than Ed "Never Miss" Davis' .607 of last season

He's also playing defense at a level Ed could only ever dream of, never mind being better in most statistical category. (for instance, doubling Ed's point average from last season)

And he's 8 year younger.

I loved Ed when he was there but if you try to compare him to Collins, it's not gonna end up looking good.

 

[Boob-No-More]

Also, don't forget that Collins shooting outside so much and missing all the time has probably tripled the number of available rebounds. Ed "Never Miss" Davis would have cleaned up all those rebounds if he were on the floor now playing with Calamity, who would thus fall even further behind Davis in rebounding. Come to think about it, all those Collins long shots are probably the sole cause of Portland's ORB% increase. If he would miss more, we could move up to 1st place.

As they say, love is blind. You're letting your love for Ed blind you to what Zach has to offer.

Loving Freedom is an integral part of True Love. True love is not possessive. If you really, truly love someone, you should encourage them to choose the path that makes them happy, even if that path leads them away from you.

We didn't leave Ed. He chose to leave us, and Neil gave him his blessing. He allowed Ed the freedom to pursue the path to his happiness. Ed has moved on. You should do the same. Oh sure, he should always have a place in your heart. What you had was special. Continue to cherish those memories, but it's time to make room in your heart for someone new.

BNM

 

[andalusian]

As they say, love is blind. You're letting your love for Ed blind you to what Zach has to offer.

Forget about Ed vs. Zach. What will Trader Bob do now that @jlprk has renounced him for Ed?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Forget about Ed vs. Zach. What will Trader Bob do now that @jlprk has renounced him for Ed?

Trader Bob v Traitor Jlprk at Mt Tabor?

 

[Boob-No-More]

Trader Bob v Traitor Jlprk at Mt Tabor?

More like Trader Bob vs. Neil trying to park their own cars for dinner at some trendy hot spot on NW 23rd. I predict Whitsitt wins by default when Neil gets so frustrated leaves his car in the middle of the street, tosses the keys to some homeless guy and says, "have a nice nap, be back in two hours.".

BNM

 

[BonesJones]

Over the course of the season I believe we will.

You also believe(d?) we'll win 40 games ...

 

[BonesJones]

Team stats, change from last season to this season:
ORB%: improved slightly from 10th to 5th
DRB%: plummeted from 5th to 19th

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2018.html
https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2019.html
(see Miscellaneous Stats section)

Ed Davis vs. Zach Collins, rank on team
Davis last season: 1st in ORB%, 1st in DRB%
Collins this season: 6th in ORB%, 9th in DRB%

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/2018.html
https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/POR/2019.html
(see Advanced section)

Analysis: To compensate for the loss of Davis, the brave combined effort of all Blazers except Collins has resulted in our moving upward 9 places in ORB% and 4 places in DRB%. Collins' contribution is to move us downward 4 places in ORB% and 18 places in DRB%. Thus the net changes are (+9 - 4 =) 5 places upward in ORB% and (+4 - 18 =) 14 places downward in DRB%.

Thus, our rebounding would have been higher this season with Ed Davis instead of the Collins calamity.

You realize there's this thing called boxing out to clear space for others t9 rebound, thus helping your team rebound without recording a "rebound"? Are you not smart enough to realize that or are you blinded by your love for Ed? Guess guy must not have been a Robin Lopez fan. He was great at that.

 

[julius]

Back to the good old days of the Drexler Blazers, when Portland perennially led the league in rebounding, despite Buck being our lead rebounder with only about 8rpg.

Just a note of clarification, Buck never averaged "only about 8 rbg" as a Blazer during "good old days" of 89-92. His lowest average was 8.4. In addition, the team lead the league in rebounding 0 years during that stretch. Their best was 2nd in 89-90. They had about ~25 boards per game between Buck, Jerome and Clyde.

They were among the top 5 (+ or -) for a long time, with or without Buck, until the 99-00 team, which was middle of the pack. The teams after 99-00 were some bad rebounding teams (including a couple year at 29/30).

It wasn't until 13-14 that the team lead the league in rebounding (14 years!). And outside of the 41 win team 2 years ago, Stotts has had this team rebounding among the league leader every year he's coached the team.

In looking back at these figures I noticed two different things. It's almost been 30 years now since the 89-90 team, and the team has had a lot of mediocre seasons.

 

[tlongII]

@jlprk is trolling.

 

[Phatguysrule]

We'd have a good player if Olshey had traded him last year instead of giving him away. But I understand. If a GM lacks the talent to ever make a trade, then he has to give away good players. No prob. I'm sure the new cheapskate owner won't mind.

Who would we have traded him for?

 

[e_blazer]

Who would we have traded him for?

LeBron, of course. Duh.