Guest post by Abacus Reveals
There are lies, damned lies and statistics.
I believe credit for that quip should go to Mark Twain.
Let’s consider the Rebound – which is more than the NBA bothered to do during its first four seasons of existence.
The retrieval of missed shots seems a rather elemental component of play to have been so overlooked. Dr. Naismith certainly didn’t expect every shot attempt to be successful. (If he had, I’d imagine someone would’ve knocked the bottom out of that peach basket a bit sooner.)
In the beginning, all rebounds were created equal.