Though he averages fewer than 2.5 offensive rebounds per 36 minutes, third-year player TJ Leaf leaves a lasting impression with the way he pursues the offensive glass in his limited and oftentimes sporadic playing time. He isn’t physical, and he rarely scraps, but he has a very quick second jump and makes it a priority to keep the ball high, allowing him to shoot 12-of-14 on putbacks.
Whether recycling his own errant shots, running the floor hard in transition, looping from the corners, or rushing in when lifted to the opposite slot — the bulkier, yet still relatively slender, power forward chases hard after his team’s misses in spite of the fact that there typically aren’t that many to go around when he’s on the floor.