With the season over — and though the race was pretty much over with before the Clippers played their final game against the Phoenix Suns, DeAndre Jordan can officially take claim to the 2014-15 rebounding title.
While he’s overrated generally as a defender, there is very little bad to say about Jordan’s ability as a rebounder outside of his knack for not boxing which, given the numbers you’ll see below, it’s hard to lay one on him for that (thought it could eventually come back to haunt him against specific playoff teams). Here is how Jordan placed in regards to basic rebounding numbers:
- 1st in total rebounds at 1226,
- 2nd in total offensive rebounds at 397,
- 1st in total defensive rebounds (829)
Those are dominate numbers, regardless of the context surrounding Jordan’s rebounding.