With the NBA season less than two weeks away, the new-look OKC Thunder are poised to have a successful 2018-19 regular season. Despite Oklahoma City’s shiny new acquisitions, one area the Thunder neglected to improve is defensive rebounding.
Despite being the NBA’s best offensive rebounding team last season (12.4), the OKC Thunder ranked 25th in defensive rebounding (32.6). Oklahoma City’s inability to clean the defensive glass is perplexing considering their dominance on the other end of the floor and was an area of frustration which plagued the team all year long.
Enter 2018-19 and what’s changed?