Agreed. So where makes most sense while limiting defensive liability. Offensively he gets things flowing no doubt versus Fede.
The 5 is the spot where his advantages are most heightened, and his disadvantages are most nullified. In other words, he is a five because that is his best position on the court.
Why does it matter who gets the rebounds? We were an excellent defensive rebounding team this year. It shouldn’t matter whether most of those rebounds come from the frontcourt or the backcourt. Getting the rebounds is what matters.
Individual rebounding stats can be the most overrated stat there is too. Unless it's someone like Blair averaging an obscene amount and just dominating, it's often a misleading stat of who happened to be in the right place at the right time.
Rebounding margin doesn’t matter, though, because that’s a number that’s inherently linked to how many shots a team makes or misses. It’s not a level playing field unless you take as a given that both teams will have the same amount of opportunities to get a rebound in every single game, which just doesn’t happen.
I just said that I don’t really care about rebounding margin compared to rebounding percentage.
He's closer to a 1 than a 4 lol. He is nowhere near a 4. Would you play Bub at the 4?
Portal, need to upgrade. No way Ish should have a higher rebound rate per minute over these 2. Austin & G both have some useful skills to help but to reach the next level you need a better 4.
Did you really say Meleek is a 4???? please tell me that’s a typo lol
Averaging 10 a game over 30 games would not be a misleading stat and not a matter of being at the right place at the right time.....it would be a matter of being a great rebounder...there is such a thing..
They need a portal 4 and 5. Zach and GDG are nice complimentary players but you cant put all your eggs in their basket. Gotta hope JC has some more portal magic left as the core guards are championship caliber.
Agree. And there will be more portal options than ever this year. Sure everyone will know the big names or the super productive guys at smaller schools. But there are so many good players at smaller schools that will be available when the portal gets into full force. Players that can be had for the right $ to fit the budget and help as long as Pitt does their homework.
Correct, hence my Blair example lol.
A rebounder/physical big Pitt could prob get for a good price is someone they are familiar with, Frank Mitchell from Canisius. He’s a grown man unlike our skinny bigs at 6’ 8” 245. He was All MAAC and a walking double double at 12 PT, 12 RB, 1 block and 56% FG.
Lock him up before he enters portal haha. Then he’s just like many who enter the portal and are signed the next day… making it clear a deal was already in place.
Except he got his average vs Pitt & Cuse shooting a super high FG%. He actually scored more points per game against some of the bigger teams on their out of conference schedule. He’s a plus athlete and a grown man who will finish the lobs and dump off passes because of strength and jumping. Our current bigs missed tons of bunnies because they’re physically weak.
Yep Mitchell put up numbers against the better teams they played in non conf.
