48-34 rebounding advantage tonight. Good to see after the Charlotte game, especially since ORL has some size
Are total rebounds really such a significant statistic? It could just as easily illustrate the fact that one team is more skilled than another.
It doesn't seem inconceivable to me that one team might have more rebounds simply because the opposing team is less skilled. Offensive rebounds seem more relevant to me. I have the same reservation about assists. This often illustrates the fact that a player is directing the game.
In my opinion, we should differentiate between passes that result in a basket after a change of zone: from outside to inside and from inside to outside. Hand-to-hand passes, simple passes to a nearby player, are not assists in my opinion (not to mention assists that are not counted on free throws scored).
Here, and since we're talking about “statistiques,” I'd like to take this opportunity to mention one of my pet peeves (maybe one day I'll create a dedicated thread).
If you think there are too many decisions being discussed that result in interruptions for coach challenges or referee consultations about who should get possession after the ball goes out of bounds, one rule could eliminate all these stoppages:
As soon as the ball goes out of bounds, it goes back to the team that was on defense.
Victor would no longer have to worry about keeping the ball in play after a counterattack in order to gain possession (although the “rebound” in this case would still allow him to speed up the game). Each deflection of the ball sending it out of bounds is worth a turnover for the team that had possession of the ball.
The logic of an offensive sequence is ball control: if the ball goes out of bounds, the team in possession has therefore lost control. The logic is respected. And if that means we would see more deflections on the ball simply to knock it out of bounds... well, why didn't they do that before? It's not that easy to knock the ball out of bounds without committing a foul.
The game would certainly be faster, we would gain a good ten minutes in each match, and we wouldn't waste our time on trivialities such as determining which player last touched the ball.
Your offense fumbles? Turnover. Reset, new players. Simple.
