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Basketball Registering Stats Referred Questions:
Restrictions Governing Jump Balls ~ Rule & Statistics

"... On a jump ball, when can a player touch the ball ?

In case of violation at the first jump ball: is a personal turnover or a team-player one ?

What is the correct rule and, specially, the statistical
registration ? ..."

Rule's Fundamental=
These are the restrictions governing jump balls:

a. Each jumper must have at least one foot on or inside that half of the jumping circle which is farthest from his own basket in NBA or the opponent basket in FIBA. Each jumper must have both feet with-in the restraining circle.

b. The ball must be tapped by one or both of the players participating in the jump ball after it reaches its highest point. If the ball falls to the floor without being tapped by at least one of the jumpers, the official off the ball shall whistle the ball dead and signal another toss.

Photograph: NBA Hub

c. Neither jumper may tap the tossed ball before it reaches its highest point.

d. Neither jumper may leave his half of the jumping circle until the ball has been tapped.

e. Neither jumper may catch the tossed or tapped ball until it touches one of the eight non-jumpers, the floor, the basket or the backboard.

f. Neither jumper is permitted to tap the ball more than twice on any jump ball.

g. The eight non-jumpers will remain outside the restraining circle until the ball has been tapped. Teammates may not occupy adjacent positions around the restraining circle if an opponent desires one of the positions. No player may position himself immediately behind an opponent on the restraining circle.

Penalty for c., d., e., f., g.: the ball is awarded out-of-bounds to the opponent

eBA Basketball Statistics Registration=
In case of violation at the first jump ball is a team-player unforced turnover.

See in our forum the 'basketball turnovers' topics and the exposition "Basketball Turnovers Statistical Analysis" at eBA ONLINE.

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This Week Basketball DVD eBA DVICE !

Steve Nash MVP Basketball:
Fundamentals of Basketball
By Steve Nash

2 Disc Set ~ 2 Hours Long ~ Studio: Varsity Films

DISC 1: Individual Fundamentals Steve Nash, NBA's 2005 MVP, teaches the fundamentals of basketball in his step-by-step program designed to give every basketball player a competitive edge on the court. You'll learn first-hand from Steve the training secrets needed to become a complete basketball player. This instructional video includes the drills Steve personally used to become a great shooter, passer, ball handler, defender and the game's best all-around point guard.

DISC 2: Team Play and Practice Organization Steve Nash has designed a complete basketball instructional program centered around team play and practice organization. Steve enlists the help veteran AAU Coach Roch Weilbacher, whose AAU teams have won 9 National Championships. Their unique presentation teaches every parent/coach dozens of tried and proven basketball team drills that they have successfully utilized throughout their careers. You'll learn step-by-step from proven winners how to run an effective and efficient basketball practice that will improve any team's skills, from youth to adult, and give it a competitive edge. Also included as a bonus is a printable MVP Basketball Guide which will help you customize your own workouts and practices.

"...This DVD is the best basketball instructional DVD on the market. Disc one covers the most basic fundamentals from ball handling, shooting, passing, and defense. This DVD has improved my game dramatically.

It has help me with my shot, especially my release, he offers secret ways to help perfect that soft touch shooting release that has made him so successful.
He shares his very own ball handling practice drills consisting from crossovers, spins, behind the back dribble, and between the legs. I am 6ft6 and handle almost like a point guard because of this DVD.

While Steve primarily works with kids, aging from 8 to 13 years old, this DVD will help anyone's game. The DVD is very professional with use of certain camera angles while drill routines are being performed.

Disc two is more focused on team play and practice organization, Steve, along with a fellow coach, demonstrate drills of fast breaks, defensive stops, offense, and much more. This could be helpful for any young aspiring coach.
You can insert this disc into your PC DVD-ROM drive and download the entire team play and practice organization guide.

Overall I would recommend this DVD to any aspiring basketball player and / or
coach. ..."
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Sunday's Reflexions on Basketball Statistics:
Encourage youth players to keep studying

This Sunday morning, the reflexions are about youth basketball... I think that the best youth coach is who encourage players to keep studying, by showing them, for example, that even if they are the best player in their high school, their chances of getting in the first level (NBA, Euroleague....) are still less than 1%.

Therefore we need to think a little... How many players are in the NBA ? And how many players join the NBA each year ?

Photograph: Fernando Medina from Orlando Magic

Let make numbers:
In the NBA there is 29 NBA teams with 15 players per team and a total of 435 per year.
We have 1,200 colleges teams with 10-15 players per team and a total of 18,000 per year: the chance stands on 41-1.
In the 25,000 high schools team with 10-15 players per team and a total of 375,000 per year: the chance, 862-1.

Stay in school and study hard is the message, because the numbers are not good for any player to make it to the NBA. Ana take in account that this numbers are theoretically based on every NBA place being open... not likely in any given year. Let say that each NBA team has two new players per year, then the chance for a high school player go up to 6250-1. Is it clear ? Thoughts ?

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eBA 2010 Best Basketball Clip Candidate

' Let The Drummer Kick ' with Michael Jordan

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Friday Press Clippings:
Effects of consecutive basketball games on the game-related statistics
that discriminate winner and losing teams

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By Sergio Jose Ibañez et al.
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"... Performance analysis in ball team sports such as basketball is a fundamental tool for coaches, allowing them to have valid and reliable information concerning their team and opponents.

Generally, coaches and researchers use this information to identify the most valuable players and the importance of certain specific roles, to assess the impact of rule changes, to investigate the home advantage or to evaluate the participation in the game by starting and reserve players, with the goal of determining how each player contributes to team performance. ..."

"... The players and the teams' performances can decrease after several consecutive games. For example, ...... decreases in several physical capacities (speed, agility, and jump power) during 3-day tournaments. This may be due to accumulated fatigue from successive games, which affects decisionmaking and skill execution.

This way, ...... they highlighted the importance of using adequate conditioning and recovery training programs. In fact, monitoring fatigue is important, particularly in younger players who always want to perform optimally in all the stages of the game, which may have the consequence of an excessive physical exertion after various consecutive games. ..."

"... The descriptive results and univariate differences from both seasons of the under-20 league for each game played are presented in Table 1. Winning teams in this competition had better values in all game-related statistics, with the exception of 3 point field goals and free throws missed and turnovers (p = 0.05).

The main effect of game number was only identified in turnovers, with a statistical significant decrease between the second and third game. No interaction was found in the analysed variables (Table 1). ... "

"... The remaining results seem to confirm previous studies by identifying the same game-related statistics that discriminate winning and losing teams. The contribution of defensive rebounds to winning basketball games is already widely documented.

This statistic represents the "teams' ability to recover the ball after opponent's missed shots and a successful defensive rebounding team probably has more opportunities to shoot, score points and win the game".

Indirectly, high level performances are associated with
i) game rhythm, because more defensive rebounds implies more fast-break ball possessions;
ii) players somatic characteristics, taller and stronger players secure more rebounds;
iii) technical and tactical preparation, pivoting, blocking, anticipation, securing and pulling the ball away, and,
iv) muscular fitness, particularly in stretch-shortening-cycle jumping performances. ..."

"... Key points:

Overall team performances along the three consecutive games were very similar, not confirming an accumulated fatigue effect.

The results from the three-point field goals in the third game suggested that winning teams were able to shoot better from longer distances and this could be the result of exhibiting higher conditioning status and/or the losing teams' exhibiting low conditioning in defense. ..."

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Basketball Statistics Analysis Referred Concepts:
About the Assist to a Dunk or to a Three-pointer

Talking about dunks & stats, I value passing as one of the most important skills in basketball. I was wondering, discussing about the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System, about any good passing statistics analysis rules based in my last message about the rebounds qualification in disputed, undisputed, by zones, number of players, etc.

For example, is the same a close assist to a dunk than an assist for an open three pointer ? How we can get an idea of how good our players are at passing the ball which leads to a score ?

Photograph: There He Is

An opening statement to begin, when working with databases which are based on how often players pass the ball, you must take into account that this data doesn't qualify how good the passes are.

According to our database the percent of passes that ended up in assists oscillates between ranges of 16.50% and 17.50% from the total number of passes, being the big men at the head of the list, what make me doubt about the value of this data.

In the eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis System we calculate the player's number of passes based on his assists and not vice versa. We have not players with higher percentages - than the referred above - of assists per pass in our archives, and the differences are simply a factor of his team's game pace.

Meanwhile I prepare the second part of this message, we can look at this 'Pass Rating' applied by our eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis System, which recompense the passer of a close assist and a dunk assist, because I think that passes were the principal supply to the basket:

Pass Rating = ( 3pt AST + 2pt Jump AST + ( 2*Close AST )+ ( 4*Dunk AST ) - ( 2* Pass T/O ) ) / ( minutes played / 40 or 48 )

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Destination Turkey 2010 - Chris Paul:
Fiba Basketball World Championship 2010

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Basketball Registering Stats Referred Questions:
No Double Dribble until a Set is Ended ~ Rule & Statistics

"... A player has possession of the ball with both hands:
- he stoops down and puts the ball on the floor with both hands still on the ball.
- he stands up again with the ball still in his hands and stoops down again and put the ball back on the floor with his both hands still on the ball, is this a double dribble call? ?

What is the correct rule and, specially, the statistical registration ? ..."

Rule's Fundamental=
There are a couple of meanings in this situation: the first depends on whether or not the player started to dribble. The described action, if it is his first movement with the ball would not be a double dribble.

The motive for this ratification is because a dribble is done when "a player in ball control, who throws or taps the ball into the air or to the floor". At no moment of the described action the player "throws or taps the ball into the air or to the floor".

As a result of it is that the player never had his first dribble, so having a second would be impossible.

Photograph: Newsleader.com

Game's Rule=
In the action described above the player would still be breaking the rules, and this violation would be "Traveling".

This would be the second meaning coming from the application of the double dribble rule, that would be if the described action was made with only one hand.

eBA Basketball Statistics Registration=
Unforced Turnover.

Although in the case in which a player get a pass from another player or catches a rebound, he crouch through the floor, put the ball on it with his both hands still on the ball, then stand up and crouches again putting back the ball on the floor again with his both hands still on the ball while its on the floor, in order to protect the ball from his opponent: this is not double dribble because the ball never left the player's hands. It's impossible to get a double dribble call until one set of dribbling was ended.

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This Week Statistics Book eBA DVICE:

Statistics for Dummies
by Deborah Rumsey

Book Description
In the numbers explosion all around us in our modern-day dealings, the buzzword is data, as in, “Do you have any data to support your claim?” “The data supported the original hypothesis that . . .” and “The data bear this out. . . .” But the field of statistics is not just about data. Statistics is the entire process involved in gathering evidence to answer questions about the world, in cases where that evidence happens to be numerical data.

Statistics For Dummies is for everyone who wants to sort through and evaluate the incredible amount of statistical information that comes to them on a daily basis. (You know the stuff: charts, graphs, tables, as well as headlines that talk about the results of the latest poll, survey, experiment, or other scientific study.) This book arms you with the ability to decipher and make important decisions about statistical results, being ever aware of the ways in which people can mislead you with statistics. Get the inside scoop on number-crunching nuances, plus insight into how you can

 • Determine the odds
 • Calculate a standard score
 • Find the margin of error
 • Recognize the impact of polls
 • Establish criteria for a good survey
 • Make informed decisions about experiments

This down-to-earth reference is chock-full of real examples from real sources that are relevant to your everyday life: from the latest medical breakthroughs, crime studies, and population trends to surveys on Internet dating, cell phone use, and the worst cars of the millennium. Statistics For Dummies departs from traditional statistics texts, references, supplement books, and study guides in the following ways:

 • Practical and intuitive explanations of statistical concepts, ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations.

 • Clear and concise step-by-step procedures that intuitively explain how to work through statistics problems.

 • Upfront and honest answers to your questions like, “What does this really mean?” and “When and how I will ever use this?”

Chances are, Statistics For Dummies will be your No. 1 resource for discovering how numerical data figures into your corner of the universe.

Book Info
Guide to understanding statistics, written in plain English. Offers explanations of statistical ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations; with examples that show how these concepts apply to your everyday life. Softcover.

 • Author: Deborah Rumsey
 • Format: Book
 • Binding: Paperback
 • Number of Pages: 384 pages
 • Publisher: For Dummies
 • Release Date: August 25, 2003 ~
 • Also available: in eBook format ~ Edition: April 27, 2010
 • Language: English

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Sunday's Reflexions on Basketball Statistics:
Stealing the Ball Requires Concentration

"... Stealing the ball requires concentration, good anticipation, speed and fast reflexes and good hustle, all common traits of a good defender.

However, like blocked shots, steals aren't always a perfect gauge of a player's defensive abilities. An unsuccessful steal can result in the defender being out of position and unable to recover in time. Therefore, a steal is a gamble. And a steal usually leads to a fast break, the most exciting play in the sport.

If an offensive player loses possession of the basketball due to a steal, he/she is recorded as making a turnover and the defender is recorded with a steal, forced or unforced depending upon the play development.

Photograph: from Fingerroll

The eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System registers, in addition to the traditional stats, the points made from the forced and unforced steals done during the game. This number is not always similar, as people usually thinks, to the opponent's points off turnovers. ..."

Currently at the eBA Forums we are discussing the following question: What is an unsuccessful steal worth ? Evidently a successful steal is of great importance, not only because the possible points allowed by the stolen possession, but also to the augment in offensive efficiency arising after a steal.

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eBA 2010 Best Basketball Clip Candidate

' Check This ' with Dwight Howard and LeBron James

Broadcast before the kickoff of Super Bowl XLIV, NBA stars Dwight Howard and LeBron James star in a remake of iconic 1993 Super Bowl commercial 'The Showdown', ( one of our 2008 eBA Best Basketball Clip Candidates ~ click here to watch this excellent basketball clip ) which featured hall-of-famers Michael Jordan and Larry Bird in trick-shot competition for a Big Mac and fries.

The new commercial titled 'Check This' pits James against Howard in their own unique take on the battle for a Big Mac. The TV ad also features the reappearance of Larry Bird. Joe Pytka, commercial director for McDonalds original 1993 Super Bowl spot, also filmed the remake. 'Check This' was filmed in Indianapolis at Conseco Fieldhouse in early January, 2010.

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Friday Press Clippings:
Can Statistics be Used Effectively to Determine an NBA Player's Salary?

From Articlesbase
By Robert Clee
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"... How do employers decide the salary payout to their employees every year? In a sales and consulting firm the salary can be based on the number sales or clients serviced.

How do the National Basketball Association (NBA) team owners decide the players’ salaries?

The general consensus of basketball fanatics is that the wages are based on points scored..."

"... Throughout this article I will frequently refer to the term cost driver, which is an independent variable that drivers or affects the dependent variable of salary.

Basically, the cost driver is on the x-axis and the salary will be on the y-axis.

The different cost drivers I chose for testing are points scored, rebounds, assists, and games played. ..."

"... A regression analysis is a statistical method for obtaining the cost estimate that best fits the set of data points. Basically, the regression observes all the data points within each cost driver and dependent variable to develop the most reliable cost equation.

After performing the regression, there are two crucial measures that I will observe closely... "

"... I decided to conduct a multiple regression on the points, assists, rebounds, games played, and salary as a final attempt to determine the validity and reliability of the data.

Previously, I was running a regression using one independent variable.
In the multiple regression analysis I included all the independent variables to help strengthen the explanatory power of the regression.

After completing the multiple regression analysis..."

"... To conclude, one cannot determine with absolute certainty that an NBA player’s salary based on statistic analysis of measurable statistics such as points scored, assists, rebounds, and games played.

I was able to learn that a player’s salary is not solely based on the measurable performance stats.

A player’s true worth to the team is sometimes determined by immeasurable factors such as popularity, exposure, loyalty, and leadership.

Through my statistical analysis or investigation, I state that no player’s salary can be reasonably determined on the basis of performance on the court. ..."

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Basketball Statistics Analysis Referred Concepts:
About the Individual Rebounding Percentage

The Individual Rebounding Percentage (Reb%) is similar to the team Reb% formula, except that we account for playing time.

Since all missed shots must be rebounded by the offense or defense (or at least they're credited to one of the teams), we can measure how effective a player is at rebounding by comparing his rebound total to the number of shots missed while he's on the court.

The eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System multiplies the number of rebounds in the game times the percentage of the game that the player was on the court to arrive at an estimate of how many missed shots were available to a player to rebound.

The percentage of those available rebounds that he actually catches is his rebound percentage.

Photograph: Sports Sina

Off% = Offensive Rebounds / ( Playing Time *
( Team’s Offensive Rebounds + Opponent’s Defensive Rebounds ))

Def% = Defensive Rebounds / ( Playing Time *
( Team’s Defensive Rebounds + Opponent’s Offensive Rebounds ))

Reb% = Total Rebounds / ( Playing Time *
( Team’s Total Rebounds + Opponent’s Total Rebounds ))

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Basketball Statisticians Digest:
Talking About Basketball Scouting Services

Scout2win, one of the leading companies in the world specializing in basketball scouting and statistical analysis was established in 1999 to provide scout services and statistical analysis to the basketball community including coaches, team managers, players, and agents.

The founder of the company is Daniel Gutt a basketball coach and scouter who has been working with high level European teams e.g. Maccabi Tel Aviv, Dynamo Moscow, Efes Pilsen and the Russian National Team, as well as with great coaches such as David Blatt, Pini Gershon, Neven Spahija, Zvika Sherf and Renato Pascuali.

During the years the company has managed to develop a fast and easy way for users to produce and analyze statistical reports of all kinds, in order to establish a higher and more reliable standard of professional scouting.

Scouting4U was formed out of personal experience with the mission to assist all parties involved in the basketball professional community.

Understanding the dynamics of the market, Scouting4U created a place where players can be seen, coaches can watch and agents can represent.

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Destination Turkey 2010 - Andres Nocioni:
Fiba Basketball World Championship 2010

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Basketball Registering Stats Referred Questions:
Technical Foul in an Inbounds Situation ~ Rule & Statistics

"... A player is called for a technical foul for committing a foul while the ball was being inbounded from the sideline. Are all fouls committed during a dead ball situation now technical foul ? Are considered TO by the Stats-Men ? ?

What is the correct rule and, specially, the statistical
register ? ..."

Rule's Fundamental=
In all guarding situations, a player is entitled to any spot on the court he desires, provided he gets to that spot first without contact with an opponent.

In all guarding situations during a live ball, a player is entitled to any spot on the court he desires, provided that he gets to the spot first without contact with an opponent.

In all guarding situations during a dead ball, the defensive player(s) must be allowed to take a position between his man and the basket.

Photograph: Paul Sancya for Sulekha.com

Game's Rule=
Contact while the ball is dead should be ignored unless it’s intentional or flagrant. A contact foul during a dead ball, is a technical foul and an Unforced Turnover for the eBA-stats.

After the ball has been dead, it is put into play by a jump ball, throw-in, or a free throw attempt. The game clock does not start until the ball is legally touched on the court by a player. However, we wish to penalize any floor violation or personal foul which may occur.

Therefore, the ball is live when it is placed at the disposal of the thrower-in or free throw shooter, or is tossed on a jump ball.

eBA Basketball Statistics Registration=
That last remark is solely for the purpose of not having to assess a technical foul if illegal contact occurs, in which case the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System register the foul and charges with an Unforced Turnover to the player who made the foul.

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Basketball Books Review: This week eBA DVICE !

The Assist: Hoops, Hope, and the Game of Their Lives
By: Neil Swidey

In this engaging book about Boston's Charlestown High School basketball team, Swidey, a staff writer for the Boston Globe Magazine, explains that being part of the Charlestown program was no guarantee that a kid would become a success.... But dropping out of the program dramatically increased the odds that he wouldn't.

Head coach Jack O'Brien benefited from the team aside from its gaudy won-loss record. Unmarried and with a shattered family history, O'Brien found that the rigid team structure... offered the trappings of home. Like a concerned parent, O'Brien worked year-round to keep his kids away from the overwhelming daily wave of crime and bad influences and into the security of a college-educated future.

Swidey masterfully shows over the course of two seasons the struggle O'Brien and his players face in maintaining success on and off the court. The coach observes the lives of his two star players, Ridley Johnson and Jason Hood White, go in very different directions after they land out-of-state college scholarships.

Swidey expertly examines the slippery slope of Charlestown's success, tying it into Boston's disastrous busing scandal and an underwhelming legal system that perpetuates crime, while he builds narrative momentum and details his subjects with the touch of a skilled novelist.

This is a prodigiously reported, compulsively readable book that readers (sport fans or not) will savor.

Hardcover: 358 pages
Publisher: PublicAffairs; 1 edition (January 7, 2008)
Language: English

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Sunday's Reflexions on Basketball Statistics:
15,97% of the Basketball Possessions End in TO

How we perform the analysis of one team´s turnovers in relation with other team, let say the next opponent at the next game ?

If a team averages 15 turnovers a game, and the next opponent is a team that forces 15 turnovers a game, is it possible to assume that there will be 15 turnovers for that game ?

Or... we must take the league average as the basic unit to analyze this data: if the league average for turnovers is 16.4 that´s means that each team turnover rate is 109,33% compared to the league...

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During the eBA Basketball Statistics Registration Clinics I expressed my opinion that 'exclusive ratings' and 'scientific formulas' employ only a lacking minimum of the significantly important statistics: turnovers per possession and Defensive turnovers per possession; games won and games lost; etc.

But all other information as playoff game vs meaningless garbage time, recent injuries, possible matchup advantages, etc. (see the thread about eBA System Non Standard Statistics ) are disregarded.

Homecourt advantage is usually disregarded too, (see this thread about Home & Road Stats: differences ) meanwhile the Game Analysis & Scouting takes in account every one of this categories, and much more.

You can reach to the answer to your question by a different way: express the team's turnover proclivity in terms of the proportion of possessions that end in turnover - according to the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System Archives: around the 15,97% of the possessions end in turnover.

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Running a One Man Fast Break: Pro Basketball's Greatest Rebounding Guards

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"... Kidd is one of 11 guards in pro basketball history who averaged at least 6 rpg in five or more seasons (minimum of 60 games played or 350 rebounds each year).

Bob Cousy was the first guard to do this, averaging a career-high 6.9 rpg as a Boston Celtics' rookie in 1950-51, and following that with 6-plus rpg averages in four of the next five years.

During this period the fast breaking Celtics were consistently the leading scoring team in the league, but their lack of defensive presence in the paint always proved to be fatal in the playoffs. ..."

"... Richie Guerin averaged 6 or more rpg for five straight years (1958-62), starting in his second season.

In 1960-61 he posted a career high 7.9 rpg. Next season the 6-4 Guerin averaged career bests in points (29.5 ppg) and assists (6.9 apg) in addition to posting his final 6-plus rpg season (6.4 rpg).

His rebounding dropped dramatically after that year and he finished his career with a 5.0 rpg average. ..."

"... Jerry West entered the NBA with Robertson in 1960-61 and averaged at least 6 rpg in each of his first six seasons.

Like Robertson, he posted his best rpg average in 1961-62 (7.9 rpg) and he also matched Robertson's 30.8 ppg average that season (West played four fewer games than Robertson and ranked fifth in scoring, which at that time was determined by total points, not average).

The 6-2, 185 pound West was significantly smaller than Gola, Guerin and Robertson, the other top rebounding guards of his era, but he finished his career with 5376 rebounds (5.8 rpg). ... "

"... Magic Johnson made a run at averaging a triple double for a season in 1981-82, his third year in the league. Magic scored 18.6 ppg, ranked second in the league with 9.5 apg and grabbed a career high 9.6 rpg.

In the first 12 years of his career he averaged at least 6 rpg 10 times; in 1980-81 he averaged 8.6 rpg but only played in 37 games and in 1985-86 he averaged 5.9 rpg.

Magic averaged 5.7 rpg in his brief 32 game comeback in 1995-96 and finished his career with 6559 rebounds, the third highest total for a guard, and a 7.2 rpg average, trailing only Gola, Robertson and Sloan. ..."

"... Michael Jordan entered the NBA one year after Drexler and posted similar career rebounding numbers--6175 rebounds (6.2 rpg), including his 2001-02 totals as a swingman for the Washington Wizards. Jordan has averaged 6-plus rpg seven times.

His career best average is 8.0 rpg in 1988-89, a year in which he also averaged a career high 8.0 assists and won his third scoring title with a 32.5 ppg average. Injuries limited him to 18 games in his second season and two retirements further restricted his opportunities to add to his total of 6-plus rpg campaigns.

In his last two seasons with the Bulls he averaged 5.9 rpg and 5.8 rpg respectively. In his first season with the Wizards, Jordan averaged 5.7 rpg. ..."

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