Player offensive rebounding from own missed shots
All players miss shots, even the great ones. Some players however take a very aggressive approach to going after their own misses, while some players are perhaps more concerned with getting back on defense, or strictly outside shooters who have little chance to corral the errant shots they throw up.
Consequently a look at what percentage of the time a player gets an offensive rebound from his own missed shot as well as how often his team grabs the offensive board might prove to be useful additions to our collected statistics.
We've gone ahead and run the numbers for the 2003-04 regular season, requiring a minimum of 100 "qualifying missed shots" for a given team (so we exclude such things as the half court heave, and a buzzer beater, where neither team has a chance to collect a rebound before time expires).
1) Top Offensive Rebounders from their own missed shots
| Player |
Team |
Off Reb |
Misses |
Player % |
Team % |
| Ostertag |
UTA |
44 |
229 |
19.2% |
48.9% |
| West |
NOH |
23 |
120 |
19.2% |
41.7% |
| Dampier |
GSW |
53 |
296 |
17.9% |
35.8% |
| Haywood |
WAS |
28 |
188 |
14.9% |
37.8% |
| Ilgauskas |
CLE |
70 |
499 |
14.0% |
34.3% |
| Wilcox |
LAC |
29 |
208 |
13.9% |
44.7% |
| Davis |
POR |
19 |
148 |
12.8% |
39.2% |
| DeClercq |
ORL |
13 |
102 |
12.7% |
34.3% |
| Williams |
NJN |
21 |
168 |
12.5% |
37.5% |
| Dalembert |
PHI |
27 |
229 |
11.8% |
31.4% |
| Madsen |
MIN |
12 |
103 |
11.7% |
38.8% |
| Outlaw |
MEM |
17 |
152 |
11.2% |
41.4% |
| Williams |
CHI |
16 |
149 |
10.7% |
40.9% |
| Wallace |
DET |
45 |
433 |
10.4% |
32.8% |
| Jamison |
DAL |
44 |
424 |
10.4% |
38.0% |
| Brown |
WAS |
31 |
299 |
10.4% |
36.8% |
| Nesterovic |
SAS |
38 |
372 |
10.2% |
31.2% |
| O'Neal |
LAL |
39 |
387 |
10.1% |
31.3% |
| Howard |
DAL |
30 |
303 |
9.9% |
37.3% |
| Traylor |
NOH |
14 |
142 |
9.9% |
35.2% |
| Stoudemire |
PHO |
44 |
451 |
9.8% |
30.2% |
| Andersen |
DEN |
11 |
112 |
9.8% |
36.6% |
| Patterson |
POR |
19 |
195 |
9.7% |
46.7% |
| Foster |
IND |
16 |
165 |
9.7% |
34.5% |
| Duncan |
SAS |
53 |
560 |
9.5% |
34.6% |
| Miller |
SAC |
33 |
355 |
9.3% |
27.9% |
| Marion |
PHO |
69 |
747 |
9.2% |
29.6% |
| Blount |
CHI |
10 |
109 |
9.2% |
29.4% |
| Randolph |
POR |
64 |
705 |
9.1% |
35.7% |
| Collins |
NJN |
20 |
220 |
9.1% |
34.1% |
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Well, it's not shocking that the big time "offensive glassmen" have the highest presence is this stat. Guys like Ostertag, West and Dampier don't have much of an offensive game if they are away from the basket, but make a nice living on close-in shots from which they have a good likelihood of getting a second chance when they miss.
For the most part the leaders aren't star scorers, although guys like Shaq, Stoudemire, Duncan and Randolph do make it into the top thirty shown here.
A more significant view is perhaps to look at how the team has rebounded a guy's missed shots, since this may start to show which players take ill-advised field goal attempts where the team has little opportunity for an offensive rebound, compared to players who draw so much attention from the opposition that block-outs are rare, and second chances many for the rest of his teammates!
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2) Top Players whose missed shots are rebounded by their own teams
| Player |
Team |
Off Reb |
Misses |
Player % |
Team % |
| Ostertag |
UTA |
44 |
229 |
19.2% |
48.9% |
| Patterson |
POR |
19 |
195 |
9.7% |
46.7% |
| Wilcox |
LAC |
29 |
208 |
13.9% |
44.7% |
| Palacio |
TOR |
3 |
194 |
1.5% |
43.8% |
| Augmon |
NOH |
17 |
202 |
8.4% |
43.1% |
| West |
NOH |
23 |
120 |
19.2% |
41.7% |
| Outlaw |
MEM |
17 |
152 |
11.2% |
41.4% |
| Atkins |
DET |
2 |
146 |
1.4% |
41.1% |
| Williams |
CHI |
16 |
149 |
10.7% |
40.9% |
| Giricek |
UTA |
9 |
169 |
5.3% |
40.8% |
| Lopez |
UTA |
10 |
294 |
3.4% |
40.5% |
| Kaman |
LAC |
14 |
233 |
6.0% |
40.3% |
| Prince |
DET |
28 |
385 |
7.3% |
39.7% |
| James |
CLE |
52 |
867 |
6.0% |
39.4% |
| Miller |
DEN |
42 |
508 |
8.3% |
39.2% |
| Sura |
ATL |
7 |
181 |
3.9% |
39.2% |
| Davis |
POR |
19 |
148 |
12.8% |
39.2% |
| Brand |
LAC |
44 |
498 |
8.8% |
39.0% |
| Ridnour |
SEA |
16 |
205 |
7.8% |
39.0% |
| Madsen |
MIN |
12 |
103 |
11.7% |
38.8% |
| Smith |
NOH |
5 |
174 |
2.9% |
38.5% |
| Boykins |
DEN |
14 |
440 |
3.2% |
38.4% |
| Mashburn |
NOH |
10 |
242 |
4.1% |
38.4% |
| Miles |
POR |
11 |
198 |
5.6% |
38.4% |
| Eisley |
PHO |
8 |
162 |
4.9% |
38.3% |
| Arroyo |
UTA |
16 |
427 |
3.7% |
38.2% |
| Wagner |
CLE |
5 |
194 |
2.6% |
38.1% |
| Delk |
DAL |
4 |
113 |
3.5% |
38.1% |
| Jamison |
DAL |
44 |
424 |
10.4% |
38.0% |
| Anderson |
NYK |
16 |
326 |
4.9% |
38.0% |
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Well, well, well, if it isn't our good buddy Greg Ostertag at the top of the list again. For all the flak we get for having "The Ost" ranked highly in various things, our guess is his Utah team will miss him if he indeed moves on to another roster for next season.
Here too though the top players don't exactly jump out as the stars of the NBA, but a lot of ballhandlers who like to penetrate do show up, as well as guys in that category like LeBron James and Andre Miller who may not rebound their own misses at an incredible rate, but obvisously bring over the defenders leaving the glass open when they miss.
A big question though is given the sample sizes are these numbers meaningful or is it just random noise, this difference in team rebounding for particular players' shots? To try and answer that we'll need to run the same report for the 2002-03 season and see if the leaders are relatively consistent.
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For sortable tables showing all players (minimum of 50 qualifying shots) and teams, see the
Rebounding numbers off particular player shots table.
