“The more you go after – the more you get.”
The best rebounders are the ones that go after the most. While this sounds easy, it’s really all about habits — getting your rebounders’ mindset to the point that they understand that rebounding is an “every possession” mentality. It requires effort, energy, persistence, and the creativity to make sure you have different ways to get inside positioning.
Simply put: rebounding can be greatly enhanced just by making the extra effort to go after more of them...........................................
Here are some of the NBA's best rebounders (You can learn a thing or two about how to dominate the paint and the importance rebounding has on winning from them.
5. Bob Petitt
Bob Petitt, one of the best player in Hawks History and the best rebounder too. He was amazing player and a great winner. His rebounds helped his Atlanta Hawks in the run to the Championship when they defeated Bill Russell's Boston Celtics in the Conference Finals.
Bob Petitt's career high was was when he grabbed 20.3 rebounds per game and that was in 1960-61.
4. Nate Thurmond
4. Nate Thurmond
Nate Thurmond was an amazing rebounder and had total control under the rim and dominated in the NBA with his rebounding. He averaged 22 and 21.3 rebounds per game in his best rebounding seasons. He never lead the league in rebounds,that is a fact. He couldn't because of the domination of Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell of the boards at the time.
3. Wes Unseld
At only 6-6, Unseld averaged 14 rebounds per game for his career . He and Wilt Chamberlain are the only players in the NBA History that had an Rookie of the Year Award and MVP in the same season. This hard nosed player is a great player for any post to model their game after. His famous for his laser-like outlet passes that are now present in Kevin Love's game.
2. Dennis Rodman
Rodman's rebounding was essential to his team's success. He is a seven time NBA rebounding champion (1992–1998). He had stats like Russell,Wilt ,Petit etc. and he played in the 80s and 90s not in 50s or 60s where there was a run and gun tempo and it was a little bit easier to grab a rebound.
Dennis Rodman's best rebounding season was his first rebounding title when he had 18.7 rebounds per game. His dominance of the glass made him a key part of 5 NBA championship teams.
Rodman was outstanding rebounder because of his skills and quickness to grab the rebound before the opponent and he knew were and when the ball was going to fall in his arms.
Russell and Chamberlain are the only two players who have amassed 20,000 career rebounds while averaging over 20 rebounds per game for their career.
Bill Russell one of the best winners in the history. He was an unbelievable rebounder too. Russell led the Celtics to 11 championship rings while collecting 22.5 rebounds per game for his career.
He has an amazing instinct of reading where the basketball was going to rebound to. He was one of the guys who could challenge Wilt Chamberlain, it happened that he out-rebounded him in some games especially in the playoffs where Wilt never won a series against Russell.
Wilt Chamberlain holds the record for most rebounds in a single game, 55. His career average of 22.9 rebounds was often overshadowed by unstoppable offensive game.
He was simply the most dominate under the rim and the most dominate rebounder in the NBA History.He led the league in rebounds 11 times during his career.
His best rebounding season was when he averaged 27.2 rebounds per game. Even if you boxed him out, he could still get over you or around you to get the rebound.
