goldsberry says that randomness in rebounding is one of the things that keeps basketball interesting in the era of advanced analytics. but as a player, there's

goldsberry says that randomness in rebounding is one of the things that keeps basketball interesting in the era of advanced analytics. but as a player, there's not much to it. of course it helps if you're tall, but if you're diligent about boxing out and go after the ball, you'll get rebounds. you don't need to over-think the randomness since it will average out over a game. and if your teammates are doing their jobs boxing out, your team should have favorable chances of getting rebounds just through floor coverage alone. ps - http://www.secondspectrum.com http://www.secondspectrum.com is doing some really cool visualization of sportsvu data from the nba.