If you have not noticed, the major shift in basketball strategy on the college and pro level is how teams are attacking the offensive boards. It used to be that teams NEVER risked going to the offensive boards for fear of giving up the fastbreak.
Today teams are attacking the offensive boards and they are NOT giving up more fastbreaks to the other teams.
The numbers show the change that has taken place in the NBA:
2021 season- one team rebounded over 30% of their missed shots
2022 season- five teams rebounded over 30% of their missed shots
2026 season- twenty teams are rebounding over 30% of their missed shots
The Houston Rockets are presently getting offensive rebounds on 40% of their misses. Most teams who are increasing their quest for offensive rebounds are sending 3 to the boards on three point shots. What is unusual is that Houston usually only sends 2 to the offensive boards, but when they send 3 to the offensive boards, they are getting a crazy 56% of the misses in the form of offensive rebounds.
In the NBA Commissioner’s Cup Championship, the Knicks had 24 offensive rebounds and the Spurs had 19 offensive rebounds.
With most of the teams choosing to send 3 rebounders on three point shots, typically they are sending 3 on about 20% of the shots. The Cavs lead the league by sending 3 at a rate of 27% of the time.
One of the concepts related to this rebound concept comes from international basketball. The concept is to be “tagging up.” This means that every player basically tries to block their defender in, so the offensive will get the long rebounds, and block them from getting out and running.
The NBA is experimenting with concepts of “tagging up” and number to send to the boards with their G-League teams.
At this time, some NBA and NCAA teams are using the “tagging up” concept to pin defenders in but some still “crash”- meaning going to get around the block out.
The major lesson is that the NBA and NCAA are showing that:
1- The “tagging up” is a strategy or skill that is worth teaching. It frees up the perimeter people to get the long offensive rebounds.
2- They are experimenting with sending 3 and 4 to the offensive boards.
The Knicks are getting 4.6 more offensive rebounds than their opponents (called “net chances”), which translates to 5.6 more points per game.
For a detailed look at the change in offensive rebounding and some of its origins- click here….
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