What Danny said is EXACTLY what I have said multiple times on here over the last few years. It is a false dichotomy to believe that you can stretch the floor the way the C's do with their bigs and also offensive rebound at a great rate. It is also a false dichotomy to believe your big men can defend the perimeter the way the C's do with their bigs and also defensive rebound at a great rate.
Horford leads all big men in contested 3 point shot attempts at 3.6 per game. Olynyk is 5th at 2.9 per game and far and away leads all centers at 4.8 per 36. You CANNOT expect your big men to defend on the perimeter a ton AND defensive rebound at a great rate.
Rebounding should never be a focal point in deciding which big men to acquire and/or deploy. You must defend 1st and slow bigs that hang around the paint and rebound are of NO help defending on the perimeter. The C's bigs must be able to help defend the perimeter because I.T./Avery/Rozier are terrible at fighting over screens. The C's would get slaughtered if the bigs hang back toward the paint and do not extend out to the 3 point line.
With that said the C's have a defensive rebound rate of 74.7% this year, the C's title team of 2008 had a defensive rebound rate of 74.4%. The argument for adding a rebounding big is nonsense and would cause a ton of other problems on the floor.
Ah, facts...
How come Houston doesn't have this issue? Or the Spurs, or the Warriors? They spread the floor?
1 Denver 53.9% 55.0% 47.4% 54.1% 53.7% 51.1%
2 Chicago 52.5% 53.4% 60.4% 54.0% 51.1% 50.4%
3 Okla City 52.2% 54.8% 59.2% 53.2% 51.3% 53.7%
4 Detroit 51.8% 58.0% 54.6% 53.2% 50.3% 52.6%
5 San Antonio 51.3% 54.5% 57.4% 51.5% 51.2% 51.1%
6 Utah 51.3% 53.0% 53.1% 51.9% 50.5% 51.7%
7 Cleveland 50.8% 49.5% 45.8% 52.0% 49.5% 51.9%
8 Minnesota 50.4% 49.2% 46.8% 51.6% 48.9% 49.5%
9 Phoenix 50.4% 53.5% 61.1% 51.1% 49.8% 50.5%
10 New York 50.4% 48.4% 54.2% 50.8% 50.0% 49.8%
11 Charlotte 50.4% 43.2% 45.4% 50.8% 49.9% 49.6%
12 Houston 50.4% 50.6% 50.0% 51.1% 49.6% 49.9%
13 LA Clippers 50.3% 46.2% 47.2% 50.4% 50.3% 47.9%
14 Golden State 50.3% 45.5% 52.8% 51.6% 49.1% 50.0%
15 Miami 50.3% 49.4% 51.9% 50.8% 49.8% 51.3%
16 Memphis 50.1% 56.4% 56.0% 51.6% 48.5% 49.4%
17 Atlanta 50.1% 49.1% 56.2% 50.7% 49.6% 47.3%
18 Sacramento 49.9% 51.5% 52.6% 51.0% 49.1% 50.3%
19 LA Lakers 49.6% 45.6% 38.9% 50.9% 48.6% 48.4%
20 Washington 49.6% 49.5% 52.2% 49.9% 49.2% 49.3%
21 Milwaukee 49.5% 48.1% 51.1% 49.7% 49.3% 49.0%
22 Toronto 49.4% 49.7% 54.9% 50.6% 48.3% 51.8%
23 Orlando 49.1% 51.1% 51.4% 49.8% 48.5% 49.2%
24 Philadelphia 49.0% 52.6% 51.9% 49.6% 48.4% 47.1%
25 Portland 48.7% 51.2% 48.6% 49.3% 48.1% 50.7%
26 New Orleans 48.2% 46.9% 50.0% 48.5% 47.9% 49.3%
27 Indiana 48.0% 47.3% 47.8% 48.5% 47.5% 49.1%
28 Brooklyn 47.8% 48.1% 48.9% 47.9% 47.7% 49.6%
29 Boston 47.6% 46.9% 39.6% 48.5% 46.8% 49.2%
30 Dallas 46.2% 46.5% 37.1% 47.4% 45.1% 48.1%