Tag: Rebounds

Despite a lack of size in their frontcourt, Boston gets rebounding done by committee

“The Celtics are 21st in points allowed per possession, but there’s no cause for alarm,” cautions ESPN’s Zach Lowe.

With their frontcourt being thinner than they might otherwise like with veteran forward Danilo Gallinari out until at least the postseason with a torn ACL and starting center Robert Williams III likely out at least a few more weeks, it can often be a challenge for the Boston Celtics to get rebounds.

But they have found a way to make it work as a team by collecting the boards as a unit and done so well enough to attract national attention while they do it. Such attention was recently paid them by ESPN senior writer Zach Lowe, who sung the praises of Boston’s rebounding-by-committee as part of his recurring “10 things” columns.

“The Celtics are 21st in points allowed per possession, but there’s no cause for alarm,” cautions Lowe.

Who are the Boston Celtics’ top-10 all-time leaders in postseason rebounds?

Can you name all of the top ten rebounders for the Celtics in playoff history? Better yet, can you do it in order?

With the greatest rebounder of all time bookended by the best frontcourt ever assembled in the history of the league, there’s no reason to be surprised that the Boston Celtics have dominated the boards in the postseason across much of their seven decades of existence and the 17 titles they’ve won in it.

In fact, two of the top ten postseason rebounders for the Celtics are small forwards, demonstrating the historic importance of boards for winning titles to the storied franchise over the years. Cleaning the glass has long been a Boston fundamental, but even ardent Celtics fans may struggle to name the most proficient playoff rebounders after the first three or four.

How many of Boston’s 10 most accomplished postseason rebound leaders can you name? Scroll down, and find out.

On this day: Celtic John Bagley re-signs; most team rebounds vs Pistons

On this day, Celtic point guard John Bagley returned to Boston after a long injury.

On this day in 1992, former Boston Celtic point guard John Bagley re-signed with the team in free agency. Bagley played his collegiate basketball at Boston College, and was drafted 12th overall in the 1982 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

He would play for that club and the (then) New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets before the Nets would trade the Bridgeport native to the Celtics in 1989 for draft assets and cash. After his first campaign with the team, tendonitis and a subsequent surgery kept Bagley sidelined for the entire 1990-91 season, and his rehabilitation stretched beyond his contract into the following season.

The quiet NBA bubble has taken Carmelo Anthony’s NSFW rebound calls to another level

The most entertaining rebounder ever.

Carmelo Anthony has to be one of the most entertaining rebounders in NBA history.

No, he’s never come close to leading the league in actual rebounds. But every season he’s been in the NBA, he’s led the league by far in letting everyone know — including the folks at home on the couch — that HE GOT IT.

In the NBA’s bubble you can actually hear it a bit more now without the audience. And each time it’s so entertaining.

He put on a I GOT IT clinic against the Rockets in the Trail Blazers’ 110-102 win. He grabbed 11 rebounds and had a handful of GIVE ME THATs  to go with it.

That’s so good because it’s so relatable. Melo is the OG hooper at the rec who lets you know it’s his rebound and nobody else’s.

It gets even better when he’s outside of the NBA’s bubble. That’s when he’s just cursing everyone out and letting his teammates know they can run the floor. It’s glorious.

It normally goes something like this.

(Warning: There is NSFW language included in this video)

Ah, what a joy. Never stop rebounding Carmelo. Never.

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