The NBA regular season continues, and now that the schedule is halfway through, it's time to take a look at the stats, as of January 29, Beijing time, the leader in the scoring list is Embiid, averaging 360 points, No. 2 is Doncic, who averages 344 points, if attendance can be guaranteed, there is basically no suspense for Embiid to win the scoring title. Looking at the assist list again, Haliburton averages 12Six are far ahead, Trae Young (10. per game.)8) ranked 2nd. So who will be the rebounding king?
Many fans may think of Gobert, whose height of 2.16 meters and arm span of 2.35 meters have made Gobert a good rebounder, according to statistics, so far this season, Gobert has averaged 124 rebounds, that's a very good result, but unfortunately Gobert is second on the rebounding list. In his previous career, Gobert won the rebounding title in the 21-22 season, when he averaged 147, but after joining the Timberwolves, Gobert's number of rebounds has dropped a lot, this is because the Timberwolves are a two-tower lineup, and Gobert has Towns next to him, so his number of rebounds will naturally decrease.
As the Lakers' starting center, Brother Bushy is also a good rebounder, and he averages 12 rebounds per game2, not as many as Gobert, it is extremely difficult to fight for the rebounding king. Judging from past statistics, the average game is 125 is the passing line of the rebounding king, after all, the main task of Brother Thick Mei is to score, he is the first choice of the Lakers on the offensive end, and defense and rebounding are secondary. In addition, looking back on last season, Brother Thick Mei occupied the top of the rebounding list for a long time, but unfortunately he was overtaken by Sabonis Jr. in the second half of the season, and finally missed the rebounding king.
Jokic is the best center in the West, he has the ability to do well, and has the reputation of "Magic at the center position", we often see Jokic get a triple-double, his triple-double number (13) is the first this season, and it is abnormal to not get a triple-double. However, so far this season, Jokic has averaged only 12 rebounds per game0, the competition for the rebounding king is basically no play, similar to the situation of Brother Thick Eyebrows, Jokic is also based on scoring.
In addition, Embiid averages 11 rebounds per game4, which is further away from the passing line, and in a similar situation is Bam Adebayo (10. per game6), Vucevic (10. per game6) and Wembanyama (101) and so on, and they will all miss the rebounding title.
So who will be the rebounding king? Let's go straight to the data, the top 10 players in the current rebounding list are: Sabonis Jr., Gobert, Bushy Eyebrows, Jokic, Antetokounmpo, Embiid, Vucevic, Adebayo, Capela, and Claxton. At the top of the list is Sabonis Jr., who averages 12 rebounds per game7, the only player in the league to reach the passing line, and it is worth mentioning that last season's rebounding champion was also Sabonis Jr., who averaged 12 per game at the time4, apparently he is expected to be re-elected as the rebounding champion this season.
Sabonis Jr.'s height is 2.16 meters, although his body is not strong enough, but he has excellent basketball skills, excellent footsteps under the basket, and a good sense of grabbing rebounds, so far this season, Xiao Sa has a lot of games with a very amazing number of rebounds, such as 21 rebounds against the Hawks, 23 rebounds against the Magic, 21 rebounds against the Grizzlies, 18 rebounds against the Warriors, 16 rebounds against the Lakers, etc., so Xiao Sa's average number of rebounds per game remains high, in fact, so far this season, He has always been at the top of the rebounding list, and to sum up, Sabonis Jr. continues to play like this, and the rebounding king should be in no suspense.