And then he just throws it there and catches it, puts it back up, tosses it again, catches it again, ends the tip, does it again, over and over again.
This is a drill that focuses solely on Adams’ ability to control the ball near the rim, especially on the offensive glass.
Under Adams’ leadership, the Rockets are the best offensive rebounding team in the NBA.
To be clear, not just this season’s NBA. They are the best offensive rebounding team ever.
“The Rockets are missing more than two out of every five shots,” ESPN’s Tim Bontemps wrote on Friday. “To put their absurd 40.5% offensive rebound rate into perspective: The difference between Houston and second-place Portland is the same as between the Trail Blazers and the 16th-place Nets. No team has eclipsed 38% in an entire season since 1996-97. The Rockets thus have the league’s best offense, while ranking last in 3-point shooting volume per game. The only team to score less than 30.”
Adams is averaging an absurd (and NBA best) 5.2 offensive rebounds per game in 22 minutes per night. He basically grabs an offensive board every four minutes.
Alperen Sengun averages 3.1 offensive rebounds a game, and Amen Thompson and Clint Capela add 2.3 offensive rebounds per night.
This is actually a cheat code. The Rockets may be less efficient in terms of capturing offensive boards and still actually maintain a solid scoring rate relative to their opponent.
Houston is also a good defensive rebounding team given the presence of guys like Adams, Sengun, Thompson and Kevin Durant.
For most of the season, the Rockets have used larger lineups, including some with Adams-Sangun together and some where Thompson is the de facto point guard. It doesn’t hurt.
But in reality, offensive counterattacking is a skill, and it involves effort. And this season, Adams and the Rockets are doing like no one has ever done before.
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