Whenever a point guard can grab a rebound, he puts his team at an advantage.  When a point guard grabs a rebound on the defensive end, he is able to start a fast break on his own since the ball is already in the points hands (no outlet passes are needed).  When a point grabs an offensive rebound, he has one of two options, pull it out and restart the offense, or attack, taking advantage of the defense being out of position.

In my research, it was interesting to notice that there are two different types of point guards that succeed when it comes to rebounding the basketball, depending on whether or not it is an offensive or defensive rebound.

Defensive Rebounding/Bigger Point Guards

The point guards who dominate the defensive boards are the usual suspects.  The PGs who you tend to think of when you think about point guards who can rebound (because if you are like me, you think about this a ton).  Guys like Jason Kidd, Tyreke Evans, and Deron Williams who know how to use their size to their advantage when crashing the boards (All these guys grab over 10% of their respective team’s defensive rebounds).

Jason Kidd is thought of to be the best rebounding point guard in the league, and the numbers back that line of thinking up.  Part of the reason is that he is such a smart player, he knows how to read the ball off the rim and position his body to get there.

Here, Kidd reads that the foul shot for Tony Parker is going to end up short, so he rushes in to cut off Parker.  The ball bounces right to Kidd and he starts up court.

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