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Over At Basketball Prospectus: How does Kevin Love do it?

For this edition of My Clipboard series over at Basketball Prospectus, I took a look at Kevin Love’s rebounding and wanted to identify what makes it special:

As we approach the midway point of the NBA season, Kevin Love is enjoying his best season as a professional, with aWARP of 9.1 and a Win Percentage (Win%) of .703 percent. Last year, he had a WARP of 8.3 and a Win% of .658. While an increase in minutes is allowing Love to show off his game (37 minutes per game versus 28.6 minutes per game last year), Love’s superb play on the glass is the main reason why people are finally starting to take notice of his talent.

When it comes to grabbing rebounds, Love is among the best in the NBA. At this point in time, when you think of rebounding, you instantly think of Kevin Love. Love is currently third in the NBA in rebounding percentage (TR%), grabbing 23.7 percent of all available rebounds. Only specialists Reggie Evans and Marcus Camby have been better.

As always, thanks for taking the time to check it out!

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Jan 2011
POSTED BY Sebastian Pruiti
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