Finally someone figured it (Dirk's overall -unselfish- impact on D rebounding)
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http://asubstituteforwar.com/2011/08...al-rebounding/
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Corey Maggette appears to get in the way of teammates by selfishly stopping the ball, Dirk Nowitzki appears to help teammates greatly by drawing defenders out of the paint.
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thus despite being credited with the rebound, they are giving their team no additional value on the play. Thus the defensive rebound on this play is a misleading stat. On the other hand, if a player like Dirk Nowitzki shuts down his opposing PF’s bid to grab a rebound by boxing out and the ball is going towards him, but at the last moment a horizontally moving teammate grabs it, the player who grabbed it gets the rebounding credit, but it’s likely Dirk who deserved it.
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Dirk Nowitzki seems as good a choice as any for a vertical rebounder, at a legitimate 7 feet and not as much need to move around when the rebounds come....I do suspect that vertical rebounding is more valuable than horizontal rebounding and that the key to great team rebounding is denial of offensive rebounds, rather than creating defensive rebounding
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It is an area, where Dirk is once again totally underrated by guys like Hollinger nad co..