[EricaLubarsky]

Kaman has been progressively better as he gets healthy. Dirk may not put up great numbers but he's fundamentally sound and blocks out for others--inflating the numbers of those around him. Marion is one of the best at his size.

I figure we have two problems with rebounding. One of which will come along.

1) Defense, defense defense. The guys are all learning a new defense and are often confused, out of place, or just slow to their spot. If they do make a good defensive play, they aren't ready for the rebound. This should settle in as the guys work better together.

2) Long rebounds. Our guards are just terrible at rebounding the long balls and 50/50 shots. Maybe it's part of the hesitance of learning a new system, but our guards just don't have an eye for the ball. Kidd probably spoiled us by bringing such an unbelievable rebounding mentality to the position, because without him, we were awful last year too. Perhaps it's a symptom of players not being comfortable with the sets on both side of the floor, but hustle is hustle and if James can do it, I'm not sure why the guards can't.