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Originally Posted by Underdog
You're basically saying to ignore Dalembert's 14 boards (in 28 minutes) while knocking the effort and hustle that allowed him to bring down those 14 boards in the first place... The fact that he even TOUCHED those other potential rebounds is a gigantic improvement over someone like Kaman, who would just stand there and watch the ball fall into another player's hands.
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If your benchmark of a good center is being better than Chris Kaman than your expectations are set unbelievably low. Blair has outrebounded dalembert on average. It wasn't hustle that got him many if not most of those boards, he was uncontested many possessions as the 76er's didn't have a rebounder down low due to Hawe's positioning for midrange jumpers. Philly scored 54 points in the paint last night tieing our season high to date against the Thunder. In fact, go look at opponents points in the paint for the season to date while Dalembert is on the court.