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Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson
Nice stat-grab. That is quite odd that their numbers went in those directions. Dirk was obviously never a very good offensive rebounder because he played much further from the basket than most big men do. You'd think his offensive rebounding numbers would've gone up a bit as he's played much closer to the basket in recent years, but no.
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What's really odd to me is that Barkley's defensive rebounding went up in his older years.
Barkley was really at his offensive peak from 22-28. However, during that span, his highest DRB% was only 25.4% (lower than Dirk's best year).
After that:
29: 26.3%
30: 25.6%
31: 26.8%
32: 25%
33: 27.7%
34: 28.8% (career high at 34!)
35: 25.1%
His first 8 years top out at 25.4%, but his last 7 he tops that 5 times! Strange indeed.
(I didn't count his final year where he only played 20 games.)