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What would be interesting would be to see if there is some sort of correlation between rebounding and FG%.

Obviously, a defensive team would like to force the offense into low-percentage shots. What if it were the case that low-perentage shots resulted in misses that were more likely to be rebounded by the offensive team? Say, for example, that a defender comes over to double a guy on the perimeter as the shot clock is expiring. The offensive player is less likely to hit the shot, being covered by two defenders. But now there are four offensive players to crash the board, and only three defenders.

It would also be interesting to see if there was a correlation between the pace a team liked to play and which stat was more important to that team. Is a team that likes to grind it out in a half-court style more susceptible to rebounding weaknesses? Five points takes on a different meaning in games where the score is in the 70's or 80's than it does if the score is in the 100's.

That's the fun of all this. Rarely does one stat exist in a vaccuum.