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Chronz1
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 Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:23 am Post subject: Would Wilt foul out of an NBA game in this era |
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| So much is made out of the fact that Wilt never fouled out of a game but was it a result of the rules or refs? Would he experience the same amount of success with his fouls in the 90's or 00's? |
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Mike G
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Location: Hendersonville, NC
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:57 am Post subject: |
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Here are the top 20 alltime (NBA only, regular-season only) rebounders (raw totals), ranked by their ratio of rebounds per foul:
| Code: | Reb/PF - rebounders
11.5 Chamberlain
8.3 Russell
5.5 Thurmond
5.4 Lucas
5.3 Moses Malone
5.1 Pettit
5.0 Unseld
4.2 Rodman
4.0 Bellamy
4.0 Silas
3.9 Hayes
3.8 Barkley
3.7 Abdul-Jabbar
3.3 Parish
3.3 Karl Malone
3.1 Olajuwon
3.1 Buck Williams
2.9 Willis
2.9 Ewing
2.8 Oakley
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At the top -- few fouls (called) per rebound -- are exclusively old-timers. Moses wasn't known as a defensive monster, and is less than half of Wilt in this ratio.
At the bottom are more modern players. Currently-playing rebound leaders, and their ratio:
| Code: | current Reb/PF
Mutombo 3.7
Shaq 3.3
Garnett 4.4
Duncan 4.4
Ben Wallace 5.2 |
Wallace doesn't score, and so his fouls would be almost all defensive. Players sometimes compared to Wilt (Shaq, KG) have fouled about 3 times as often, per board.
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bchaikin
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Location: cleveland, ohio
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:04 am Post subject: |
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| quite possibly - moses malone played a 14 year stretch in the nba (1978-79 to 1991-92) as a starter and dominant C playing major minutes and he didn't foul out of a single game, and like chamberlain he was the league's best overall scorer and rebounder during this time... |
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Chronz1
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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| What of the rate of fouls per possession, isnt it harder not to foul out in the recent era (90-00's) |
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