Drive by WNBA blog for me today.
Especially now that she set the single-season rebounding record in her rookie year.
On the surface, that’s pretty impressive.
Some will even say this puts her in the Rookie of the Year discussion.
So let’s get to the bottom of this.
Here’s Reese’s take.
We set off to answer this question.
I used play-by-play data curated from Wehoop in attempt to tease out to what degree this might be true.
Hope you’re hungry for breakfast.
Let’s first confirm Angel Reese in in-fact a poor shooter relative to her peers.
I think we can all agree there’s some efficiency issues here for Angel Reese.
But let’s talk rebounding.
That’s what we’re here for anyway.
Reese towers over the competition with 25 more shot attempts after an offensive rebound.
Even though the efficiency lags she’s at least giving the team more chances than anyone else.
Angel Reese isn’t cleaning up after her teammates.
She’s cleaning up after herself.
53 self-rebounds is the most in a single season since at least 2002 when such data was publicly tracked.
Not to mention her 71% efficiency compared to Reese’s 57%.
In conclusion, I think it’s well agreed Angel Reese is a great rebounder.
But it sure seems to me Angel Reese is Dennis Rodman without the self-awareness of being a poor shooter.
There’s a lot of air in those stats.
