Scoring without Rebounding as a Big
Scoring without rebounding wins championships.
Let’s cap off our Andrea Bargnani tribute for the week. Bargnani is often credited with being a scoring big and that justifies his low rebounding. I decided to use him as inspiration for yet another trivia question.
Since 1978 only 6 players (Editor’s Note: Sorry Guys forgot to count Horry) have managed to
- Play at least 1000 Minutes at some combination of power forward or center
- Have a True Shooting Percentage over 53.0%
- Pull down fewer than 7.5 Rebounds per 48 Minutes
- Earn at least 1.0 Wins Produced
Hope that gives you something fun to do with your Sunday. Bonus points as always for supplying the correct year as well. As always I’ve given you one of the answers.
-Dre
Congrats to Alex and Nathan for being the first two to crack this. (Sorry to the rest of you to keep you guessing based on a script typo. Still check out Chris Mills wikipedia entry for a laugh, even if he wasn’t a PF) Highlight the answer below.
- Kiki Vandeweghe in 1983
- Robert Horry in 1995
- Tim Thomas in 1997
- Sam Perkins in 1997
- Orlando Woolridge in 1990
- Boris Diaw in 2010
Wages of Wins Journal 
johnbeumer
August 7, 2011
Walter McCarty 203-2004?
Alex
August 7, 2011
I needed to get away from the thesis for a minute… not sure about the years, but how about Kiki Vandeweghe, Sam Perkins, Tim Thomas, Rashard Lewis, and Boris Diaw? Diaw might not make it depending on what position you think he plays, and I know I have one too many guys.
Nathan Verney
August 7, 2011
Boris Diaw – 2009-2010
Fred Roberts – 1990-1991
Sam Perkins – 1994-1995
Andre Kirilenko – 2007-2008 (although not sure if you’d classify him as a PF)
So if Kirilenko is wrong, I’ll add a couple more names to the guess. How about Matt Bullard (97-8 or 2000-1) and Orlando Woolridge (84-5 or 86-7)? Don’t know if they swung between forward spots or were exclusively PFs though.
Evan Shrubsole (@evanshrubsole)
August 7, 2011
Eddy Curry 2006-2007
Bill Wennington 2006-2007
Brad Miller 2009-2010
Charles T. Peterson
August 7, 2011
Bob Mcadoo comes to mind- how about 82 or 85?
Dre
August 7, 2011
John,
Walter hits everything but the 1.0 Wins Produced. Good guess!
Alex,
Your first three hit (Kiki,Perkins and Tim Thomas) Lewis never hit that many wins while playing primarily as PF, same with Diaw.
Nathan,
Way to go on Perkins and Orlando Woolridge.For Diaw and Roberts, Bullard and AK47 I have them primarily as SF in years they qualify.
Evan,
None of your guesses hit the RBD mark, which shocks me for Eddy Curry.
Charles,
Bob McAdoo was always able to beat the board mark.
All,
Excluding the gimme answer we have one left. Keep guessing!
motherwell (@motherwell)
August 7, 2011
Rik Smits?No was always a SLIGHTLY too good rebounder.
Terry Cummings? Was he primarily a 4? He was with SA – nope, too good rebounder.
Channing Frye? Nope.
Villanueva last year? No, 8 boards.
Hedo Turkoglu? Is he 4?
motherwell (@motherwell)
August 7, 2011
PS now you require login, can you ditch the pre-moderation? Seems double redundant for no reason.
Alex
August 7, 2011
Throwing some more names against the wall…. Gallinari, Granger, Artest, Kukoc, Uncle Cliffy, Derrick McKey, Chris Mullin (which would be sad), Dantley.
Joseph O. Applegate
August 7, 2011
Shawn Bradley.
Joseph O. Applegate
August 7, 2011
2002-2003.
fricktho
August 7, 2011
Kiki Vanderweghe
Cliff Robinson
Sam Perkins
Detlef Schrempf
Rashard Lewis
Danny Ferry
?
David Morris
August 7, 2011
Joseph, Bradley wasn’t the best rebounder, but he’s way above 7.5 rebounds per 48 minutes. In fact, that season you mention, he got almost 10 rebounds per 36 minutes.
Dre
August 7, 2011
Joseph,
David is right about Bradley
Fricktho,
Kiki is right. Clifford never hit that 1 win mark when planing terrible. Sam Perkins is right. Schrempf had one season with all requirements except that he was playing as a SF. Rashard and Danny Ferry were both listed as SF while playing badly.
Nathan Verney
August 8, 2011
I see you’ve edited it to say 6 players now. So, just so I understand, the players thus far are:
Robert Horry
Kiki Vandeweghe
Sam Perkins (1994-1995)
Tim Thomas
Orlando Woolridge (84-5 or 86-7)
Did James Edwards ever have a year with 1 WP?
Dre
August 8, 2011
Nathan,
Yup one name left. James Edwards is not it. I’m looking forward to quoting the Wikipedia entry to the final player when you all crack it :)
Nathan Verney
August 8, 2011
Final 4 guesses then I give up:
Orlando’s early attempt at a stretch 4 – Pat Garritty
One random I’ve never heard of – Tom McMillen
Perhaps he played at the 4 in Boston – Eric Williams
Everyone’s (least) favourite NBA Jam big man – Brad Lohaus
I’d love to see the WP48 for those original NBA Jam two-somes, I’m sure it’d be close between Lohaus and Blue Edwards vs Spud Webb and Wayman Tisdale vs Derek Harper and Mike Iuzzolino.
motherwell (@motherwell)
August 8, 2011
Rick Barry 1971-72?
Keith Van Horn in his last season?
Dre
August 8, 2011
Nathan,
Thanks for NBA Jam suggestion. Loved that game and hated lack of Jordan. Nope to all the guesses (sorry Motherwell) Here’s a hint. The PF I’m looking for was an SF playing big for a year on a team without a lot of height. His height was below 6′ 8”
Jeremy Britton
August 8, 2011
Hm, a small playing a big position. Sounds like any of a number of Golden State Warrior teams. I’ll offer a few:
– Rod Higgins
– Terry Teagle
– Chris Mullin
– Purvis Short
Man of Steele
August 8, 2011
Thaddeus Young
Al Harrington
Rodney Carney
Those are my best guesses; I can’t believe Diaw wasn’t one of them
motherwell (@motherwell)
August 8, 2011
Tom Tolbert? 89-90?
fricktho
August 8, 2011
Walt Williams
Larry Johnson
Glen Rice
Nathan Verney
August 8, 2011
Ime Udoka in Portland
Dre
August 9, 2011
Embarrassingly enough guys I had an error in my script and had a few names wrong. It turns out Borris Diaw does count and my “secret answer” of Chris Mills in 1996 was incorrect :( Sorry for the mixup guys and for stringing you along when you’ve had it cracked for a while.