Is it coaching?

External Since: Dec 18, 2006 Posts: 98

In college, Carmelo Anthony was a rebounding machine. Apparently
he's rebounding well for Coach K (Krzyzewski, not Karl) in the U.S.
team. He's a complete, all-around player.

What's the difference between the way he plays for the U.S. and the
way he plays for the Nuggets?

External Since: Jun 16, 2007 Posts: 154

In alt.sports.basketball.nba.denver-nuggets on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:58:11
-0600 Howard Brazee wrote:

>In college, Carmelo Anthony was a rebounding machine. Apparently
>he's rebounding well for Coach K (Krzyzewski, not Karl) in the U.S.
>team. He's a complete, all-around player.
>
>What's the difference between the way he plays for the U.S. and the
>way he plays for the Nuggets?

The biggest difference is he's playing more 4 than 3. He's closer to the
basket, therefore more rebounds. It's not like his rebounding performance is
anything special for a PF (9% offensive rebounding%, 24% defensive, both
average NBA PF rates), nor is it helping his team create extra rebounds (28%
OR%, below average for NBA teams, 74% DR%, slightly above average).