How to Rebound like Andre Drummond
Andre Drummond shares his secrets.
Andre Drummond will go down as one of the most talented rebounders in NBA history.
He is a four-time rebounding champion and has had more than 40 20-point, 20-rebound (20-20) games.
He’s even had a 29-rebound game, where he boxed and chased loose balls against the Indiana Pacers in 2015.
But early on in his basketball journey, he didn’t know this was the path he was going to take. He didn’t know he was going to take on the role of the rebounder.
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Now, back to the story…
Drummond was talking to Paul George on an episode of Podcast P and said that once he figured out his part, he went full force and took the league by storm.
“I think it’s just the want, Drummond said. “When I came in the league, I knew I wasn’t about to average 30-plus points, I wasn’t about to shoot a bunch of threes, or get any ISOs like that because I was a young big at the time.”
He continues, “I told a story the other day actually, too, talking to somebody. I remember like maybe 2 or 3 weeks into the season, I started looking at like, people’s standings, like where they at on the stats. And I seen that Dwight [Howard] was averaging like 12.5 or something like that or 11.8 and I was averaging like, 9 at the time, playing 16 minutes as a rookie. So, I’m like if I get more minutes, I can be the best rebounder to ever play this game, I just set out to be the best.”
Drummond has also said on other shows that he asked his high school coach during his first NBA season what he could do to stay in the league. The advice given was he needed to find an attribute he could become a master at.
Thus, he chose this lane because he’s good at it and rebounding isn’t something many players care about. “The Greatest Rebounder” isn’t a title many will chase.
Additionally, by becoming a master at rebounding, he says, he’ll have a job for a very long time -which he does- because teams will always need a guy who can rebound -which he still can.
Drummond also talked about how he became an elite rebounder.
He said he likes to study how players miss so he can know where to be to rebound the ball.
“I’ll stay after practice to watch P [George] work out and not even to do anything. Just to like, catch his rebounds to see where his shots come off at.”
He added that there is, however, a natural skill to rebounding as well.
“It’s always been natural for me, even as a kid. Like, I’ve always gotten a lot of rebounds. I was always in the right spot at the right time, is what I call it. I always had a knack for where it was going.”
Drummond is in his 13th NBA season and is currently grabbing 8 rebounds a game for the Philadelphia 76ers, as a backup center, playing 20 minutes a game.
That just shows how well-versed he is at getting boards.
Random Thought
I’m wondering how the Toronto Raptors are going to use Brandon Ingram.
After the team traded for him, I thought they were going to let him go after this season to free up cap space for free agency.
But news came out recently that the two parties agreed to a 3-year extension. So, I’m wondering how Ingram fits into the starting lineup.
Now, don’t get me wrong, Ingram will help the Raptors. He’s a good go-to scorer who can create his own shots and this is a skill set the team lacks.
However, I think they lacked it because they had so many injuries this season. If the starting five were healthy at the same time, I don’t think they have a scoring problem.
If anything, they need defenders, specifically bigger defenders.
Ingram is neither big nor a defender. He’s 6-7, 190 pounds and is currently averaging less than 1 steal and 1 block a game (he does have reach, though).
So, I just don’t know how this is going to work.
And that’s my random thought.
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