Nick Young is a terrible rebounder

First off, I'm not a statistician. Secondly, this is my first time really playing around with the amazing site Basketball Reference. But, after attending the Wizards-Celtics game on Sunday, I couldn't help but wonder if Nick Young knows that rebounds are available. Nick Young is listed at 6'7" or 6'6", depending where you check. Sometimes, he plays shooting guard; sometimes, he plays small forward. As a guy who uses up a lot of possessions taking often-contested shots, I figured it would behoove him to snag a few caroms if he wants to be viewed as anything more than a chucker (taking 14.4 FGA a game, despite shooting 40.3%). Senor Swaggy P feels otherwise, but here's where he stands compared to other active guards over this and the past four seasons when it comes to percentage of total rebounds: 340th place. Granted, a fair amount of better rebounders are listed ahead of him more than once because, well, they've been better rebounders than Nick Young's best season more than once.

But, 340th place is abysmal, anemic, and appears more terrible when we look at per-36s: 353rd place. That's some rockstar rebounding at 3.6 boards per 36 minutes.

So, let's look at this season. Of the 54 guards or guard-forwards who have started at least 10 games, Nick Young has the lowest rebounds per game (2.4) of anyone his height who plays at least 30 minutes per game. In other words, he is pretty much the worst rebounding starter at his height in the NBA right now. In terms of percentage of total rebounds this season for guards and guard-forwards starting at least 10 games? Nick Young is 46th out of 54 with his incredible ability to corral 2.8% of available rebounds. The only players with worse rates are mostly point guards, shorter, and rarely, if ever, found playing small forward: Monta Ellis, Raymond Felton, Ben Gordon, Raja Bell, Steve Nash, Luke Ridnour, Devin Harris, and Jeff Teague.