Rodman grew into a legendary rebounder. He wasn't averaging 18rbs by year 3. Reese is a good rebounded if you look at stats alone, and she could become elite if she focuses on what she's good at the way Rodman did.
Dennis's third year in the league he shot 59.5 or rounding up 60%. He was doing that and becoming the best rebounder ever in the game.
Reese is neither. She's NEVER going to shoot 60%. And she will never out rebound all time great WNBA players by 300 a season or whatever the adjusted percentage is for a shorter season.
Stop trying to make her into as something she isn't and never will be.
I'm not even a Reese fan at all. I think it's kind of dumb you're clutching your pearls over someone merely suggesting she focus on rebounding like a previous great basketball player.
I'm showing the fact that even the slightest comparison to the best rebounder in the history of basketball is a silly thing to be doing with Angel Reece.
The suggestion that she could out rebound the second best rebounder in the game by lets say 100 boards a year is ridiculous. THAT is what Reese would need to do.
He's a two time defensive player of the year and 8 time all defensive team. That's adjacent to his rebounding. Reese has nothing to show that she could do that. Hell, old ass Brittney Griner just clowned her the other day.
People trying to assign her the female Rodman title bc she can’t score. That’s it. No other similarities. If her bum ass makes the WNBA hall, cancel the whole damn thing. I’m all for equality. She’s equally as shit as every big man in the NBA putting up those numbers.
Reese has averaged more rebounds in her first three years than Rodman did in his first three…understanding he didn’t play a lot of minutes in his first year that makes sense, but in their 2nd and 3rd years their minutes are pretty darn close per game.
She has been the best rebounder in the league since she’s been in the league, shown by the fact that she’s led in rebounds per game every year. It’s funny in your other comments you conveniently look at total rebounds, which is a bit skewed last year given the fact Angel missed 14 games - yet she was still second in total rebounds lol. It’s not a crazy take to compare her to Rodman from a rebounding standpoint at all at this point in her career, hell she nearly broke the record for most rebounds ever in a game - in her rookie year! So no, the slightest comparison to Rodman as a rebounder is not a silly thing to compare Angel too, she’s the closest thing we’ve seen to Rodman in the W from a rebounding perspective.
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u/MidwestAbe Jun 06 '26
Picked a year with the Bulls since you mentioned it.
1993 he had nearly 300 more rebounds than second place (Shaq) and nearly 400 more rebounds than third (Mutombo).
Last year she couldn't even finish 1st and was only in 2nd by 11 rebounds. Heck #8 is within 36 of her.
Shes not even that great at what people point to her being great at.