Basketball from a fans perspective

Funny
Clippers forward Blake Griffin is M.I.A. in Kia automobile commercials so far this season.  I found them very entertaining however this is one is even funnier than any of the Griffin  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJhpgIbnD3U  

Double-double
It is not unusual in the NBA for a player to register a double-double.  Most instances its points scored and rebounds.  As for assists double digit assists are not that uncommon either, what is uncommon is the number. 20 or more assists has been recorded several times the latest Saturday night.  Clipper point guard Chris Paul score 20 points and had 20 assists as his team registered a 133-105 victory over the Pelicans.  

Kansas City-NBA connection
Unless you are fan of the Miami Heat Willie Reed is an unknown name.  Reed doesn’t play much as a back-up power forward/center.  The 6-10 Reed played his college ball at St. Louis University his high school ball at Bishop Miege in suburban Roland Park (KS).

You’ve got to want the ball
In basketball it aids a player greatly being tall; he’s got a natural advantage in rebounding the basketball.  Often its not height alone, there exists a number of 7 foot NBA players have been average to below average rebounding the ball.  I’m not going to name names or point fingers you know them already.  It was said Dennis Rodman in practice would study the angles the basketball bounced off the rim.  At 6 foot 7 and 220 pounds Rodman led the NBA in rebounding 7 years an unlikely feat for an “average” size NBA player.  Russell Westbrook of the Thunder is only 6 foot 3 but has a double-double almost every game he plays.  

Westbrook is aggressive which aids him but he must also study angles because no player 
6-3 can continually be in double figures rebounding.  I mentioned the tall guys who don’t or can’t rebound affectively how about the Big Men who can.  We can count Hassan Whiteside, Andrew Drummond, Dwight Howard and DeAndre Jordan just to name a few current day players who rebound the ball well.  As for a different time there were fewer NBA teams during the ‘50’s and ‘60’s the period Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell played. The 7-1 Chamberlain averaged 22.9 rebounds a game for his career as for Russell he was a close second with 22.5.  Those types of rebound numbers are never likely to occur again in the NBA.