Alright, let’s talk about something I dug into recently – figuring out which Washington Wizards players managed to grab 10 rebounds in a game.
It started kinda casually. I was watching a game, or maybe just thinking back on some recent matchups, and the thought popped into my head: who on the Wizards is actually consistent on the boards? Not just the big guys, but anyone who managed to hit that double-digit mark in rebounds for a single game.
So, the first thing I did was just brainstorm from memory. You know, who are the usual suspects? Daniel Gafford definitely came to mind first. He plays near the basket, gets putbacks, fights for position. Seemed like a safe bet he’d have plenty of those games.
Then I thought about Kyle Kuzma. He’s got the size, and he often crashes the boards from the wing. I felt pretty sure he’d crossed that 10-rebound threshold multiple times too.
Digging into the numbers
Memory is one thing, but I wanted to actually confirm it, see the specifics. So, I decided to actually look it up properly. Didn’t want to rely on just hearsay or my own fuzzy recall.
I went online, obviously. Fired up my usual spots for checking out basketball stats. Didn’t go for anything too fancy, just the regular game logs and player stat pages you can find pretty easily.
Here’s basically what I did:
- Pulled up the Wizards roster for the season I was interested in (usually the current or most recent one).
- Started going player by player, focusing on the main rotation guys first.
- Looked at their game logs. This part takes a bit of time, you gotta scroll through.
- Specifically scanned the ‘REB’ column for each game. Anytime I saw a number 10 or higher, I made a mental note.
It’s a bit manual, yeah. You’re basically just scanning lists of numbers. Sometimes I’d filter by stats if the site allowed it, looking specifically for games where rebounds were greater than or equal to 10. That speeds things up considerably.
Found confirmations for Gafford and Kuzma pretty quick, like I expected. They pop up quite a few times. Then I started checking other guys. Maybe some unexpected names? Sometimes a guard might have a crazy game, or a bench player gets hot on the glass when given minutes.
I remember checking guys like Deni Avdija too. He’s got decent size and plays hard, so I looked through his games. Found some double-digit rebound games for him as well.
It wasn’t like discovering a hidden secret or anything, but it was satisfying to go through the process. You start with a question, do a little digging using the tools available, and piece together the answer. It makes you appreciate those individual efforts more when you see the actual numbers laid out game by game.
So yeah, that was my little project. Just spending some time confirming who on the Wizards could hit that 10-rebound mark. Simple process, really: think, check, confirm. Gives you a better feel for the team’s dynamics on the glass.
