lebron/jordan/westbrook rebounding titles in the 50s?

[swagga]

could they get them?
what about the 60s?

[navy]

50s You bet.

Slow down bro. 60s wasnt that weak.

[CavaliersFTW]

50s You bet.

Slow down bro. 60s wasnt that weak.
They aren't outrebounding the best rebounders of any decade...

[navy]

They aren't outrebounding the best rebounders of any decade...
Well no duh, they'd be janitors.

[CavaliersFTW]

Lebron has the highest TRB% of the 3 (which is rate based, this is ignoring volumes).

It's still significantly lower than Elgin Baylor's TRB%.

Elgin Baylor got 0 rebounding titles in the "50's and 60's".

The best rebounders of the 50's and 60's are just as good as the best rebounders of today, and in all the seasons Wilt and Russell played even better.

[dunksby]

Like chasing down loose balls requires some outlandish skill only available to modern day players.

[swagga]

Like chasing down loose balls requires some outlandish skill only available to modern day players.

white men can't jump bro.

[ButterFace]

LeBron maybe if he played the post. Jordan and Westbrook would still be perimeter players for sure.

[CavaliersFTW]

white men can't jump bro.
They can fight for rebounds.

[CavaliersFTW]

LeBron maybe if he played the post. Jordan and Westbrook would still be perimeter players for sure.
He likely wouldn't play the post, he'd play the game the way he knows how to play. The way he knows how to play is from the outside facing in.

He's not outrebounding other forwards like Elgin Baylor, Maurice Stokes or Bob Pettit let alone some the outstanding rebounding centers of the 50's and 60's.

Rebounding is not something he'd miraculously be better at unless his team demanded he become a rebounding specialist in which he wouldn't be playing to his own strengths, and I suspect even then he wouldn't get a rebounding title over guys that took pride in fighting for rebounds and made careers out of it.