On Sunday in Memphis, Lorenzen Wright somehow snared 26 rebounds. Nice work by their center.
Meanwhile, Shawn Bradley snared one rebound. Not nice work by our center.
It?s worth wondering if Shawn might have been better off getting zero rebounds; a zero in the box score can always be misread as a DNP. But as the president of the Shawn Bradley Patience Club ? and quick to note that the Erector Set bounced back Tuesday with nine rebounds and two blocks worth of influence ? we also want to consider the possibility that Shawn simply misunderstood Nellie?s instructions.
Nellie and other old-school coaches have a credo when overseeing a poor rebounding team: ?Every guy just needs to get one more rebound.?? Could it be that Shawn misunderstood the boss, that he heard that sentence without hearing the word ?more???
We ponder that and other front-burner issues from atop our customary barstool:



