Rebounding Help (My Career)

[FDC999]

Anyone out there mind sharing some of their tips when it comes to rebounding? I'm not a great player by any means (don't play online at all, just screw around in my career/association pretty much) but I'm not horrible either. Still, rebounding is definitely my weakness.

I'm playing as a Center for the first time and finding it much more difficult to get rebounds consistently despite being 7'1 and jacking up my rebounding/vertical/hands numbers. In fact, I found it easier to get boards as a PG -- which says to me I'm doing something wrong.

I box out, or try to, and have tried varying when I jump -- but haven't found a way to rebound consistently. I normally find myself too close to the basket while rebounding, causing my player to either miss the ball or the ball hits his head and goes to the other team.

I'm averaging 6 boards a game right now which is horrible for a 7 footer who contributes little on offense (ha!). Any tips or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[BornBetter]

Re: Rebounding Help (My Career)

Anyone out there mind sharing some of their tips when it comes to rebounding? I'm not a great player by any means (don't play online at all, just screw around in my career/association pretty much) but I'm not horrible either. Still, rebounding is definitely my weakness.

I'm playing as a Center for the first time and finding it much more difficult to get rebounds consistently despite being 7'1 and jacking up my rebounding/vertical/hands numbers. In fact, I found it easier to get boards as a PG -- which says to me I'm doing something wrong.

I box out, or try to, and have tried varying when I jump -- but haven't found a way to rebound consistently. I normally find myself too close to the basket while rebounding, causing my player to either miss the ball or the ball hits his head and goes to the other team.

I'm averaging 6 boards a game right now which is horrible for a 7 footer who contributes little on offense (ha!). Any tips or advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Upgrade hands and rebounding attributes. Hands increases your chances of catching the ball -- which helps you grab the rebounds especially when there's multiple guys going for it.

[kei0218]

Re: Rebounding Help (My Career)

I am still learning to play too, but here are some tips that I have:
1. box out - focus on your matchup at all time, and when the shot goes up, hold LT and RT(not sure on RT, sometimes I get called foul for push players out of my way) to box out

2. Don't try to jump and block every shot/layup, sometimes just hold the right stick to put your hands up is enough, and you get to keep your position too

3. Be patient, sometimes the ball just won't go your way, but keep boxing out will still help your team and get a better team grade, even you don't get any rebound

these all from my personal experience as I have a 6'11" center in my career too. When playing against Miami, I got too drawn and try to block every layup/penetration attempt, and end up got only 3 rebounds. But then in the next game against New Orleans, I was more focus and due to less threat provided by their guards, I pulled down 17 boards!

[FDC999]

Re: Rebounding Help (My Career)

Thanks, guys. Appreciate the fast responses.

[FDC999]

Re: Rebounding Help (My Career)

Been working on the tips provided here. Got my hands all the way up, so I'm pretty good in terms of pure ratings in rebounding (O&D), Strength, Hands, Vertical. Really been focusing on blocking out my man (rather than whoever is closest to the bucket) and have noticed a slight improvement. Still, I seem to get out rebounded by my own teammates.

I'm playing for the Warriors right now (drafted 30th lol) and Curry keeps out boarding my guy when we're side by side. Don't mind that in the grand scheme of things because I'm trying to win games, but I'm also trying to improve my own play on the boards.

Does holding down R2 and hitting Triangle (on PS3) make you jump higher/more aggressively for boards? I can't tell when I try it, though my guy does seem more out of control so I try not to do it.

[kei0218]

Re: Rebounding Help (My Career)

From my personal experience, hold down RT or R2 would only make my player jump and tip the ball.
I think it's all about timing though.

I guess being a 6'11" athletic center helps too, I only upgrade my defensive rebound to 85, all the other attributes you mention I just keep a default value, it works fine enough for me.

[lilbigman76]

Re: Rebounding Help (My Career)

From my personal experience, hold down RT or R2 would only make my player jump and tip the ball.
I think it's all about timing though.

I guess being a 6'11" athletic center helps too, I only upgrade my defensive rebound to 85, all the other attributes you mention I just keep a default value, it works fine enough for me.

Rebounding is broken in this game!!!

[FDC999]

Re: Rebounding Help (My Career)

Rebounding is broken in this game!!!

Is that the issue?

[xrobbyh14x]

Re: Rebounding Help (My Career)

Just to add to what people have here, as far as positioning for defensive rebounds, it definitely helps to get to your man early and box him out, start pushing him out of position so when the shot hits the rim, you have a good chance at it. As far as turboing, not sure. How's your Vertical stat?

[w3phan]

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I just box out and stick close to the paint. If I know the big man I'm guarding has low scoring tendencies/ratings, I might sag off him to provide help D against whoever has the ball. Usually, I'm playing help D against a SG/SF/PG so my size and rebound ratings help me get the ball instead of my teammate.

Problem is, this can backfire if the CPU decides to dish out a pass to the open big man that I've sagged off. Or if the shot misses and he gets the offensive rebound because I'm too far away to recover and box out.

Interestingly, I have much more ease with offensive rebounds than defensive rebounds, but maybe that's because that's my tendency to crash the boards on every play.

[The 24th Letter]

I've given up boxing out and trying to rebound...it's poorly implemented as of now...at this point just try to anticipate where the ball is going and jump lol...I get around 11 RPG

[FDC999]

Re: Rebounding Help (My Career)

Just to add to what people have here, as far as positioning for defensive rebounds, it definitely helps to get to your man early and box him out, start pushing him out of position so when the shot hits the rim, you have a good chance at it. As far as turboing, not sure. How's your Vertical stat?

Thanks for this. Yeah, I've been working on doing that and have noticed it helps. Though I'm still losing 10+ rebounds a game to my own teammates (which isn't the worst thing in the world in terms of winning games, just not helpful in teaching me how to be a better rebounder).

I was experimenting with the center position when I started this one so I've been really focused on rebounding and shot blocking. His vertical is above 90 now, I think 92 or 93 and he's 7'1. He's also got maxed out strength and 90 rebounding on O and D.

I just box out and stick close to the paint. If I know the big man I'm guarding has low scoring tendencies/ratings, I might sag off him to provide help D against whoever has the ball. Usually, I'm playing help D against a SG/SF/PG so my size and rebound ratings help me get the ball instead of my teammate.

Problem is, this can backfire if the CPU decides to dish out a pass to the open big man that I've sagged off. Or if the shot misses and he gets the offensive rebound because I'm too far away to recover and box out.

Interestingly, I have much more ease with offensive rebounds than defensive rebounds, but maybe that's because that's my tendency to crash the boards on every play.

Yeah I hear you. I usually play as a 1 or 2 -- and never had problems rebounding before because it was so easy to crash the boards (at the risk of giving up a transition bucket) and snatch 6-10 a game. I figured it'd be easier as a Center, especially if I was focused almost entirely on rebounding and not worried about scoring.

[FDC999]

Re: Rebounding Help (My Career)

I've given up boxing out and trying to rebound...it's poorly implemented as of now...at this point just try to anticipate where the ball is going and jump lol...I get around 11 RPG

Nice! What position are you playing?

[The 24th Letter]

Nice! What position are you playing?

7'0 center

[gutsdabeast]

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My problem isn't that I can't get rebounds (6'5" SG), but that my teammates can't. The other team averages 15 offensive rebounds a game. I saw Chris Paul out jump Demarcus Cousins. That hurt.