Brooklyn Nets: Biggest strengths and weaknesses for 2017-18

Weakness No. 2: Offensive Rebounding

One of the perks of being a team that puts up a lot of 3-pointers is that you give yourself ample offensive rebounding opportunities. If you are a team that heavily embraces the 3-pointer, there are only two reasons your team would not collect offensive boards.

One reason is that your team knocks down a high-percentage of threes, which the Nets don’t. The other reason is that your team commits hard to getting back on the defensive end. Qhile Atkinson may want his team to prevent fast break opportunities, they did not execute on that front.

Brooklyn was 22nd in opponent fast break points per game. It was a mixture of defensive miscommunication and inexperience, but being more aggressive on the offensive glass will prevent teams from leaking out as much against Brooklyn.

In 2018, Mozgov will do the lion’s share of the rebounding for the Nets, but there is also hope in the way of first round pick Jarrett Allen. Brooklyn’s roster is still primarily made up of wing players, so a huge spike in offensive rebounding is unlikely.

But last year the team gave up 11 offensive boards per game to the opposition. That figure has to decrease for the team to avoid being on the wrong end of blowouts. Brooklyn’s up-tempo playing style results in quite a few long rebounds, so their guards need to capitalize on more of these opportunities to help one of the worst shooting offenses in the league.