Minnesota Timberwolves: Early stat leaders after 3 games
3. Rebounds
As a team, the Minnesota Timberwolves are rebounding the ball slightly below average. They are currently ranked 18th in the NBA.
That is not because of the efforts of Karl-Anthony Towns and Taj Gibson. They are averaging 11.7 and 7.3 rebounds per game, respectively. Towns has owned the defensive glass with 9.7 rebounds a game.
While Wiggins isn’t a top rebounder, it is worth noting his early improvement. Last season he averaged 4.0 rebounds per game. So far this season he has improved that to 5.7 rebounds per game. You can see the hustle on the glass that was not there last year.
Here are the Timberwolves complete rebounds per game rankings.
- Karl-Anthony Towns – 11.7
- Taj Gibson – 7.3
- Jimmy Butler – 5.7
- Andrew Wiggins – 5.7
- Gorgui Dieng – 3.7
- Jeff Teague – 3.3
- Nemanja Bjelica – 3.0
- Shabazz Muhammad – 1.3
- Jamal Crawford – 1.0
- Tyus Jones – 1.0