He has mediocre rebounding and maybe decent athleticism for a guard, but will come up with a 6-8 rebounding performance every so often. Any thoughts behind this?

*A team(or both teams) taking many three point shots, which results in longer rebounds?
*Whether a team is play - or + defense?
*The rest of his team being poor rebounders and it's just a result of someone having to get the rebounds?
*Could a speed advantage come in to play here? Obviously a significant ath/reb against the other guard would probably come into play.
*Maybe IQ plays a more significant role?

Or could it just be just a random game where he gets lucky or even all of the above?

I think #3 is the biggest factor. In a dev. Chat awhile ago seble said speed isn't in the rebounding equation.

That could be partly true, but I've also seen countless times where a guard has a great rebounding game, but has also had other great rebounders on the team.

I think often times, a guard that outrebounds another guard, for instance, 7-1, on the glass,easily can be the difference between a W and an L.

I've also seen great rebounding guards not do anything all season, but I'm interested in looking more into it. I think it's an undervalued part of the game. In fact, that would be my one pet peeve, the crappy rebounding guard coming up with a 6-8 rebound performance.

https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/Ratings.aspx?tid=0&pid=3068867

https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/PlayerProfile/GameLog.aspx?tid=13838&pid=3068867

https://www.whatifsports.com/hd/TeamProfile/Ratings.aspx?tid=13838

Player: Allen Taylor   90Ath 16Reb   32MPG 5.3RPG
Team:Fairfield 3pt Attempts(both teams) 175/4=44.3
Top 4 Rebounders(Ath/Reb) 65/70, 50/63, 40/62, 48/49

Small sample

Posted by trail on 8/6/2015 4:08:00 PM (view original):
Small sample

True, but even with the small sample size, there may be something we can gain out of it. For instance, why is a guard with that kind of rebounding rating getting that many rebounds?

I agree that it is an intriguing example. But he is playing 36mpg and it is likely that his rebounding rate will fall, likely to somewhere in the vicinity of 2.0-2.5 REB/20min, which won't be far out of line given the lackluster cast of rebounders around him and his high athleticism. If he maintains his current rate of rebounding, I would be very surprised.