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Andre Drummond has played in the NBA since the 2012-13 season with the Detroit Pistons. Since then, the center has developed into a big starting-role player thanks to his unique physique and skills.
There’s been many great rebounders in the National Basketball Association history. For example, Bill Russellwho registered 21,620 rebounds in just 963 games. A basketball stat that began to be recorded since the 1950-51 NBA Season.
Therefore, when there are talks about the best rebounder in NBA history, such players should be mentioned Wilt Chamberlain with 23,924 boardsalongside the named Bill Russell and, to complete the podium, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with 17,440 rebounds in his career.
And now, Andre Drummond just entered himself into the debate, because of his bold statements coming to the 2022-23 NBA Season. Therefore, the social media debates started to talk about it, since the Chicago Bulls’ center now might enter in his final stage of his career.
NBA: How many times has Andre Drummond led the NBA in rebounding?
As reported by Mike Anthony of the CT Insider, Andre Drummond said, “he hopes to play until he’s well into his 30’s. And when all is said and done, Drummond said he hopes to be remembered as the best rebounder in NBA history.” “I think I’m already there,” Drummond said. “I’m on my way. By the time I retire, I’ll go down as the best rebounder ever — if not already.”
So, there is a debate going on about his impact in the rebounding asset. According to the specialized site StatMuseDrummond has grabbed 9,519 boards in his 10-season career. Also, Drummond led the NBA in rebounding 4 seasonsin 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons.
However, he is not near the top-10 tier list of players with the most rebounds in NBA history. Which is Dwight Howard with 14,627 rebounds in his career. Although, Drummond is the 10th player in NBA history with the best rebounds per game, with 13 boards per game.
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