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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 3948659, member: 1329"] As long as the defense still has to guard the corner 3 and still has to keep themselves in-between the shooting man and the ball for a rebound, the corner 3 will not affect transition rates too much. The only factor is crossmatches, but that's not always done and is too specific to lineups to break down except individually. As a defense, you can't leave a corner 3 open, because the PPP is just too high. A corner 3 is equivalent to an open layup. So giving up a non-advantaged semi-transition will always be worth it (1.5 > 1.2 or whatever), because this doesn't even consider the spacing that the corner man opens up for the rest of the team. Offensive rebounds are important.. if you can get them. In college, you can, because the talent disparity is greater and you can specialize your personnel. In the NBA, it's much harder unless you have explicit mismatches. You have to balance your personnel to do too many things (guard in space, defend the rim, stretch the floor, finish at the rim with great touch, and win the boards). So unless you have someone like Anthony Davis, who can literally do everything, it's just not reliable enough and getting back on D is much more reliable and consistent. You might find some guys who can offensive rebound well, but it's likely they're deficient in some other areas which hold your team back (for example, your boy Kanter can rebound and finish at the rim, but he gets killed guarding in space and can't stretch the floor). [/QUOTE]

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