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Is DeAndre Jordan no longer chairman of the boards?

DeAndre Jordan reacts to a call during the Clippers' game against the Mavericks in Dallas on Nov. 11.

DeAndre Jordan reacts to a call during the Clippers’ game against the Mavericks in Dallas on Nov. 11.

(LM Otero / Associated Press)
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DeAndre Jordan, who led the NBA in rebounding last season, is having a harder time getting boards this time around.

“They’re game-planning for him,” Clippers Coach Doc Rivers said Saturday. “He didn’t get it a lot last year. But he’s getting double-teamed on rebounds, you see it all of the time.”

Jordan averaged a league-high in rebounds (15) and defensive rebounds (10.1) during the 2014-15 season. Through 10 games this season, he’s averaging 12.9 rebounds a game, though he’s just as much of a powerhouse on the defensive end (10.2).

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The dip is on the offensive end, where he is averaging 2.7 rebounds, compared with the 4.8 he averaged last season.

Jordan signed a four-year max deal with the Clippers in July for $87.6 million -- with an opportunity to opt out after the third year. He’s now considered one of the elite bigs in the league, and Rivers said that means teams are doing anything and everything to keep him off the glass, including putting multiple bodies on him.

“It’s only a select few,” Rivers said. “He’s entered into that group.”

The Clippers as a team are near the bottom of the league in rebounding so far this season. They’re 22nd of 30 teams, averaging only 42.5 a game. The top rebounding team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, is averaging 49.1 rebounds a game.

As for offensive rebounds, the Clippers are 25th in the league, with 8.9 a game. The Detroit Pistons lead the league in offensive rebounds, with 14.3 a game.

“I don’t know what you want me to do, but yeah, it’s a concern, absolutely,” Rivers said. “We have to be better than that if we’re going to win.”

Rivers said that responsibility, however, doesn’t just fall on Jordan.

“I think it’s all of us. I don’t think it’s the bigs. We have to rebound as a team so much better. We’re just going to get the ball. We’re not putting bodies on bodies,” he said.

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