Television producers report that Leonard Nimoy will host an exciting updated television series based on wildly popular "In Search Of..." documentaries originally broadcast from 1976-1982. 

Among the many myths, urban legends, pseudo-scientific and paranormal phenomena to be addressed in the new series, Nimoy says he will join the Suns in search of the Rebound.  Like the Loch Ness Monster and UFOs, the Rebound is notoriously hard to document.

In fact, this scarcity leads many Suns fans to believe that rebounds are actually a hoax or another devilish Stern conspiracy.  If the Rebound existed, they should be easily observed by the naked eye or on film.  However, little evidence of the existence of rebounds could be intuited from the Suns recent games.

However, it's possible that the Rebound may be undetectable by the naked eye or by conventional cameras.  X-ray, infrared and other ghost-hunting technologies may be required. 

The shaky scientific basis for the existence of rebounds derives from the logic that missed shots, like the souls of the dead, must go somewhere. 

"If the ball doesn't go in the hole, we know that the ball must go somewhere." says Amar'e Stoudemire.

However, we followed up on the question of the existence of the Rebound with acclaimed astrophysicist genius Stephen Hawking.   In reply to my email requests, wrote the following in pinkie speak:

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In other words,translated he says,

Mass is not conserved.  Only energy is conserved.  As for rebounds, I know they exist because I've gotten one.  Now leave me alone, I'm at this swinging this party at the playboy mansion.

Suns PG Steve Nash put the scientific debate in more accessible terms.  "We think rebounds exist, because other teams report having them.  We just don't know how they get them or where they get them." 

We look forward to Leonard Nimoy's new series and the upcoming episode, which may uncover the existence and nature of the Rebound.