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The Round Mound Of Rebound, Dennis Rodman, and even currently a guy like Kevin Love.  The best rebounders are NOT the tallest, they are the ones that are..  well, GOOD at it ;)
Rodman did it by being tenacious and nasty and dirty and in peoples head and out working others, and being able to jump out of the gym multiple times in a row in quick succession.  Barkley did it with having a huge body to move guys around and box out extremely well.  Kevin Love does it by a combo of being a great rebounding technician (boxing out, timing, quick feet, etc.) and a near genius level of knowing where the rebound will actually be (instinct?  Good at reading the angles at which the shot missed?  Not sure.) 
Could it be that you have a slight bias towards the pure physical tool (Speed, height), and away from the guy who is just plainly good at it?
It reminds me of a fellow I like to play racquetball with.  I am younger than he is, bigger, stronger, faster.  I swing the racquet harder, I serve better, I am better at kill shots.  I read websites and take classes to better my strategy.  Yet he strolls into the court and bests me almost every single time!  I never see him practice, and it is almost like he isn't even trying that hard.  When questioned he tells me that he is just "good" at it, and always has been.
Maybe Guti is just "good" at playing center field?!?