Originally Posted by
Biasvasospasm
I didn't realize until looking it up how statistically similar he is to Tyreke Evans at Memphis. Built the same, too, with essentially the same frame and giant wingspan. The main differences are that Tyreke shot way less jumpshots and was a slightly worse jump shooter, got to the line more, and had slightly higher rates of steals, blocks, rebounds, assists, and turnovers. Adjusting for era of basketball, it's really, really similar. Comparing what's available for both:
Tyreke Evans/Anthony Edwards
Points per 40 min 23.6/25.0
Assist per 40 5.3/4.4
Steal per 40 2.9/2.2
Block per 40 1.1/0.8
Turnover per 40 5.1/3.4
FG% .455/.409
eFG% .489/.475
TS% .529/.514
FtR .384/.305
3pAr .246/.419
Usage 33.1/31.6
TRb% 10.2/8.6
Ast% 30.0/20.8
And there's a chance that Tyreke could have had a much better career if he were wired differently and struggled less with injury (with that said, the motor, defensive, basketball IQ stuff is very reminiscent, too).