Over the summer, I took a look at some Javale McGee career comps in my WashPost blog. With ~20 games left in the season, I thought it worth taking a quick look to see who shows up now for McGee.
Search parameters were centers with the following:
- ortg of at least 109 (McGee is at 110 this season)
- usage rate of 16 or lower (McGee = 15.4)
- rebound % 16 or greater (McGee = 16.4)
- block % 5 or greater (McGee = 6.2)
When I limited the search to just the third season, I came up with one name: Tree Rollins. Again.
Expand to allow any such season from a player 25 or younger, and this is the full list sorted by PER:
- Tree Rollins
- Javale McGee
- Samuel Dalembert
- Sam Bowie
- Joel Przybilla
- Greg Ostertag
- Hasheem Thabeet
Remove the age restriction, and it brings in the following players and their ages when they reached the statistical criteria mentioned above:
- Rollins — 24, 26
- Mutombo — 28, 29, 32, 33, 38, 41
- Ervin Johnson — 30
- Brendan Haywood — 30
- Adonal Foyle — 33
- Desagna Diop — 26
- Dalembert — 22, 26
- Wayne Cooper — 32
- Camby — 32, 34
Dunno about you, but I’m not exactly overwhelmed by this list.
The First Draft by Kevin Broom 