I was scrolling SportsReference the other day and got dragged down this rabbit hole of comparing Edey's prorated stats versus some other really good players over the past 15 years that these stats have been recorded. It's pretty crazy to me to see how much of an outlier he is to any other Center I could find, all while being the youngest and least-recruited of the group. Stats can be misleading, so I'm not saying he's better than all of these guys or anything, but Purdue is lucky to have him for, potentially, 2 more seasons, and I'm interested to see how much his minutes can increase or should increase this year without Trevion but with the option to play 5-out and have more defensive versatility with Furst.
CONTEXT
I just picked out the stats that I thought are most relevant to centers, and these were the first 8 really good power conference players I thought to compare him to (that these stats were available for).
GRAPHS
The thing that stands out to me is the Assists. The casual fan that tunes into 1 or 2 games a year might say he's just tall, but he's passing better than all but Kaminsky. And if rebounding were directly correlated 1:1 to height, guys like Tshiebwe and Trevion who are 6'9 or so wouldn't rebound at almost double the rate of someone like Dickinson who is 7'2.
CONTEXT
Name | Zach Edey | Kofi Cockburn | Trayce Jackson-Davis | Hunter Dickinson | Oscar Tshiebwe | Luka Garza | Frank Kaminsky | Demarcus Cousins | Tyler Hansbrough |
Season | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2015 | 2010 | 2009 |
Class | Sophomore | Junior | Junior | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | Senior | Freshman | Senior |
Accolades | 2nd Team All Big Ten | 1st Team AA | 2nd Team All Big Ten | 2nd Team All Big Ten | National POY | National POY | National POY | 1stTeam AA | 1st Team AA |
Age | 19 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 23 |
HS Rank | 440 | 46 | 30 | 43 | 31 | 118 | 242 | 3 | 10 |
I just picked out the stats that I thought are most relevant to centers, and these were the first 8 really good power conference players I thought to compare him to (that these stats were available for).
GRAPHS
The thing that stands out to me is the Assists. The casual fan that tunes into 1 or 2 games a year might say he's just tall, but he's passing better than all but Kaminsky. And if rebounding were directly correlated 1:1 to height, guys like Tshiebwe and Trevion who are 6'9 or so wouldn't rebound at almost double the rate of someone like Dickinson who is 7'2.
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