Comparison of two 19 year old NBA rookies

[JazzFanInNY]

Player A turned 19 in the December of his rookie year. He played all 82 games that season. He averaged 32.6 minutes per game that season.
Player B has played 2/3's of an NBA season. His stats have been extrapolated to show what they would be had he played 32.3 minutes per game.
(I had no calculator and the 32.3 mpg was much easier to round to.)

MIN**** FG%**FT%***REB**AST***BLK**STL**PF**TO**PTS
Player A 32.6**.520***.671***10.0**0.9***1.7**0.9** 2.8**2.0**12.0
Player B 32.3**.516***.617*** 8.8** 0.6***1.2***0.5**5.5***1.6**10.5

Player B is our newest Jazzman, Derrick Favors.
Player A is Dwight Howard.

 

[PrinceJL]

not to be a downer but its not a fair comparison. favors isnt going up against starters but I do like what i see from the kid.

 

[Magic Spray]

Gotta love the 5.5 turnovers.

 

[Dtol17]

Gotta love the 5.5 turnovers.

The alignment is off. That's fouls, not turnovers.

 

[Scorpjazz]

Wow..lol..just wow....but what about Player A when the moon is full vs Player B when it is Summer Solstice?

 

[prodigy]

Favors shoots worse at the foul line than Howard did? He needs to work on that.

 

[LiemD]

does favors have the freakish athleticism that howard has? i know nothing about favors so im asking

 

[twentytwo]

does favors have the freakish athleticism that howard has? i know nothing about favors so im asking

Not quite, but it is pretty damn close.

 

[unluckyseventeen]

Howard is a total anomaly. Physically, he's easily the most impressive guy in the NBA. Centers that come out as raw as Howard was and turn into superstars are a couple times per decade, at most.

 

[fallenchicken]

Favors will never ever be Howard. But he will be really really really good.

 

[cowhide]

Howard was actually good enough to play 32 minutes while Favors isn't. Howard has proven he is a monster while Favors has the potential to be one, he isn't Dwight Howard.

 

[NotDeadYet]

Howard is physically a superb athlete; quick, strong, fast. Favors appears more in control and calm than Howard, who whines to refs way too much. Favors does have a nice-looking jump shot; Howard to this day still does not. Favors actually moves a lot like Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) did when he first came up, only Favors appears stronger. Both move calmly and deliberately; very much under control.
I don't 'get' why NJ didn't play Favors more; I expect him to get more PT with the Jazz, as he's way more productive than Elson or Fesenko, even not knowing our system yet.