Tatum and Brown = what past players?

I think Bob brought this up in a conversation recently and I had some time to do some basketball- reference comparisons.

Using the first 3 years of a player to Tatum and 4 years for a player for Brown I found some interesting comps.

I checked a variety of players, trying to consider their style of play and body types as well as position, from 2000- now.

Numbers are for per 36 minutes

1-3 years---------FG%---3pt %--FT %--Reb----Ast----St----Bl-----Pts-----PER-----WS

Jayson Tatum----45.5----39.9---82.6----6.7----2.5---1.3---0.9----19.4----16.7----18.3

Danny Granger---45.3---38.7----82.1---6.1----1.8----1.1---1.0----16.0----15.2----18.9

Kevin Durant-----46.2----36.1---88.2----5.9----2.5----1.2---0.9---24.2----21.2----26.3

Rudy Gay---------45.0----35.1---76.4----5.7----1.8----1.3---0.9---17.8----15.3----8.8

Carmelo Anthony---44.8---28.2---79.5---5.6----2.7----1.1---0.5---22.8----18.8---20.4


by those number Tatum looks like a young (healthy) Danny Granger stat wise. Granger had his career cut short due to major knee problems, but was an elite scorer from all levels when healthy.


1-4 years---------FG%----3pt %---FT %----Reb----Ast----St----Bl-----Pts----PER----WS

Jaylen Brown-----47.0----37.2-----68.1------6.1----2.0----1.2---0.5---17.9---13.9----13.7

Jason Richardson--43.1---33.3-----70.3------5.5----3.2----1.3---0.4---17.9---16.1---17.5

Jimmy Butler------44.0----33.3-----80.4-----5.2-----2.4----1.6---0.5---14.2---16.5---26.4

Kawhi Leonard----49.6----36.8-----80.2------7.6----2.3----2.2----0.8---15.3---18.8---28.2

Vince Carter------45.2-----39.2-----77.9-----5.2-----3.5----1.3----1.0---23.1---22.5---36.7


Jason Richardson appears to be a good past NBA comp to where Jaylen is after 4 years. Richardson when younger was a very athletic and strong wing player much like Brown is.