Originally Posted by
Kedsy
I'm not sure that Victor Rudd averaged 10 and 8; the stats I found for him said he averaged 12.3 ppg and 6.9 rpg. But also he did that in 34.1 mpg. If you extrapolate Amile's points and rebounds to that many minutes, his averages come out to 10.7 ppg and 7.8 rpg. Cory Jefferson's extrapolated numbers (again using 34.1 just to normalize) come out to 16.3 ppg and 9.8 rpg, so at least those are clearly better than Amile's. I'm not sure they're better enough to justify bringing in another body, but maybe they are. Cory Jefferson is listed at 15 pounds heavier than Amile and Victor Rudd is listed at 34 pounds heavier, but of course we don't know how much good weight Amile will gain in the off-season.
Since per minute averages aren't really all that illuminating, Amile's oRating was 117.0, significantly better than either Victor Rudd (95.2) or Corey Jefferson (100.5). His offensive rebound percentage (12.7%) was also better than either Rudd (4.8%) or C Jefferson (11.0%), although both Rudd (19.7%) and C Jefferson (20.3%) had much better defensive rebounding percentages than Amile (13.8%). Overall, I'm not sure the numbers suggest either of these guys are obvious upgrades over Amile, although as you point out both played big minutes in big conferences. I didn't run numbers for any of the other guys on your list, but it would surprise me if any of them were significantly better than C Jefferson or Rudd.