I don't like comparing those two. Completely different guys. One is almost always in the post and is hunting blocks, not to mention he is significantly more gifted than the other. Ejim is a perimeter guy pounding the glass, shooting the three and not actively looking for the block. Hogue and Ejim are a much better comparison. If McKay played on the defensive end like Hogue or Ejim, he would blow away their rebounding numbers because he would be in better position to rebound. You also have to take into account that McKay is generally in much better Oreb position just by the nature of his position. So, yeah, they are comparable in production but it mostly comes from different places in different ways, which you noted. Per40 stats are great in terms of seeing what a guy does, but they aren't real. In these guys' case there is drop off once one hit the bench, making the minutes they are able to play significant. Is Monte Morris, for instance, as useful to a team if he could only play 30 minutes a game? Would Willie Cauly-Stein have the Per40 production he does now? Not likely. I guess that came off as critical, which I didn't mean. I like per40 stuff but there are holes in it in terms of the reality. Ejim, especially considering he was undersized and not an incredibly explosive athlete, was not just productive in a per40 sense. It was incredible he could fight that hard for that many minutes. I do expect McKay to be able to put up similar minutes if needed.
