While some of the players listed as comparison to Lance may have certain similarities, either their game was entirely different (J.R. Smith), maybe had greater roles on the offense and defense (Jeremy Lin or Tyreke Evans) or played to long ago to be relevant for comparison (Don Chaney).
I began to think about the Pacers style. How it is fueled by big player. Grit and Grind... wait, isn't that the Memphis Grizzlies slogan?
So, is Lance anything like Tony Allen?
Here are the numbers from 2012-2013
Ok, not perfect, but somewhat similar. While some of Lin and Evans numbers were similar too, the roles on the court seem to be vastly different. With Stephenson and Allen, there are Usage percentage similarities, but there are some difference in minutes player (no comparison is perfect), so let's look at the Per 36 minute stats.
These are closer in line, but we did have to cheat a bit to do that. Let's look at where their shots come from.
Lance Stephenson
Tony Allen
And this is what they do from there. (Red = below league average, yellow = average, and green = above league average)
Lance Stephenson
Tony Allen
I'll admit this is comparison is far from perfect, but I feel like where Lance is more like Tony Allen with a 3 than a Lin or Evans. He's a going to try to score, he isn't looking to pass. Lance may do it more (Allen's 7.6 to Lance's 16.2), but compared to Lin and Evans, they aren't distributors.
Admitting Tony is a better defender, or at least appears to be at times.and doesn't even shoot threes, but the way they attack is paint is very similar.
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