Zach Edey NBA comparison: Why Purdue star is more Brook Lopez, Al Jefferson than Yao Ming

As part of Michael Lewis' book "The Undoing Project," Lewis spoke to longtime NBA general manager Daryl Morey about his draft philosophy. Morey revealed that he forbade all intraracial comparisons from his scouts because "the mere fact that a player physically resembled some currently successful player could be misleading." “We've said, 'If you want to compare this player to another player, you can only do it if they are a different race,'" Morey elaborated. In Edey's case, the Purdue big man is often compared to Hall-of-Famer Yao Ming.