Is Anzejs Pasecniks Better Than Ben McLemore? NBA Stats Decide

This is as close as it gets. Anzejs Pasecniks and Ben McLemore split the statistical categories evenly — 4 apiece — making this one of the most genuinely contested C comparisons in NBA history. When the numbers are this balanced, the debate comes down to which statistics matter most to you.

Anzejs Pasecniks's Assists Per Game of 19 compared to Ben McLemore's 1.0 represents a 1800% advantage — dramatically better than their counterpart in this critical category. Ben McLemore falls 44.4% below the career average of 1.8 in this category while Anzejs Pasecniks exceeds it. It is the single most decisive number in this comparison and the clearest statistical argument for Anzejs Pasecniks's edge.

The most competitive category in this matchup is Field Goal %, where Anzejs Pasecniks posts 52.1% against Ben McLemore's 41.4% — a gap of just 25.8%. Ben McLemore can point to this as evidence that the overall comparison is closer than the final 4-4 tally suggests. In any debate, Field Goal % is the statistical ammunition for the Ben McLemore side.

Centers have evolved dramatically across NBA eras — from dominant low-post scorers to modern stretch bigs. Career statistics must be evaluated with positional evolution and era context in mind.

With categories split evenly, this comparison ultimately comes down to which statistics matter most to you. Anzejs Pasecniks claims the tiebreaker through Assists Per Game advantage — a 1800% edge — but reasonable people can, and do, argue both sides of this NBA debate.