Useless NBA Comparisons: Can Russell Westbrook Outjump Jack Russell Terriers?

(Editor’s note: Bleacher Report teamed up with the infographics wizards at Useless Comparisons to put some of the NBA’s biggest names and storylines into new perspective.)

Statistics can help us answer some of the most intriguing questions in sports today.

Did the Seattle SuperSonics’ existence impact the annual rainfall in Seattle? How does the vertical leap of Russell Westbrook compare to that of a Jack Russell terrier? What is the relationship between Kevin Garnett’s points per game and the resale value of a Ford F-150?

These are the questions that need answers. We set out to answer these and more with comparative graphs to show how statistics can be misleading, utterly useless and, more importantly, fun.

    

Karl-Anthony Towns vs. House Cat

Karl-Anthony Towns is coming off a tremendous rookie season in which he averaged 18.3 points per game and unanimously won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. If a house cat were to age as many years as Towns’ scoring average last year, it would likely be dead. Towns has never expressed any ill will toward cats, but these numbers are quite suspicious.

    

LeBron James vs. James and the Giant Peach

LeBron James became the highest-paid player in NBA history with his new three-year, $100 million contract—averaging $33.3 million dollars in salary per year. This may not seem like a lot of money to most people, but when you put into context that James could spend his entire annual salary on James and the Giant Peach tickets and more than double the film’s total domestic revenue, …

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