Favors is much stronger than Lee or at least will be in 3-4 years. I think he's more like Dwight with worse jumping. He's not a freak athlete but still elite, say top-20, among NBA big men.
Ha ha! He just went from being like Webb to being like Lee.. I guess it depends on which glass your looking through. I think he's a much better athlete than Lee. However Lee, at the present time is more skilled. If you have to choose between Cousins and Favors and you want the one that will produce the fastest, then you go with Cousins.
Favors is still a raw player. He has little game away from the basket. Your placing your bets on potential. But its pretty solid potential. I have no doubts that he's going to be a good player. Just not immediately. He may look like Webber, but thats where it ends. I do think he'll help defensively and with rebounding sooner than later. And he'll get points just by being around the basket. But I doubt he'll be the guy you pass the ball into and let go to work. At least not right away.
He runs the floor extremely well, thus the comparison to Amare. He handles the ball OK, but is turnover prone if he does it in traffic. He's just an OK passer and had trouble passing out of doubles this year. Sometimes not recognizing it soon enough, and then forcing up a bad shot. In fairness to him he was on the floor at the same time as Lawal, another player that lived in the paint. So it got a little congested in there. With G. Tech not having any outside scorers on the team, the other teams just collapsed down on the post leaving little or no room for Favors to opperate.
He does have a jumper and decent form, but was very inconsistant with it. Ditto his freethrow shooting where he shot under 60%. I think he's an above average athlete with great hops. I've seen him grab the ball in the air with one hand on alley opps and his shoulder was even or above the rim. He has very good hands.
So you have a great athlete with a lot of natural skills, but lacking in all the basketball skills he'll need at the next level. If your looking for a repeat ROY player, he's not it. But if your looking for a player that might be a top five PF down the road, then he's your man..
