Thing is, most of the guys in the NBA can “average 20 points a game,” given enough shots. Question is, do they score efficiently when they shoot? In the case of Jefferson, the answer is no. His career true shooting percentage (which factors in free throws and three pointers, to give a complete picture of how efficiently a player scores) is .536 — mediocre at best for a big man. And this season, he’s gone from mediocre in this regard to downright awful: .490. Meantime, his rebounding rate has fallen off drastically from last season (10.7 to 8.5 per 36) and his turnover rate has ticked up.

There’s a reason, beyond “bad supporting casts,” that Al Jefferson’s teams have always terrible. At his current rate of production, he’s terrible. And even at his best, he’s not very good. Straight up, I’d rather have any one of the four guys the gambino-trade-bot™ proposed than Jefferson. And yes, that includes Speedy Claxton, who has value as an expiring contract (as opposed to being in the first year of a 4-year, $54M contract).