Bailey Howell vs. Max Strus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Strus and Bailey Howell, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Bailey Howell played 12 years in the NBA, 7 more than Max Strus, who played 5. Bailey Howell had the first of his seasons in 1959-60, while Max Strus had his rookie season in 2019-20. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 2
	Bailey Howell	Max Strus
Season	1960-61	2020-21
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	77	38.3	23.6	-	-	14.4	2.5	-	-	-	3.9	7.9	16.8	.469	-	-	-	7.8	10.4	.753
Max Strus	39	13.0	6.1	0.1	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.8	.455	1.3	3.8	.338	0.4	0.6	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	5	30.8	11.2	-	-	9.2	4.4	-	-	-	4.4	4.0	11.4	.351	-	-	-	3.2	4.6	.696
Max Strus	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Bailey Howell	Max Strus
Season	1961-62	2021-22
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Finals	Heat Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	79	36.2	19.9	-	-	12.6	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	7.0	15.1	.464	-	-	-	5.9	7.7	.768
Max Strus	68	23.3	10.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.7	3.7	8.3	.441	2.7	6.5	.410	0.6	0.8	.792
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	10	37.8	20.0	-	-	9.6	2.3	-	-	-	4.8	6.9	16.3	.423	-	-	-	6.2	7.5	.827
Max Strus	18	29.1	10.9	0.8	3.2	4.1	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	3.1	3.8	10.1	.374	2.6	7.9	.331	0.7	1.0	.722

Season 4
	Bailey Howell	Max Strus
Season	1962-63	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Heat Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	79	37.6	22.7	-	-	11.5	2.9	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	15.6	.516	-	-	-	6.6	8.2	.798
Max Strus	80	28.4	11.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	2.1	4.1	9.9	.410	2.5	7.0	.350	1.0	1.1	.876
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	4	40.8	17.8	-	-	10.5	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	6.0	16.0	.375	-	-	-	5.8	6.8	.852
Max Strus	23	28.2	9.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	3.3	8.2	.402	1.9	5.9	.319	0.9	1.1	.800

Season 5
	Bailey Howell	Max Strus
Season	1963-64	2023-24
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	77	35.1	21.6	-	-	10.1	2.7	-	-	-	3.8	7.8	16.5	.472	-	-	-	6.1	7.5	.809
Max Strus	70	32.0	12.2	0.9	3.9	4.8	4.0	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.3	10.4	.418	2.4	6.8	.351	1.1	1.4	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	12	36.2	9.5	0.7	4.7	5.3	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.3	3.4	3.5	8.6	.408	2.1	6.0	.347	0.4	0.4	1.000

Season 7
	Bailey Howell	Max Strus
Season	1965-66	-
Team	Baltimore Bullets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Semis	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	79	29.5	17.3	-	-	9.8	2.0	-	-	-	3.9	6.1	12.5	.488	-	-	-	5.1	7.0	.730
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	3	31.3	18.0	-	-	10.0	0.7	-	-	-	4.3	7.7	16.7	.460	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.727
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Bailey Howell	Max Strus
Season	1966-67	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Div Finals	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	81	30.9	20.0	-	-	8.4	1.3	-	-	-	3.7	7.9	15.3	.512	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	.741
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	9	26.8	15.3	-	-	7.3	0.6	-	-	-	3.9	6.6	13.6	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Bailey Howell	Max Strus
Season	1967-68	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	82	34.2	19.8	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	3.5	7.8	16.3	.481	-	-	-	4.1	5.6	.727
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	19	31.4	18.1	-	-	7.7	1.2	-	-	-	4.4	7.1	13.9	.511	-	-	-	3.9	5.6	.692
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Bailey Howell	Max Strus
Season	1968-69	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	78	32.4	19.7	-	-	8.8	1.8	-	-	-	3.7	7.8	16.1	.487	-	-	-	4.0	5.5	.735
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bailey Howell	18	30.6	15.0	-	-	6.6	1.1	-	-	-	4.7	6.2	12.7	.489	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.719
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-