Bam Adebayo vs. Michael Cage Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Cage and Bam Adebayo, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Bam Adebayo played 7 years in the NBA, 8 less than Michael Cage, who played 15. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Michael Cage had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Bam Adebayo	7	6	2017-18 to 2023-24
Michael Cage	15	7	1984-85 to 1999-00

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	2017-18	1984-85
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	69	19.8	6.9	1.7	3.8	5.5	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.0	2.0	2.5	4.9	.512	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.721
Michael Cage	75	21.5	7.1	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.7	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.2	2.9	5.3	.543	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	5	15.4	3.4	1.8	2.2	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	1.4	3.0	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	0.6	2.8	.214
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	2018-19	1985-86
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	82	23.3	8.9	2.0	5.3	7.3	2.2	0.9	0.8	1.5	2.5	3.4	5.9	.576	0.0	0.2	.200	2.0	2.8	.735
Michael Cage	78	20.1	6.7	2.2	3.2	5.3	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.4	2.3	2.6	5.5	.479	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.2	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	2019-20	1986-87
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	72	33.6	15.9	2.4	7.8	10.2	5.1	1.1	1.3	2.8	2.5	6.1	11.0	.557	0.0	0.2	.143	3.7	5.3	.691
Michael Cage	80	36.5	15.7	4.4	7.1	11.5	1.6	1.2	0.8	2.1	2.8	5.7	11.0	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	5.8	.730

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	19	36.2	17.8	2.5	7.8	10.3	4.4	1.0	0.8	2.5	3.1	6.5	11.6	.564	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.1	.783
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Miami Heat	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	Rebounds Leader
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	64	33.5	18.7	2.2	6.7	9.0	5.4	1.2	1.0	2.6	2.3	7.1	12.5	.570	0.0	0.1	.250	4.4	5.5	.799
Michael Cage	72	36.9	14.5	5.2	7.9	13.0	1.5	1.3	0.8	2.2	2.7	5.0	10.6	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	4.5	6.6	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	4	34.0	15.5	3.5	5.8	9.3	4.3	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.8	6.5	14.3	.456	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.3	.769
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	2021-22	1988-89
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Bam Adebayo	56	32.6	19.1	2.4	7.6	10.1	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.6	3.1	7.3	13.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.1	.753
Michael Cage	80	31.7	10.3	3.5	6.1	9.6	1.6	1.2	0.7	1.6	2.3	3.9	7.9	.498	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.3	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	18	34.1	14.8	2.1	5.9	8.0	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.1	5.8	9.7	.594	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.2	.763
Michael Cage	8	21.9	7.1	2.8	3.0	5.8	0.6	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.8	3.0	5.0	.600	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	2.8	.409


Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	2022-23	1989-90
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	75	34.6	20.4	2.5	6.7	9.2	3.2	1.2	0.8	2.5	2.8	8.0	14.9	.540	0.0	0.2	.083	4.3	5.4	.806
Michael Cage	82	31.6	9.7	3.7	6.3	10.0	0.9	1.0	0.5	1.1	2.8	4.0	7.9	.504	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.6	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	23	37.0	17.9	2.7	7.1	9.9	3.7	0.9	0.7	2.7	3.1	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.1	.821
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Miami Heat	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Bam Adebayo	71	34.0	19.3	2.2	8.1	10.4	3.9	1.1	0.9	2.3	2.2	7.5	14.3	.521	0.2	0.6	.357	4.1	5.5	.755
Michael Cage	82	26.1	6.4	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.1	1.0	0.7	1.0	2.4	2.8	5.4	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.625

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	5	38.4	22.6	2.2	7.2	9.4	3.8	0.4	0.0	1.6	3.0	9.6	19.4	.495	0.4	2.0	.200	3.0	4.2	.714
Michael Cage	5	16.0	5.0	1.8	2.4	4.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.4	1.2	2.8	.429	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.4	.765


Season 8
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	-	1991-92
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	82	30.0	8.8	3.2	5.6	8.9	1.1	1.2	0.7	1.0	2.9	3.7	6.6	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.1	.620

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	9	21.9	4.3	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.9	2.4	2.1	3.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000


Season 9
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	-	1992-93
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	82	26.3	6.1	3.3	4.8	8.0	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.7	2.2	2.7	5.1	.526	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.6	.469

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	19	19.9	4.8	2.5	3.4	5.8	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.2	4.2	.525	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.389


Season 10
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	-	1993-94
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	82	20.8	4.6	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.6	2.2	2.1	3.8	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.9	.486

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	5	18.6	2.8	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.6	3.0	1.2	3.2	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.333


Season 11
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	82	24.9	5.0	2.5	4.4	6.9	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.8	2.2	4.1	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.602

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	4	20.3	4.0	2.0	2.5	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.0	4.5	.444	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.5	.000


Season 12
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Cavaliers 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		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	82	32.1	6.0	3.5	5.4	8.9	0.6	1.1	1.0	0.7	2.6	2.7	4.8	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.543

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	3	33.7	6.3	4.3	5.0	9.3	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.0	1.7	2.7	4.7	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.600


Season 13
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	82	15.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.4	0.8	1.7	.468	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.5	.463

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	79	15.2	1.3	1.5	2.4	3.9	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.3	1.3	0.5	1.1	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.5	.556

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Michael Cage didn't play in 1998-99.


Season 15
	Bam Adebayo	Michael Cage
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	20	12.1	1.4	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.5	0.6	1.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bam Adebayo vs. Michael Cage Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Michael Cage and Bam Adebayo, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15