Bill Closs vs. Kyle Kuzma Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kyle Kuzma and Bill Closs, 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.

Bill Closs played 3 years in the NBA, 4 less than Kyle Kuzma, who played 7. Bill Closs had the first of his seasons in 1949-50, while Kyle Kuzma had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Bill Closs	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1949-50	2017-18
Team	Anderson Packers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Packers Lost Semifinals	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		%
Bill Closs	64	-	11.8	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	3.0	4.4	14.0	.315	-	-	-	2.9	4.0	.718
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	8	-	11.4	-	-	-	1.8	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	13.6	.303	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.833
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Bill Closs	Kyle Kuzma
Season	1951-52	2019-20
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Bill Closs	57	19.6	6.1	-	-	3.6	1.3	-	-	-	2.2	2.1	6.8	.308	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.682
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Closs	1	21.0	5.0	-	-	8.0	4.0	-	-	-	0.0	1.0	6.0	.167	-	-	-	3.0	3.0	1.000
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784