Billy Ray Bates vs. Cameron Thomas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Cameron Thomas and Billy Ray Bates, 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.

Billy Ray Bates played 4 years in the NBA, 1 more than Cameron Thomas, who played 3. Billy Ray Bates had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Cameron Thomas had his rookie season in 2021-22. 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
Billy Ray Bates 4 2 1979-80 to 1982-83
Cameron Thomas 3 2 2021-22 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season

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Rookie Season
Billy Ray Bates Cameron Thomas
Season 1979-802021-22
Team Portland Trail BlazersBrooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdNets 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 %
Billy Ray Bates 16 14.7 11.3 0.8 1.0 1.8 1.9 0.9 0.1 1.3 1.6 4.5 9.1 .493 0.5 1.2 .421 1.8 2.4 .718
Cameron Thomas 67 17.6 8.5 0.2 2.2 2.4 1.2 0.5 0.1 0.8 1.0 3.3 7.5 .433 0.7 2.6 .270 1.3 1.6 .829
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Billy Ray Bates 3 34.7 25.0 0.7 2.7 3.3 4.0 1.7 0.3 5.0 4.3 10.3 19.7 .525 0.7 2.3 .286 3.7 4.7 .786
Cameron Thomas 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 - 0.0 0.0 -

Season 2
Billy Ray Bates Cameron Thomas
Season 1980-812022-23
Team Portland Trail BlazersBrooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st RdNets 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 %
Billy Ray Bates 77 20.3 13.8 0.9 1.1 2.0 2.5 1.1 0.1 1.9 1.6 5.7 11.7 .487 0.2 0.7 .259 2.2 2.6 .854
Cameron Thomas 57 16.6 10.6 0.1 1.5 1.7 1.4 0.4 0.1 1.1 1.0 3.5 8.0 .441 0.9 2.3 .383 2.6 3.1 .868
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Billy Ray Bates 3 38.3 28.3 1.0 1.3 2.3 4.3 1.7 0.3 3.7 3.7 11.7 20.7 .565 0.3 0.3 1.000 4.7 5.7 .824
Cameron Thomas 2 8.0 3.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 3.5 .429 0.0 1.0 .000 0.0 0.0 -

Season 3
Billy Ray Bates Cameron Thomas
Season 1981-822023-24
Team Portland Trail BlazersBrooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs Did Not PlayDid 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 %
Billy Ray Bates 75 16.4 11.1 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.5 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.3 4.4 9.2 .473 0.2 0.5 .293 2.2 2.8 .787
Cameron Thomas 66 31.4 22.5 0.4 2.8 3.2 2.9 0.7 0.2 1.9 2.1 8.0 18.0 .442 2.2 6.0 .364 4.3 5.1 .856
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Billy Ray Bates ------- --- ----------
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------

Season 4
Billy Ray Bates Cameron Thomas
Season 1982-83-
Team Washington Bullets, Los Angeles Lakers-
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 %
Billy Ray Bates 19 16.0 6.5 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.6 1.0 2.9 7.6 .379 0.1 0.3 .400 0.6 1.2 .500
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------
Playoffs Stats
G Min Pts ORb DRb Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF FGM / A % 3PM / A % FTM / A %
Billy Ray Bates ------- --- ----------
Cameron Thomas ------- --- ----------
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