Chris Morris vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Chris Morris, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Chris Morris played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Chris Morris had the first of his seasons in 1988-89, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
Chris Morris	11	7	1988-89 to 1998-99
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Chris Morris	Kenny Smith
Season	1988-89	1987-88
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Chris Morris	76	27.6	14.1	2.5	2.8	5.2	1.6	1.3	0.8	2.5	3.3	5.4	11.9	.457	0.8	2.3	.366	2.4	3.3	.717
Kenny Smith	61	35.6	13.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.3	5.4	11.4	.477	0.2	0.6	.308	2.7	3.3	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Chris Morris	Kenny Smith
Season	1989-90	1988-89
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Chris Morris	80	30.6	14.8	2.4	2.9	5.3	1.8	1.6	1.0	2.3	2.7	5.6	13.3	.422	0.8	2.4	.316	2.9	4.0	.722
Kenny Smith	81	38.8	17.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.7	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.1	6.8	14.6	.462	0.6	1.6	.359	3.2	4.4	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Chris Morris	Kenny Smith
Season	1990-91	1989-90
Team	New Jersey Nets	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Chris Morris	79	32.3	13.2	2.7	3.9	6.6	2.8	1.7	1.2	2.1	3.1	5.2	12.2	.425	0.6	2.3	.251	2.3	3.1	.734
Kenny Smith	79	30.6	11.9	0.2	1.8	2.0	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.1	1.8	4.8	10.3	.466	0.3	1.1	.313	2.0	2.5	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Chris Morris	Kenny Smith
Season	1991-92	1990-91
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Chris Morris	77	31.1	11.4	2.6	3.8	6.4	2.6	1.7	1.1	2.2	2.7	4.5	9.4	.477	0.3	1.4	.200	2.1	3.0	.714
Kenny Smith	78	34.6	17.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.1	1.4	0.1	3.0	1.7	6.7	12.9	.520	0.6	1.7	.363	3.7	4.4	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Morris	4	33.8	18.8	2.8	2.3	5.0	1.3	1.8	1.8	2.0	2.8	8.0	14.5	.552	1.0	2.5	.400	1.8	2.3	.778
Kenny Smith	3	37.7	15.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	8.0	1.3	0.3	2.0	1.7	6.0	12.7	.474	0.7	1.3	.500	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 5
	Chris Morris	Kenny Smith
Season	1992-93	1991-92
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Chris Morris	77	29.9	14.1	2.9	2.9	5.9	1.4	1.9	0.7	1.5	2.2	5.7	11.8	.481	0.2	1.0	.224	2.6	3.2	.794
Kenny Smith	81	33.8	14.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	6.9	1.3	0.1	2.8	1.4	5.3	11.2	.475	0.7	1.7	.394	2.7	3.1	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Morris	5	32.6	17.0	2.6	3.8	6.4	1.4	1.6	1.2	0.6	1.6	6.8	12.2	.557	1.2	3.2	.375	2.2	2.4	.917
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Chris Morris	Kenny Smith
Season	1993-94	1992-93
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Chris Morris	50	27.0	10.9	1.8	2.7	4.6	1.7	1.1	1.0	1.0	2.4	4.1	9.1	.447	1.1	2.9	.361	1.7	2.4	.720
Kenny Smith	82	29.5	13.0	0.3	1.6	2.0	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.3	4.7	9.1	.520	1.2	2.7	.438	2.4	2.7	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Morris	4	24.5	9.3	2.8	2.8	5.5	1.8	1.3	1.3	1.5	3.5	3.0	10.8	.279	0.8	5.0	.150	2.5	2.5	1.000
Kenny Smith	12	32.6	14.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.2	0.8	0.1	2.2	1.5	5.3	10.7	.492	1.9	3.8	.500	2.3	3.0	.778


Season 7
	Chris Morris	Kenny Smith
Season	1994-95	1993-94
Team	New Jersey Nets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Chris Morris	71	30.0	13.4	2.5	3.1	5.7	2.1	1.2	0.7	1.6	2.2	4.9	12.1	.410	1.5	4.5	.334	2.0	2.7	.728
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808


Season 8
	Chris Morris	Kenny Smith
Season	1995-96	1994-95
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Chris Morris	66	21.6	10.5	1.5	2.0	3.5	1.2	1.0	0.3	1.1	2.1	4.0	9.2	.437	1.0	3.0	.320	1.5	1.9	.772
Kenny Smith	81	25.1	10.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.3	.484	1.8	4.1	.429	1.6	1.8	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Morris	18	17.8	6.2	1.3	2.6	3.9	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.5	5.9	.425	0.6	2.1	.270	0.7	0.9	.750
Kenny Smith	22	29.6	10.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	8.1	.438	2.1	4.7	.442	1.6	1.8	.900


Season 9
	Chris Morris	Kenny Smith
Season	1996-97	1995-96
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost NBA Finals	Rockets 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		%
Chris Morris	73	13.4	4.3	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.7	1.7	4.1	.408	0.4	1.5	.274	0.5	0.7	.722
Kenny Smith	68	23.8	8.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.6	0.7	0.0	1.5	1.7	3.0	6.8	.433	1.3	3.5	.382	1.3	1.6	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Morris	20	8.9	2.9	0.3	1.4	1.6	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.9	1.0	2.5	.400	0.4	1.3	.320	0.5	0.8	.600
Kenny Smith	8	23.9	8.9	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.8	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.9	6.6	.434	1.5	3.9	.387	1.6	1.6	1.000


Season 10
	Chris Morris	Kenny Smith
Season	1997-98	1996-97
Team	Utah Jazz	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Chris Morris	54	10.0	4.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.6	3.8	.411	0.4	1.1	.306	0.8	1.1	.721
Kenny Smith	48	15.9	6.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.5	0.6	2.1	5.0	.423	1.2	2.8	.437	0.8	0.9	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Morris	17	14.1	4.5	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.5	2.2	1.6	4.1	.406	0.4	1.4	.304	0.8	1.2	.700
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Chris Morris	Kenny Smith
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Chris Morris	44	12.2	4.2	1.2	1.5	2.8	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.2	1.5	3.4	.430	0.4	1.3	.286	0.9	1.0	.870
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Chris Morris	1	9.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	2.0	.000
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Chris Morris vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Chris Morris, 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