Dale Ellis vs. Marcus Morris Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Morris and Dale Ellis, 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.

Dale Ellis played 17 years in the NBA, 4 more than Marcus Morris, who played 13. Dale Ellis had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Marcus Morris had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
Dale Ellis	17	10	1983-84 to 1999-00
Marcus Morris	13	7	2011-12 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1983-84	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Dale Ellis	67	15.8	8.2	1.6	2.1	3.7	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.2	1.8	3.4	7.4	.456	0.2	0.4	.414	1.3	1.8	.719
Marcus Morris	17	7.4	2.4	0.3	0.6	0.9	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.7	0.9	3.2	.296	0.1	1.0	.118	0.4	0.5	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	8	22.3	7.4	2.4	2.9	5.3	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.6	2.1	3.3	10.0	.325	0.1	1.5	.083	0.8	1.0	.750
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1984-85	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Dale Ellis	72	18.3	9.3	1.4	1.9	3.3	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.8	1.8	3.8	8.4	.454	0.6	1.5	.385	1.1	1.4	.740
Marcus Morris	77	19.8	7.7	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.8	0.6	0.3	1.0	2.1	2.9	6.8	.422	1.1	3.0	.369	0.9	1.5	.564

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	4	17.0	5.8	1.0	0.8	1.8	0.8	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.8	2.5	5.8	.435	0.5	1.3	.400	0.3	0.5	.500
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1985-86	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Dale Ellis	72	15.1	7.1	1.2	1.1	2.3	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.1	2.7	6.5	.411	0.9	2.4	.364	0.8	1.1	.720
Marcus Morris	82	22.0	9.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.1	0.9	0.2	1.2	1.9	3.5	7.9	.442	1.2	3.2	.381	1.5	1.9	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	7	9.6	4.3	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	3.1	.409	1.0	1.7	.583	0.7	0.7	1.000
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1986-87	2014-15
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 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		%
Dale Ellis	82	37.5	24.9	2.3	3.2	5.5	2.9	1.3	0.4	2.9	3.3	9.6	18.5	.516	1.0	2.9	.358	4.7	6.0	.787
Marcus Morris	81	25.2	10.4	0.9	3.9	4.8	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.9	2.3	4.1	9.4	.434	1.4	3.9	.358	0.9	1.4	.628

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	14	37.9	25.2	2.6	3.8	6.4	2.6	0.7	0.4	2.4	3.9	10.6	21.7	.487	0.9	2.6	.361	3.1	3.9	.815
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1987-88	2015-16
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Dale Ellis	75	37.2	25.8	2.2	2.3	4.5	2.6	1.0	0.1	2.3	2.9	10.2	20.3	.503	1.4	3.5	.413	4.0	5.3	.767
Marcus Morris	80	35.7	14.1	1.1	3.9	5.1	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.1	5.1	11.8	.434	1.4	3.7	.362	2.5	3.4	.749

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	5	34.4	20.8	2.2	2.4	4.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.4	3.4	8.0	16.6	.482	0.6	2.4	.250	4.2	5.8	.724
Marcus Morris	4	36.0	17.8	0.5	2.8	3.3	2.5	0.5	0.0	1.3	4.3	5.5	11.8	.468	1.8	4.5	.389	5.0	5.8	.870


Season 6
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1988-89	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Dale Ellis	82	38.9	27.5	1.9	2.3	4.2	2.0	1.3	0.3	2.7	2.4	10.5	20.9	.501	2.0	4.1	.478	4.6	5.6	.816
Marcus Morris	79	32.5	14.0	1.0	3.7	4.6	2.0	0.7	0.3	1.1	2.1	5.3	12.7	.418	1.5	4.5	.331	1.8	2.3	.784

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	8	38.0	22.9	1.8	2.3	4.0	1.3	1.4	0.1	2.6	2.4	9.0	20.0	.450	1.9	4.6	.405	3.0	4.1	.727
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1989-90	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Dale Ellis	55	37.0	23.5	1.6	2.7	4.3	2.0	1.1	0.1	2.2	2.3	9.1	18.4	.497	1.7	4.7	.375	3.5	4.3	.818
Marcus Morris	54	26.8	13.6	0.8	4.6	5.4	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.9	4.9	11.3	.429	1.6	4.3	.368	2.3	2.9	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Morris	19	29.6	12.4	1.1	4.4	5.4	1.1	0.4	0.3	1.0	3.2	4.3	11.7	.368	1.6	3.8	.417	2.2	3.1	.712


Season 8
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1990-91	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Dale Ellis	51	27.9	16.8	1.3	2.1	3.4	1.9	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.2	6.7	14.1	.474	1.1	3.1	.363	2.4	3.3	.723
Marcus Morris	75	27.9	13.9	1.0	5.1	6.1	1.5	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.4	5.0	11.3	.447	1.9	5.2	.375	1.9	2.3	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Morris	9	28.2	13.7	1.3	6.8	8.1	1.2	0.1	0.6	0.8	2.4	4.6	8.8	.519	2.0	4.4	.450	2.6	3.4	.742


Season 9
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1991-92	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers 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		%
Dale Ellis	81	27.0	15.7	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.3	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.9	6.0	12.8	.469	1.7	4.1	.419	2.0	2.6	.774
Marcus Morris	62	31.2	16.7	1.0	4.1	5.0	1.4	0.8	0.5	1.6	2.9	5.7	13.1	.438	2.3	5.6	.408	2.9	3.5	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Morris	13	29.8	11.8	0.8	4.0	4.8	1.6	0.8	0.1	0.7	3.0	4.3	8.5	.505	2.2	4.5	.475	1.0	1.1	.929


Season 10
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1992-93	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	Clippers 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		%
Dale Ellis	82	33.3	16.7	1.0	2.8	3.8	1.3	1.0	0.2	1.4	2.2	6.6	13.3	.499	1.5	3.6	.401	1.9	2.4	.797
Marcus Morris	57	26.4	13.4	0.6	3.5	4.1	1.0	0.6	0.3	1.0	2.1	4.8	10.2	.473	2.5	5.2	.473	1.3	1.6	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	10	30.5	12.5	0.9	2.6	3.5	1.1	0.4	0.0	1.0	2.5	5.1	11.3	.451	1.0	3.2	.313	1.3	1.6	.813
Marcus Morris	19	31.8	12.2	0.7	3.6	4.3	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	2.6	4.5	10.5	.430	1.9	5.1	.375	1.3	1.7	.750


Season 11
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1993-94	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
Dale Ellis	77	33.6	15.2	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.0	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.8	6.2	12.6	.494	1.7	4.3	.395	1.1	1.4	.776
Marcus Morris	54	29.0	15.4	0.5	3.9	4.4	2.1	0.5	0.3	1.3	2.1	5.6	12.8	.434	1.9	5.1	.367	2.4	2.7	.872

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	4	28.5	10.5	0.8	1.8	2.5	0.3	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.5	4.3	10.8	.395	1.3	4.3	.294	0.8	1.3	.600
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1994-95	2022-23
Team	Denver Nuggets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers 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		%
Dale Ellis	81	24.6	11.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.7	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.8	4.3	9.6	.453	1.3	3.2	.403	1.4	1.6	.866
Marcus Morris	65	28.1	11.2	0.4	3.5	4.0	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.9	2.1	4.2	9.9	.426	1.7	4.7	.364	1.0	1.3	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	3	24.3	12.0	2.0	2.7	4.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.0	3.3	9.3	.357	1.3	4.3	.308	4.0	4.3	.923
Marcus Morris	3	22.7	8.7	0.3	3.7	4.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	3.3	9.7	.345	0.7	4.0	.167	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 13
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1995-96	2023-24
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
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		%
Dale Ellis	81	32.4	14.9	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.7	0.7	0.1	1.2	2.4	5.7	11.8	.479	1.9	4.5	.412	1.7	2.2	.760
Marcus Morris	49	16.7	6.4	0.5	2.3	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.5	2.4	5.4	.439	1.0	2.4	.403	0.7	0.9	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Morris	9	15.3	6.1	0.2	2.6	2.8	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.9	2.4	5.3	.458	1.0	2.6	.391	0.2	0.3	.667


Season 14
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
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		%
Dale Ellis	82	35.9	16.6	1.2	2.4	3.6	2.0	0.7	0.1	1.8	2.2	5.8	14.0	.414	2.3	6.4	.364	2.6	3.2	.817
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1997-98	-
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		%
Dale Ellis	79	24.5	11.8	0.6	1.7	2.3	1.1	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.6	4.4	8.9	.497	1.6	3.5	.464	1.4	1.8	.782
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	10	17.2	5.6	0.4	0.9	1.3	0.6	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.0	2.0	5.3	.377	1.1	2.6	.423	0.5	0.6	.833
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
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		%
Dale Ellis	48	25.7	10.3	0.5	1.9	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.6	3.6	8.2	.441	2.0	4.5	.433	1.1	1.5	.757
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Dale Ellis	Marcus Morris
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Hornets	-
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		%
Dale Ellis	42	13.4	4.2	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.1	1.6	3.8	.415	0.9	2.4	.370	0.2	0.3	.692
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dale Ellis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Morris	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dale Ellis vs. Marcus Morris Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Morris and Dale Ellis, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 16

Season 17