Dale Schlueter vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Dale Schlueter, 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.

Dale Schlueter and Kenny Smith both played 10 years in the NBA. Dale Schlueter had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dale Schlueter	Kenny Smith
Season	1968-69	1987-88
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Div 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 Schlueter	31	18.0	5.8	-	-	7.0	1.0	-	-	-	2.6	2.2	5.1	.433	-	-	-	1.5	2.6	.549
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		%
Dale Schlueter	3	8.3	4.3	-	-	7.3	0.3	-	-	-	1.3	1.0	3.0	.333	-	-	-	2.3	5.0	.467
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dale Schlueter	Kenny Smith
Season	1974-75	1993-94
Team	Buffalo Braves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf 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		%
Dale Schlueter	76	12.7	3.5	1.0	2.4	3.5	1.4	0.2	0.6	-	2.1	1.2	2.3	.517	-	-	-	1.1	1.6	.694
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		%
Dale Schlueter	6	6.7	2.2	0.8	1.3	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	-	1.0	1.0	1.7	.600	-	-	-	0.2	0.5	.333
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
	Dale Schlueter	Kenny Smith
Season	1975-76	1994-95
Team	Buffalo Braves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf 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		%
Dale Schlueter	71	10.9	2.5	0.8	2.3	3.2	1.1	0.2	0.2	-	2.0	0.9	1.7	.500	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.667
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		%
Dale Schlueter	8	5.5	1.9	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.1	0.4	-	1.4	0.6	0.9	.714	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.833
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