Dejounte Murray vs. Phil Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Phil Smith and Dejounte Murray, 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.

Dejounte Murray played 7 years in the NBA, 2 less than Phil Smith, who played 9. Dejounte Murray had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Phil Smith had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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
	Dejounte Murray	Phil Smith
Season	2016-17	1974-75
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs 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		%
Dejounte Murray	38	8.5	3.4	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.3	0.2	0.2	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.1	.431	0.2	0.6	.391	0.6	0.8	.700
Phil Smith	74	14.3	7.7	0.7	1.2	1.9	1.8	0.8	0.0	-	1.9	3.0	6.3	.476	-	-	-	1.7	2.1	.804
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	11	15.3	5.7	0.4	2.1	2.5	2.5	1.5	0.1	1.5	1.3	2.1	5.5	.377	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.3	.680
Phil Smith	16	14.7	6.4	0.4	1.3	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.4	-	1.9	2.4	6.5	.375	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.625

Season 2
	Dejounte Murray	Phil Smith
Season	2017-18	1975-76
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Warriors 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		%
Dejounte Murray	81	21.5	8.1	1.4	4.3	5.7	2.9	1.2	0.4	1.7	1.9	3.3	7.5	.443	0.1	0.4	.265	1.3	1.8	.709
Phil Smith	82	34.1	20.0	1.6	3.0	4.6	4.4	1.3	0.2	-	2.7	8.0	16.9	.477	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.788
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	5	19.2	7.8	0.8	3.4	4.2	1.8	1.0	0.4	1.0	2.2	2.8	6.2	.452	0.8	1.2	.667	1.4	1.8	.778
Phil Smith	13	37.9	24.0	1.8	2.9	4.7	4.6	1.6	0.5	-	2.5	9.8	18.8	.518	-	-	-	4.5	6.1	.734

Note: Dejounte Murray didn't play in 2018-19.

Season 3
	Dejounte Murray	Phil Smith
Season	2019-20	1976-77
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Dejounte Murray	66	25.6	10.9	1.0	4.8	5.8	4.1	1.7	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	9.7	.462	0.6	1.7	.369	1.4	1.7	.798
Phil Smith	82	35.1	19.0	1.2	2.8	4.0	4.0	1.2	0.4	-	2.8	7.7	16.1	.479	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Smith	10	37.1	14.2	1.0	4.0	5.0	4.5	1.4	0.4	-	2.4	5.3	13.2	.402	-	-	-	3.6	4.5	.800

Season 5
	Dejounte Murray	Phil Smith
Season	2021-22	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Steals Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Dejounte Murray	68	34.8	21.1	1.2	7.1	8.3	9.2	2.0	0.3	2.6	2.0	8.4	18.3	.462	1.4	4.3	.327	2.9	3.6	.794
Phil Smith	59	38.8	19.9	0.8	2.8	3.6	4.4	1.7	0.4	2.9	2.7	8.3	16.6	.501	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dejounte Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Phil Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-