Derrick McKey vs. Max Strus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Strus and Derrick McKey, 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.

Derrick McKey played 15 years in the NBA, 10 more than Max Strus, who played 5. Derrick McKey had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Max Strus had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Derrick McKey	15	13	1987-88 to 2001-02
Max Strus	5	4	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	1987-88	2019-20
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Derrick McKey	82	20.8	8.5	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.3	0.9	0.8	1.3	2.9	3.1	6.3	.491	0.1	0.4	.367	2.1	2.7	.772
Max Strus	2	3.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	5	21.8	12.0	1.4	2.6	4.0	1.6	0.6	1.0	1.0	2.4	4.8	7.6	.632	0.4	1.2	.333	2.0	3.4	.588
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	1988-89	2020-21
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Derrick McKey	82	34.2	15.9	2.0	3.6	5.7	2.7	1.3	0.9	2.3	3.2	5.9	11.8	.502	0.4	1.1	.337	3.7	4.6	.803
Max Strus	39	13.0	6.1	0.1	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.8	.455	1.3	3.8	.338	0.4	0.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	8	35.8	13.3	2.6	3.9	6.5	2.3	0.8	1.9	2.9	4.1	5.5	11.1	.494	0.1	1.1	.111	2.1	2.6	.810
Max Strus	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	1989-90	2021-22
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Derrick McKey	80	34.4	15.7	2.1	4.0	6.1	2.3	1.1	1.0	2.4	3.1	5.9	11.9	.493	0.0	0.3	.130	3.9	5.0	.782
Max Strus	68	23.3	10.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.7	3.7	8.3	.441	2.7	6.5	.410	0.6	0.8	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	18	29.1	10.9	0.8	3.2	4.1	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	3.1	3.8	10.1	.374	2.6	7.9	.331	0.7	1.0	.722


Season 4
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	1990-91	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Derrick McKey	73	34.3	15.3	2.4	3.4	5.8	2.3	1.2	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.0	11.6	.517	0.1	0.3	.211	3.2	3.8	.845
Max Strus	80	28.4	11.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	2.1	4.1	9.9	.410	2.5	7.0	.350	1.0	1.1	.876

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	4	28.5	9.5	1.8	4.0	5.8	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.5	3.3	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.3	.000	1.5	2.8	.545
Max Strus	23	28.2	9.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	3.3	8.2	.402	1.9	5.9	.319	0.9	1.1	.800


Season 5
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	1991-92	2023-24
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Derrick McKey	52	33.8	14.9	1.8	3.3	5.2	2.3	1.2	0.9	2.2	2.7	5.5	11.6	.472	0.4	1.0	.380	3.6	4.3	.847
Max Strus	70	32.0	12.2	0.9	3.9	4.8	4.0	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.3	10.4	.418	2.4	6.8	.351	1.1	1.4	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	9	35.0	16.3	1.9	3.0	4.9	2.7	0.8	1.3	2.4	4.1	5.8	11.0	.525	0.6	1.8	.313	4.2	5.0	.844
Max Strus	12	36.2	9.5	0.7	4.7	5.3	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.3	3.4	3.5	8.6	.408	2.1	6.0	.347	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 6
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Derrick McKey	77	31.7	13.4	1.6	2.7	4.2	2.6	1.4	0.8	2.0	2.7	5.0	10.1	.496	0.5	1.5	.357	2.9	3.9	.741
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	19	34.1	11.3	2.7	2.5	5.2	3.7	0.6	0.9	1.9	2.7	4.4	8.3	.525	0.1	0.3	.400	2.4	3.6	.667
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Derrick McKey	76	34.4	12.0	1.7	3.6	5.3	4.3	1.5	0.6	3.0	3.3	4.7	9.3	.500	0.1	0.4	.290	2.5	3.3	.756
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	16	36.7	9.7	2.0	4.1	6.1	4.2	1.6	0.6	2.5	3.7	3.6	8.9	.408	0.5	1.5	.333	1.9	2.9	.660
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Derrick McKey	81	34.6	13.3	1.5	3.3	4.9	3.4	1.5	0.6	2.1	3.2	5.1	10.3	.493	0.4	1.1	.360	2.7	3.7	.744
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	17	34.8	12.8	1.7	3.1	4.8	3.8	1.0	0.6	2.1	3.8	4.5	10.2	.437	0.6	2.1	.314	3.2	3.6	.871
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Derrick McKey	75	32.5	11.7	1.6	3.2	4.8	3.5	1.1	0.6	1.9	3.3	4.6	9.5	.486	0.2	0.9	.250	2.3	2.9	.769
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	5	36.0	12.8	1.6	5.0	6.6	2.0	1.4	0.2	2.8	4.0	4.8	11.4	.421	1.0	2.4	.417	2.2	2.6	.846
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
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		%
Derrick McKey	50	29.0	8.0	1.6	3.2	4.8	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.7	2.8	3.0	7.6	.391	0.3	1.2	.259	1.8	2.5	.724
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Derrick McKey	57	23.1	6.3	1.3	2.4	3.7	1.5	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.7	2.6	5.7	.459	0.1	0.3	.235	1.0	1.4	.714
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	15	18.9	4.5	0.5	2.1	2.7	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	3.3	1.5	4.6	.333	0.2	0.7	.300	1.2	1.5	.783
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Derrick McKey	13	18.8	4.6	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.0	0.9	0.3	0.9	1.8	1.8	4.0	.442	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.3	.824
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	13	18.8	3.6	1.3	2.0	3.3	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.8	3.1	1.2	3.1	.375	0.0	0.3	.000	1.3	2.0	.654
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA 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		%
Derrick McKey	32	19.8	4.3	0.9	3.3	4.2	1.1	0.9	0.4	0.6	2.5	1.3	3.4	.398	0.3	0.7	.435	1.3	1.8	.768
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	23	15.3	2.0	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.8	2.0	0.7	1.4	.469	0.0	0.3	.167	0.7	0.9	.800
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Derrick McKey	66	15.0	2.2	0.7	1.9	2.7	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.7	2.1	0.9	2.1	.441	0.1	0.3	.200	0.3	0.4	.778
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	4	8.8	1.5	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.8	0.5	1.3	.400	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.3	0.5	.500
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Derrick McKey	Max Strus
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers 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		%
Derrick McKey	41	19.1	2.9	1.2	1.9	3.1	1.1	1.0	0.1	0.5	2.2	1.3	3.0	.426	0.1	0.3	.417	0.2	0.3	.714
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick McKey	4	10.0	2.0	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.3	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Derrick McKey vs. Max Strus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Strus and Derrick McKey, 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

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15