Desmond Mason vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Desmond Mason, 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.

Desmond Mason and Willis Reed both played 10 years in the NBA. Desmond Mason had the first of his seasons in 2000-01, while Willis Reed had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Desmond Mason	Willis Reed
Season	2000-01	1964-65
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
	-	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		%
Desmond Mason	78	19.5	5.9	0.9	2.3	3.2	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.9	2.4	5.6	.431	0.2	0.9	.269	0.9	1.2	.736
Willis Reed	80	38.0	19.5	-	-	14.7	1.7	-	-	-	4.2	7.9	18.2	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Desmond Mason	Willis Reed
Season	2001-02	1965-66
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Desmond Mason	75	32.3	12.4	1.2	3.5	4.7	1.4	0.9	0.4	1.4	2.3	4.8	10.3	.464	0.2	0.8	.271	2.7	3.2	.848
Willis Reed	76	33.4	15.5	-	-	11.6	1.2	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	13.3	.434	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Mason	5	41.0	11.8	1.0	5.2	6.2	1.8	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.2	4.8	11.4	.421	0.2	0.6	.333	2.0	3.4	.588
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Desmond Mason	Willis Reed
Season	2002-03	1966-67
Team	Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Desmond Mason	80	34.5	14.3	1.9	4.6	6.5	2.0	0.8	0.4	1.4	2.6	5.7	12.7	.449	0.3	0.9	.292	2.7	3.5	.749
Willis Reed	78	36.2	20.9	-	-	14.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	16.6	.489	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Mason	6	34.0	13.0	1.0	6.0	7.0	0.8	1.0	0.7	1.2	3.2	4.7	9.2	.509	0.0	0.7	.000	3.7	5.2	.710
Willis Reed	4	37.0	27.5	-	-	13.8	1.8	-	-	-	4.8	10.8	20.0	.538	-	-	-	6.0	6.3	.960

Season 4
	Desmond Mason	Willis Reed
Season	2003-04	1967-68
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Desmond Mason	82	30.9	14.4	1.1	3.2	4.4	1.9	0.7	0.3	1.8	2.3	5.0	10.6	.472	0.1	0.5	.231	4.3	5.6	.769
Willis Reed	81	35.5	20.8	-	-	13.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	16.6	.490	-	-	-	4.5	6.3	.721
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Mason	5	39.6	14.4	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.4	0.8	0.4	2.4	3.2	5.0	14.8	.338	0.0	0.4	.000	4.4	5.2	.846
Willis Reed	6	35.0	21.3	-	-	10.3	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	8.8	16.3	.541	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.733

Season 5
	Desmond Mason	Willis Reed
Season	2004-05	1968-69
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Desmond Mason	80	36.2	17.2	1.1	2.8	3.9	2.7	0.7	0.3	2.1	2.5	6.0	13.5	.443	0.0	0.1	.125	5.3	6.6	.802
Willis Reed	82	37.9	21.1	-	-	14.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	8.6	16.5	.521	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	10	42.9	25.7	-	-	14.1	1.9	-	-	-	4.0	10.1	19.8	.510	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.786

Season 6
	Desmond Mason	Willis Reed
Season	2005-06	1969-70
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
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		%
Desmond Mason	70	30.0	10.8	0.9	3.3	4.3	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.6	1.9	3.9	9.9	.399	0.0	0.1	.167	2.9	4.3	.682
Willis Reed	81	38.1	21.7	-	-	13.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	17.1	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	18	40.7	23.7	-	-	13.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	9.9	21.0	.471	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.737

Season 7
	Desmond Mason	Willis Reed
Season	2006-07	1970-71
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Desmond Mason	75	34.3	13.7	1.7	2.9	4.6	1.5	0.7	0.3	2.6	2.3	5.4	12.0	.452	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.3	.663
Willis Reed	73	39.1	20.9	-	-	13.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.4	18.2	.462	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	12	42.0	15.7	-	-	12.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.8	16.3	.413	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667

Season 9
	Desmond Mason	Willis Reed
Season	2008-09	1972-73
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
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		%
Desmond Mason	39	27.3	7.5	1.1	3.0	4.0	1.2	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.5	3.2	7.3	.435	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	2.2	.541
Willis Reed	69	27.2	11.0	-	-	8.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	10.2	.474	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857