Detlef Schrempf vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Detlef Schrempf, 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.

Detlef Schrempf and J.R. Smith both played 16 years in the NBA. Detlef Schrempf had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while J.R. Smith had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
Detlef Schrempf	16	14	1985-86 to 2000-01
J.R. Smith	16	12	2004-05 to 2019-20

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


Rookie Season
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1985-86	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Hornets
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	64	15.1	6.2	1.1	2.0	3.1	1.4	0.4	0.2	1.3	2.6	2.2	4.9	.451	0.0	0.1	.429	1.7	2.4	.724
J.R. Smith	76	24.5	10.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.9	9.8	.394	1.1	3.7	.288	1.5	2.1	.689

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	10	12.0	3.7	0.7	1.6	2.3	1.4	0.2	0.1	1.0	2.4	1.3	2.8	.464	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	1.7	.647
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1986-87	2005-06
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	81	21.1	9.3	1.1	2.7	3.7	2.0	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.8	3.3	6.9	.472	0.4	0.9	.478	2.4	3.2	.742
J.R. Smith	55	18.0	7.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.1	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	2.6	6.7	.393	0.9	2.5	.371	1.5	1.8	.822

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	4	24.3	7.8	1.0	2.0	3.0	1.5	0.8	0.5	1.5	3.3	3.3	8.8	.371	0.0	0.8	.000	1.3	2.8	.455
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1987-88	2006-07
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	82	19.4	8.5	1.2	2.2	3.4	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	3.0	6.6	.456	0.1	0.4	.156	2.5	3.2	.756
J.R. Smith	63	23.3	13.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.3	4.5	10.2	.441	2.4	6.1	.390	1.6	2.0	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	15	18.3	7.8	1.7	2.0	3.7	1.6	0.5	0.5	1.4	1.9	2.7	5.7	.465	0.1	0.2	.333	2.4	3.4	.706
J.R. Smith	4	11.8	4.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	5.5	.273	0.0	3.0	.000	1.5	1.5	1.000


Season 4
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1988-89	2007-08
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	69	26.8	12.0	1.8	3.9	5.7	2.6	0.8	0.3	1.9	3.2	4.0	8.4	.474	0.1	0.5	.200	4.0	5.1	.780
J.R. Smith	74	19.2	12.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.9	4.2	9.1	.461	2.1	5.3	.403	1.7	2.4	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	4	27.0	18.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.8	1.0	0.0	1.3	3.0	5.8	10.8	.535	1.8	5.5	.318	5.0	6.0	.833


Season 5
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1989-90	2008-09
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	78	33.0	16.2	1.9	6.0	7.9	3.2	0.8	0.2	2.3	3.5	5.4	10.5	.516	0.2	0.6	.354	5.2	6.3	.820
J.R. Smith	81	27.7	15.2	0.5	3.1	3.7	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.3	5.2	11.7	.446	2.2	5.6	.397	2.5	3.4	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	3	41.7	20.3	1.7	5.7	7.3	1.7	0.7	0.3	3.3	4.3	7.7	15.7	.489	0.0	1.0	.000	5.0	5.3	.938
J.R. Smith	16	27.2	14.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.2	5.5	12.1	.454	2.4	6.6	.358	1.6	2.9	.543


Season 6
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1990-91	2009-10
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	82	32.1	16.1	2.2	5.9	8.0	3.7	0.7	0.3	2.1	3.2	5.3	10.1	.520	0.2	0.5	.375	5.4	6.6	.818
J.R. Smith	75	27.8	15.4	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.4	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.7	13.8	.414	2.1	6.2	.338	1.9	2.7	.706

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	5	35.8	15.8	2.0	5.2	7.2	2.2	0.4	0.0	2.2	3.4	5.4	11.4	.474	0.0	0.8	.000	5.0	6.0	.833
J.R. Smith	6	26.5	11.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.8	3.5	9.5	.368	1.8	5.2	.355	2.3	2.7	.875


Season 7
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1991-92	2010-11
Team	Indiana Pacers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	80	32.6	17.3	2.5	7.1	9.6	3.9	0.8	0.5	2.4	3.6	6.2	11.6	.536	0.3	0.9	.324	4.6	5.5	.828
J.R. Smith	79	24.9	12.3	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.3	2.2	4.3	9.9	.435	1.6	4.0	.390	2.1	2.8	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	3	40.0	21.0	4.0	9.0	13.0	2.3	0.7	0.3	2.3	3.3	6.0	15.7	.383	0.7	1.3	.500	8.3	9.3	.893
J.R. Smith	5	15.2	9.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.2	9.0	.356	1.8	4.2	.429	1.6	2.2	.727


Season 8
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1992-93	2011-12
Team	Indiana Pacers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	82	37.8	19.1	2.6	7.0	9.5	6.0	1.0	0.3	3.0	3.7	6.3	13.2	.476	0.1	0.6	.154	6.4	8.0	.804
J.R. Smith	35	27.6	12.5	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.4	1.5	0.2	1.3	2.5	4.7	11.6	.407	1.9	5.5	.347	1.1	1.6	.709

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	4	41.3	19.5	0.8	5.0	5.8	7.3	0.3	0.5	4.3	3.5	6.3	13.5	.463	0.0	0.5	.000	7.0	9.0	.778
J.R. Smith	5	35.0	12.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.2	3.8	4.8	15.2	.316	1.0	5.6	.179	1.6	1.6	1.000


Season 9
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1993-94	2012-13
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	81	33.7	15.0	1.8	3.8	5.6	3.4	0.9	0.1	2.1	3.4	5.5	11.1	.493	0.3	0.8	.324	3.7	4.8	.769
J.R. Smith	80	33.5	18.1	0.8	4.5	5.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.8	6.6	15.6	.422	1.9	5.5	.356	3.0	3.9	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	5	34.8	18.6	1.6	3.8	5.4	2.0	0.2	0.6	1.6	4.2	5.2	10.0	.520	0.4	1.2	.333	7.8	9.0	.867
J.R. Smith	11	31.9	14.3	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.8	2.5	4.9	14.8	.331	1.6	6.0	.273	2.8	3.9	.721


Season 10
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1994-95	2013-14
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
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		%
Detlef Schrempf	82	35.2	19.2	1.6	4.5	6.2	3.8	1.1	0.4	2.1	3.1	6.4	12.2	.523	1.1	2.2	.514	5.3	6.4	.839
J.R. Smith	74	32.7	14.5	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.0	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.4	12.9	.415	2.6	6.5	.394	1.2	1.9	.652

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	4	38.3	18.8	0.5	4.3	4.8	3.0	0.8	0.5	2.8	3.0	5.8	14.3	.404	2.5	4.5	.556	4.8	6.0	.792
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1995-96	2014-15
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Cavaliers 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	63	34.9	17.1	1.2	4.0	5.2	4.4	0.9	0.1	2.3	2.8	5.7	11.7	.486	1.2	2.8	.408	4.6	5.9	.776
J.R. Smith	70	29.7	12.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.8	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.5	10.8	.417	2.3	6.1	.383	0.8	1.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	21	37.6	16.0	0.9	4.1	5.0	3.2	0.7	0.2	3.2	3.0	5.9	12.3	.475	1.0	2.7	.368	3.3	4.4	.750
J.R. Smith	18	31.1	12.8	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.2	0.9	0.6	0.8	3.0	4.6	11.4	.403	2.8	7.9	.359	0.8	1.1	.700


Season 12
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1996-97	2015-16
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	61	35.9	16.8	1.4	5.0	6.5	4.4	1.0	0.3	2.5	2.5	5.8	11.9	.492	0.9	2.6	.354	4.1	5.2	.801
J.R. Smith	77	30.7	12.4	0.6	2.3	2.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.8	2.6	4.6	11.0	.415	2.6	6.6	.400	0.6	0.9	.634

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	12	38.1	16.9	1.7	4.1	5.8	3.4	1.1	0.1	1.5	3.3	5.6	11.8	.472	1.3	2.4	.552	4.4	5.4	.815
J.R. Smith	21	34.8	11.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.5	2.6	3.9	9.0	.436	3.1	7.2	.430	0.6	1.0	.619


Season 13
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1997-98	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Cavaliers 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	78	35.2	15.8	1.7	5.4	7.1	4.4	0.8	0.2	2.2	2.6	5.6	11.5	.487	0.8	1.9	.415	3.8	4.5	.844
J.R. Smith	41	29.0	8.6	0.4	2.3	2.8	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.0	8.7	.346	2.3	6.6	.351	0.2	0.4	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	10	37.4	16.1	1.8	5.9	7.7	3.9	0.7	0.1	2.2	2.1	6.4	12.5	.512	0.2	1.4	.143	3.1	3.8	.816
J.R. Smith	18	27.1	8.1	0.3	2.1	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.3	2.8	5.5	.505	2.2	4.4	.500	0.3	0.6	.455


Season 14
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1998-99	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	50	35.3	15.0	1.5	5.9	7.4	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.1	3.0	5.2	11.0	.472	0.7	1.7	.395	4.0	4.9	.823
J.R. Smith	80	28.1	8.3	0.4	2.6	2.9	1.8	0.9	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	7.4	.403	1.8	4.8	.375	0.5	0.7	.696

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	22	32.1	8.7	0.5	2.3	2.7	1.1	1.0	0.2	0.9	2.5	3.0	8.5	.348	2.0	5.5	.367	0.8	1.0	.773


Season 15
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	1999-00	2018-19
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Detlef Schrempf	77	21.6	7.5	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.6	0.5	0.2	1.3	2.4	2.4	5.6	.432	0.3	0.7	.404	2.3	2.8	.833
J.R. Smith	11	20.2	6.7	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.5	7.2	.342	1.1	3.5	.308	0.7	0.9	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	15	18.4	5.6	0.7	2.9	3.5	2.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.9	1.5	3.7	.393	0.1	0.4	.167	2.6	3.1	.830
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Detlef Schrempf	J.R. Smith
Season	2000-01	2019-20
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Detlef Schrempf	26	15.3	4.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.7	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.7	1.5	3.7	.411	0.1	0.3	.375	0.9	1.0	.852
J.R. Smith	6	13.2	2.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.8	1.2	3.7	.318	0.2	1.8	.091	0.3	0.3	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Detlef Schrempf	3	10.7	4.7	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.3	2.0	.667	0.7	1.0	.667	1.3	2.0	.667
J.R. Smith	10	7.5	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.1	0.7	2.6	.269	0.6	2.2	.273	0.0	0.0	-

Detlef Schrempf vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Detlef Schrempf, 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

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Season 16