Eric Gordon vs. Adrian Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Adrian Smith and Eric Gordon, 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.

Eric Gordon played 16 years in the NBA, 6 more than Adrian Smith, who played 10. Eric Gordon had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Adrian Smith had his rookie season in 1961-62. 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
	Eric Gordon	Adrian Smith
Season	2008-09	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West 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		%
Eric Gordon	78	34.3	16.1	0.6	2.0	2.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	2.1	2.2	5.3	11.6	.456	1.7	4.3	.389	3.8	4.5	.854
Adrian Smith	80	18.3	7.2	-	-	1.9	2.1	-	-	-	1.3	2.5	6.2	.405	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.775
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Smith	4	13.3	5.3	-	-	1.3	0.8	-	-	-	0.5	2.0	4.8	.421	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	1.000

Season 5
	Eric Gordon	Adrian Smith
Season	2012-13	1965-66
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals 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		%
Eric Gordon	42	30.1	17.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	3.3	1.1	0.2	2.8	1.8	5.6	13.9	.402	1.3	4.1	.324	4.5	5.3	.842
Adrian Smith	80	37.3	18.4	-	-	3.6	3.2	-	-	-	3.5	6.6	16.4	.405	-	-	-	5.1	6.0	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adrian Smith	5	31.4	13.0	-	-	2.4	2.6	-	-	-	2.4	4.4	11.8	.373	-	-	-	4.2	4.4	.955

Season 9
	Eric Gordon	Adrian Smith
Season	2016-17	1969-70
Team	Houston Rockets	Cincinnati Royals, San Francisco Warriors
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Eric Gordon	75	31.0	16.2	0.4	2.3	2.7	2.5	0.6	0.5	1.6	2.0	5.5	13.5	.406	3.3	8.8	.372	2.0	2.3	.840
Adrian Smith	77	14.1	5.9	-	-	1.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.6	2.0	5.4	.368	-	-	-	2.0	2.2	.894
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Gordon	11	32.5	12.9	0.5	3.5	3.9	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.3	1.8	4.6	11.0	.421	2.5	6.4	.386	1.2	1.6	.722
Adrian Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-