Grant Hill vs. Clyde Lovellette Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clyde Lovellette and Grant Hill, 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.

Grant Hill played 18 years in the NBA, 7 more than Clyde Lovellette, who played 11. Grant Hill had the first of his seasons in 1994-95, while Clyde Lovellette had his rookie season in 1953-54. 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
Grant Hill	18	8	1994-95 to 2012-13
Clyde Lovellette	11	10	1953-54 to 1963-64

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1994-95	1953-54
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Grant Hill	70	38.3	19.9	1.8	4.6	6.4	5.0	1.8	0.9	2.9	2.9	7.3	15.2	.477	0.1	0.4	.148	5.3	7.3	.732
Clyde Lovellette	72	17.4	8.2	-	-	5.8	0.7	-	-	-	2.9	3.3	7.8	.423	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.695

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	13	20.4	10.5	-	-	9.7	0.5	-	-	-	2.8	4.2	9.2	.450	-	-	-	2.2	4.5	.483


Season 2
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1995-96	1954-55
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Grant Hill	80	40.8	20.2	1.6	8.2	9.8	6.9	1.3	0.6	3.3	3.0	7.1	15.3	.462	0.1	0.3	.192	6.1	8.1	.751
Clyde Lovellette	70	33.7	18.7	-	-	11.5	1.4	-	-	-	3.7	7.4	17.0	.435	-	-	-	3.9	5.7	.686

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	3	38.3	19.0	1.3	6.0	7.3	3.7	1.0	0.0	2.7	4.3	7.3	13.0	.564	0.3	0.7	.500	4.0	4.7	.857
Clyde Lovellette	7	28.1	16.7	-	-	9.1	0.4	-	-	-	4.6	6.3	14.0	.449	-	-	-	4.1	5.7	.725


Season 3
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1996-97	1955-56
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers 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		%
Grant Hill	80	39.3	21.4	1.5	7.5	9.0	7.3	1.8	0.6	3.2	2.3	7.8	15.7	.496	0.1	0.4	.303	5.6	7.9	.711
Clyde Lovellette	71	35.5	21.5	-	-	14.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.5	8.4	19.3	.434	-	-	-	4.8	6.6	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	5	40.8	23.6	2.6	4.2	6.8	5.4	0.8	1.0	3.8	2.8	9.0	20.6	.437	0.0	0.0	-	5.6	7.8	.718
Clyde Lovellette	3	23.0	19.0	-	-	8.3	2.0	-	-	-	4.3	6.3	13.0	.487	-	-	-	6.3	10.7	.594


Season 4
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1997-98	1956-57
Team	Detroit Pistons	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Grant Hill	81	40.7	21.1	1.1	6.5	7.7	6.8	1.8	0.7	3.5	2.4	7.6	16.8	.452	0.0	0.3	.143	5.9	8.0	.740
Clyde Lovellette	69	36.1	20.8	-	-	13.5	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.3	19.5	.426	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	5	36.2	24.2	-	-	9.4	2.2	-	-	-	4.2	10.2	23.6	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.731


Season 5
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1998-99	1957-58
Team	Detroit Pistons	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Grant Hill	50	37.0	21.1	1.3	5.8	7.1	6.0	1.6	0.5	3.7	2.3	7.7	16.0	.479	0.0	0.3	.000	5.7	7.6	.752
Clyde Lovellette	71	36.5	23.4	-	-	12.1	1.9	-	-	-	3.3	9.6	21.7	.441	-	-	-	4.2	5.7	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	5	35.0	19.4	1.4	5.8	7.2	7.4	2.0	0.4	2.4	2.4	8.4	18.4	.457	0.0	0.2	.000	2.6	3.2	.813
Clyde Lovellette	2	36.0	16.5	-	-	10.5	0.5	-	-	-	4.5	6.0	15.5	.387	-	-	-	4.5	7.0	.643


Season 6
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	1999-00	1958-59
Team	Detroit Pistons	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks Lost West 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		%
Grant Hill	74	37.5	25.8	1.3	5.3	6.6	5.2	1.4	0.6	3.2	2.6	9.4	19.2	.489	0.5	1.3	.347	6.5	8.2	.795
Clyde Lovellette	70	22.8	14.4	-	-	8.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.1	5.7	12.6	.454	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	2	28.0	11.0	0.0	5.5	5.5	4.5	0.5	0.0	5.0	3.5	3.0	8.0	.375	0.5	1.0	.500	4.5	5.0	.900
Clyde Lovellette	6	26.8	15.3	-	-	9.8	1.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.8	11.7	.500	-	-	-	3.7	4.7	.786


Season 7
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2000-01	1959-60
Team	Orlando Magic	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Grant Hill	4	33.3	13.8	2.0	4.3	6.3	6.3	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.3	4.8	10.8	.442	0.3	0.3	1.000	4.0	6.5	.615
Clyde Lovellette	68	28.7	20.8	-	-	10.6	1.9	-	-	-	3.6	8.1	17.3	.468	-	-	-	4.6	5.7	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	14	30.4	17.6	-	-	10.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	17.3	.393	-	-	-	4.0	4.9	.824


Season 8
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2001-02	1960-61
Team	Orlando Magic	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
Grant Hill	14	36.6	16.8	2.1	6.9	8.9	4.6	0.6	0.3	2.6	2.9	5.9	13.9	.426	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	5.7	.863
Clyde Lovellette	67	31.5	22.0	-	-	10.1	2.6	-	-	-	3.7	8.9	19.7	.453	-	-	-	4.1	4.9	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	8	23.9	15.4	-	-	6.5	1.4	-	-	-	2.9	5.8	14.3	.404	-	-	-	3.9	5.9	.660


Season 9
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2002-03	1961-62
Team	Orlando Magic	St. Louis Hawks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Grant Hill	29	29.1	14.5	1.4	5.7	7.1	4.2	1.0	0.4	2.9	1.6	5.2	10.6	.492	0.0	0.1	.250	4.1	5.0	.819
Clyde Lovellette	40	29.8	20.9	-	-	8.8	1.7	-	-	-	3.4	8.5	18.1	.471	-	-	-	3.9	4.7	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Grant Hill didn't play in 2003-04.


Season 10
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2004-05	1962-63
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Grant Hill	67	34.9	19.7	1.1	3.6	4.7	3.3	1.4	0.4	2.4	2.1	7.7	15.1	.509	0.0	0.2	.231	4.2	5.1	.821
Clyde Lovellette	61	9.3	6.5	-	-	2.9	1.6	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	6.2	.428	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	6	6.7	3.0	-	-	0.8	0.2	-	-	-	2.2	1.2	4.3	.269	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.667


Season 11
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2005-06	1963-64
Team	Orlando Magic	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Grant Hill	21	29.2	15.1	0.7	3.1	3.8	2.3	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.4	5.7	11.6	.490	0.1	0.4	.250	3.7	4.9	.765
Clyde Lovellette	45	9.7	6.7	-	-	2.8	0.5	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	6.8	.420	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	5	8.0	4.0	-	-	1.4	0.4	-	-	-	1.6	1.6	6.8	.235	-	-	-	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 12
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2006-07	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Grant Hill	65	30.9	14.4	0.8	2.8	3.6	2.1	0.9	0.4	2.2	2.2	5.3	10.2	.518	0.0	0.2	.167	3.8	5.0	.765
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	4	35.8	15.0	0.5	5.0	5.5	3.8	0.5	0.3	2.5	2.0	4.8	9.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	8.3	.667
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Grant Hill	70	31.7	13.1	1.1	4.0	5.0	2.9	0.9	0.8	1.4	2.2	5.1	10.2	.503	0.5	1.5	.317	2.4	2.8	.867
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	3	22.7	3.7	1.0	4.3	5.3	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.7	3.7	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
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		%
Grant Hill	82	29.8	12.0	0.8	4.2	4.9	2.3	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.2	4.8	9.1	.523	0.3	0.9	.316	2.2	2.7	.808
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Grant Hill	81	30.0	11.3	0.9	4.6	5.5	2.4	0.7	0.4	1.3	2.0	4.1	8.7	.478	0.4	1.0	.438	2.5	3.1	.817
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	16	28.3	9.6	0.8	5.1	5.8	2.3	0.8	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.7	7.7	.480	0.2	1.0	.188	2.1	2.4	.868
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
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		%
Grant Hill	80	30.1	13.2	1.0	3.3	4.2	2.5	0.8	0.4	1.7	2.3	5.0	10.3	.484	0.6	1.4	.395	2.7	3.2	.829
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Phoenix Suns	-
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		%
Grant Hill	49	28.1	10.2	0.6	2.9	3.5	2.2	0.8	0.6	1.3	1.8	4.1	9.2	.446	0.3	1.1	.264	1.7	2.2	.761
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 18
	Grant Hill	Clyde Lovellette
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Grant Hill	29	15.1	3.2	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.3	1.3	3.4	.388	0.1	0.4	.273	0.5	0.8	.583
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Grant Hill	1	20.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	2.0	4.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Clyde Lovellette	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Grant Hill vs. Clyde Lovellette Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Clyde Lovellette and Grant Hill, 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

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18