James Bailey vs. Trae Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Trae Young and James Bailey, 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.

James Bailey played 9 years in the NBA, 3 more than Trae Young, who played 6. James Bailey had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Trae Young had his rookie season in 2018-19. 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
	James Bailey	Trae Young
Season	1979-80	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
James Bailey	67	10.8	4.7	1.1	1.9	2.9	0.4	0.3	0.8	1.2	1.7	1.8	4.0	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.5	.673
Trae Young	81	30.9	19.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8	1.7	6.5	15.5	.418	1.9	6.0	.324	4.2	5.1	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Bailey	12	11.5	4.6	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.4	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.8	1.8	3.7	.477	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.7	.650
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	James Bailey	Trae Young
Season	1980-81	2019-20
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
James Bailey	82	31.0	14.0	2.3	5.1	7.4	1.2	0.9	1.7	2.7	4.0	5.4	10.8	.499	0.0	0.0	.500	3.1	4.4	.709
Trae Young	60	35.3	29.6	0.5	3.7	4.3	9.3	1.1	0.1	4.8	1.7	9.1	20.8	.437	3.4	9.5	.361	8.0	9.3	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Bailey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	James Bailey	Trae Young
Season	1982-83	2021-22
Team	New Jersey Nets, Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
James Bailey	75	23.5	13.3	2.3	4.0	6.3	0.9	0.6	0.8	2.6	3.6	5.1	10.3	.497	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	4.3	.702
Trae Young	76	34.9	28.4	0.7	3.1	3.7	9.7	0.9	0.1	4.0	1.7	9.4	20.3	.460	3.1	8.0	.382	6.6	7.3	.904
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Bailey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	5	37.2	15.4	1.0	4.0	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	6.2	2.6	4.4	13.8	.319	1.4	7.6	.184	5.2	6.6	.788

Season 6
	James Bailey	Trae Young
Season	1984-85	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
James Bailey	74	17.5	5.2	1.6	3.0	4.6	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.4	3.9	2.1	4.7	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.5	.676
Trae Young	54	36.0	25.7	0.4	2.3	2.8	10.8	1.3	0.2	4.4	2.0	8.0	18.7	.430	3.2	8.7	.373	6.4	7.5	.855
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Bailey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trae Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-