Jim Cleamons vs. Rudy Gay Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rudy Gay and Jim Cleamons, 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.

Jim Cleamons played 9 years in the NBA, 8 less than Rudy Gay, who played 17. Jim Cleamons had the first of his seasons in 1971-72, while Rudy Gay had his rookie season in 2006-07. 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
	Jim Cleamons	Rudy Gay
Season	1971-72	2006-07
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Jim Cleamons	38	5.3	2.6	-	-	1.0	0.9	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	2.6	.350	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.778
Rudy Gay	78	27.0	10.8	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.8	2.5	4.1	9.7	.422	0.7	1.8	.364	1.9	2.7	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Cleamons	6	2.8	1.3	-	-	0.7	0.7	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	1.2	.571	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jim Cleamons	Rudy Gay
Season	1975-76	2010-11
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East 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		%
Jim Cleamons	82	34.6	12.2	1.5	2.8	4.3	5.2	1.5	0.2	-	2.6	5.0	10.8	.466	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.798
Rudy Gay	54	39.9	19.8	1.5	4.7	6.2	2.8	1.7	1.1	2.5	2.4	7.6	16.1	.471	1.1	2.7	.396	3.6	4.5	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Cleamons	13	38.7	13.8	1.8	3.7	5.5	4.7	0.6	0.2	-	2.6	5.6	14.2	.397	-	-	-	2.5	3.1	.825
Rudy Gay	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-