J.R. Reid vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and J.R. Reid, 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.

J.R. Reid played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. J.R. Reid had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
	J.R. Reid	Kenny Smith
Season	1989-90	1987-88
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
J.R. Reid	82	33.6	11.1	2.4	6.0	8.4	1.2	1.1	0.7	2.1	3.6	4.4	9.9	.440	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.5	.664
Kenny Smith	61	35.6	13.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.3	5.4	11.4	.477	0.2	0.6	.308	2.7	3.3	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	J.R. Reid	Kenny Smith
Season	1995-96	1993-94
Team	San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
J.R. Reid	65	20.2	6.6	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.6	0.7	0.3	1.2	2.9	2.5	5.0	.494	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.754
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Reid	1	7.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808

Note: J.R. Reid didn't play in 1996-97.

Season 8
	J.R. Reid	Kenny Smith
Season	1997-98	1994-95
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East 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		%
J.R. Reid	79	14.0	4.9	0.9	1.7	2.7	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.8	2.2	1.8	4.0	.459	0.0	0.1	.375	1.1	1.5	.730
Kenny Smith	81	25.1	10.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.3	.484	1.8	4.1	.429	1.6	1.8	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Reid	9	12.8	3.3	0.8	1.4	2.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.6	1.2	3.1	.393	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.800
Kenny Smith	22	29.6	10.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	8.1	.438	2.1	4.7	.442	1.6	1.8	.900