Kenny Smith vs. Lorenzen Wright Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lorenzen Wright and Kenny Smith, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Kenny Smith played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than Lorenzen Wright, who played 13. Kenny Smith had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Lorenzen Wright had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97
Lorenzen Wright	13	4	1996-97 to 2008-09

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kenny Smith	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1987-88	1996-97
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
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
Lorenzen Wright	77	25.1	7.3	2.7	3.4	6.1	0.6	0.6	0.8	1.0	2.7	3.1	6.4	.481	0.0	0.1	.250	1.1	1.9	.587

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	3	30.7	10.3	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.3	2.0	4.3	10.7	.406	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	1.7	1.000


Season 2
	Kenny Smith	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1988-89	1997-98
Team	Sacramento Kings	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Kenny Smith	81	38.8	17.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.7	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.1	6.8	14.6	.462	0.6	1.6	.359	3.2	4.4	.737
Lorenzen Wright	69	30.0	9.0	2.6	6.2	8.8	0.8	0.8	1.3	1.2	3.4	3.5	7.9	.445	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	3.1	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Kenny Smith	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1989-90	1998-99
Team	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks	Los Angeles Clippers
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		%
Kenny Smith	79	30.6	11.9	0.2	1.8	2.0	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.1	1.8	4.8	10.3	.466	0.3	1.1	.313	2.0	2.5	.821
Lorenzen Wright	48	23.6	6.6	3.0	4.6	7.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.0	3.4	2.5	5.4	.458	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.4	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Kenny Smith	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1990-91	1999-00
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kenny Smith	78	34.6	17.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.1	1.4	0.1	3.0	1.7	6.7	12.9	.520	0.6	1.7	.363	3.7	4.4	.844
Lorenzen Wright	75	16.1	6.0	1.6	2.5	4.1	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	2.7	2.4	4.8	.499	0.0	0.0	.333	1.2	1.8	.644

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	3	37.7	15.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	8.0	1.3	0.3	2.0	1.7	6.0	12.7	.474	0.7	1.3	.500	2.7	3.0	.889
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Kenny Smith	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1991-92	2000-01
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta 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		%
Kenny Smith	81	33.8	14.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	6.9	1.3	0.1	2.8	1.4	5.3	11.2	.475	0.7	1.7	.394	2.7	3.1	.866
Lorenzen Wright	71	28.0	12.4	2.5	5.0	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.9	1.8	3.3	5.1	11.4	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.0	.718

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Kenny Smith	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1992-93	2001-02
Team	Houston Rockets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kenny Smith	82	29.5	13.0	0.3	1.6	2.0	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.3	4.7	9.1	.520	1.2	2.7	.438	2.4	2.7	.878
Lorenzen Wright	43	29.1	12.0	3.0	6.4	9.4	1.0	0.7	0.5	1.7	2.9	5.2	11.3	.459	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.9	.569

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	12	32.6	14.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.2	0.8	0.1	2.2	1.5	5.3	10.7	.492	1.9	3.8	.500	2.3	3.0	.778
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kenny Smith	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1993-94	2002-03
Team	Houston Rockets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
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		%
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
Lorenzen Wright	70	28.3	11.4	2.4	5.1	7.5	1.1	0.7	0.8	1.6	3.0	4.6	10.2	.454	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.2	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Kenny Smith	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1994-95	2003-04
Team	Houston Rockets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies 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		%
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
Lorenzen Wright	65	25.8	9.4	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.2	3.0	4.0	9.0	.439	0.0	0.1	.000	1.5	2.0	.733

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Lorenzen Wright	4	24.8	5.5	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.3	3.8	2.5	5.8	.435	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.5	.333


Season 9
	Kenny Smith	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1995-96	2004-05
Team	Houston Rockets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Grizzlies 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		%
Kenny Smith	68	23.8	8.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.6	0.7	0.0	1.5	1.7	3.0	6.8	.433	1.3	3.5	.382	1.3	1.6	.821
Lorenzen Wright	80	28.6	9.6	2.2	5.5	7.7	1.1	0.7	0.9	1.3	3.1	4.0	8.5	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.5	.662

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	8	23.9	8.9	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.8	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.9	6.6	.434	1.5	3.9	.387	1.6	1.6	1.000
Lorenzen Wright	4	21.0	8.3	1.5	3.5	5.0	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.5	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500


Season 10
	Kenny Smith	Lorenzen Wright
Season	1996-97	2005-06
Team	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Grizzlies 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		%
Kenny Smith	48	15.9	6.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.5	0.6	2.1	5.0	.423	1.2	2.8	.437	0.8	0.9	.867
Lorenzen Wright	78	21.7	5.8	1.8	3.2	5.1	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.9	2.6	2.5	5.2	.478	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.5	.564

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	4	21.5	7.3	2.8	2.3	5.0	0.8	0.0	1.0	1.3	2.3	2.8	4.5	.611	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.700


Season 11
	Kenny Smith	Lorenzen Wright
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
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		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	67	15.4	2.6	1.3	2.0	3.2	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	3.0	1.2	2.7	.448	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.5	.281

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kenny Smith	Lorenzen Wright
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings
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		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	18	8.9	0.8	0.4	1.7	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	1.7	0.3	1.2	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Kenny Smith	Lorenzen Wright
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	17	7.4	1.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.6	1.6	.370	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.5	.375

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lorenzen Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kenny Smith vs. Lorenzen Wright Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lorenzen Wright and Kenny Smith, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

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