Kyle Kuzma vs. David Thirdkill Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thirdkill and Kyle Kuzma, 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.

Kyle Kuzma played 7 years in the NBA, 2 more than David Thirdkill, who played 5. Kyle Kuzma had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while David Thirdkill had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
	Kyle Kuzma	David Thirdkill
Season	2017-18	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First 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		%
Kyle Kuzma	77	31.2	16.1	1.1	5.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8	2.1	6.1	13.5	.450	2.1	5.6	.366	1.9	2.7	.707
David Thirdkill	49	10.6	4.0	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	1.0	1.9	1.5	3.5	.435	0.0	0.1	.143	0.9	1.6	.577
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thirdkill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Kyle Kuzma	David Thirdkill
Season	2019-20	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks, San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Spurs 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		%
Kyle Kuzma	61	25.0	12.8	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.5	2.1	4.8	11.0	.436	1.4	4.5	.316	1.9	2.5	.735
David Thirdkill	18	10.2	2.8	0.6	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.2	1.1	2.1	.526	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	1.1	.579
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	21	23.0	10.0	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.4	3.7	8.5	.430	1.2	4.0	.313	1.4	1.8	.784
David Thirdkill	5	4.4	0.8	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.8	.250	0.0	0.4	.000	0.4	0.8	.500

Season 4
	Kyle Kuzma	David Thirdkill
Season	2020-21	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kyle Kuzma	68	28.7	12.9	1.6	4.5	6.1	1.9	0.5	0.6	1.7	1.8	4.9	11.1	.443	2.0	5.6	.361	1.0	1.4	.691
David Thirdkill	49	7.9	3.3	0.6	0.9	1.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.1	1.1	2.2	.491	0.0	0.0	.000	1.1	1.8	.625
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	6	21.5	6.3	0.7	3.2	3.8	1.2	0.3	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.3	8.0	.292	0.7	3.8	.174	1.0	1.5	.667
David Thirdkill	13	3.6	1.3	0.1	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.4	.333	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.8	.455