Kyle Kuzma vs. Red Rocha Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Red Rocha 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 less than Red Rocha, who played 9. Kyle Kuzma had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Red Rocha had his rookie season in 1947-48. 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	Red Rocha
Season	2017-18	1947-48
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Bombers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bombers Lost Semifinals

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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
Red Rocha	48	-	12.7	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	15.4	.314	-	-	-	3.1	4.4	.690
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Red Rocha	7	-	11.4	-	-	-	0.9	-	-	-	4.3	4.1	16.9	.246	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.733

Season 3
	Kyle Kuzma	Red Rocha
Season	2019-20	1949-50
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	St. Louis Bombers
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		%
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
Red Rocha	65	-	11.8	-	-	-	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	4.2	10.4	.405	-	-	-	3.4	4.8	.703
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
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Kyle Kuzma	Red Rocha
Season	2020-21	1950-51
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Baltimore Bullets (1st)
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
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
Red Rocha	64	-	13.1	-	-	8.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	13.2	.352	-	-	-	3.8	4.7	.809
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
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Kyle Kuzma	Red Rocha
Season	2021-22	1951-52
Team	Washington Wizards	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div Finals

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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	66	33.4	17.1	1.1	7.4	8.5	3.5	0.6	0.9	2.6	1.9	6.4	14.2	.452	1.9	5.7	.341	2.4	3.3	.712
Red Rocha	66	38.5	12.9	-	-	8.3	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	4.5	11.3	.401	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Red Rocha	7	39.4	17.0	-	-	6.9	1.4	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	13.6	.432	-	-	-	5.3	7.3	.725

Note: Red Rocha didn't play in 1953-54.

Season 7
	Kyle Kuzma	Red Rocha
Season	2023-24	1954-55
Team	Washington Wizards	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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	70	32.6	22.2	0.9	5.7	6.6	4.2	0.5	0.7	2.7	2.2	8.7	18.8	.463	2.2	6.4	.336	2.7	3.4	.775
Red Rocha	72	34.3	11.3	-	-	6.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	11.1	.368	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.782
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kyle Kuzma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Red Rocha	11	33.7	12.4	-	-	6.7	1.3	-	-	-	4.1	4.2	10.0	.418	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.759