LaMelo Ball vs. James Michael McAdoo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Michael McAdoo and LaMelo Ball, 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.

LaMelo Ball and James Michael McAdoo both played 4 years in the NBA. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while James Michael McAdoo had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4
Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	James Michael McAdoo
Season	2020-21	2014-15
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
LaMelo Ball	51	28.8	15.7	1.2	4.7	5.9	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.8	2.7	5.7	13.2	.436	1.8	5.1	.352	2.5	3.2	.758
James Michael McAdoo	15	9.1	4.1	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.4	1.4	1.6	2.9	.545	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.7	.560
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Michael McAdoo	5	2.0	0.8	0.2	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.6	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	James Michael McAdoo
Season	2021-22	2015-16
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost NBA 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		%
LaMelo Ball	75	32.3	20.1	1.4	5.2	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	3.3	3.2	7.2	16.7	.429	2.9	7.5	.389	2.8	3.2	.872
James Michael McAdoo	41	6.4	2.9	0.7	0.7	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.4	1.0	1.1	2.0	.536	0.0	0.0	.500	0.6	1.2	.531
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Michael McAdoo	8	4.8	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.3	0.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.5	.250

Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	James Michael McAdoo
Season	2022-23	2016-17
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
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		%
LaMelo Ball	36	35.2	23.3	1.2	5.3	6.4	8.4	1.3	0.3	3.6	3.3	8.2	20.0	.411	4.0	10.6	.376	2.8	3.4	.836
James Michael McAdoo	52	8.8	2.8	0.7	1.1	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.9	1.2	2.3	.530	0.0	0.2	.250	0.4	0.8	.500
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Michael McAdoo	13	4.3	1.8	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.3	.529	0.2	0.4	.400	0.3	0.5	.667