Larry Kenon vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Larry Kenon, 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.

Larry Kenon played 7 years in the NBA, 2 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Larry Kenon had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Ja Morant had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Larry Kenon	Ja Morant
Season	1976-77	2019-20
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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		%
Larry Kenon	78	37.6	21.9	3.6	7.7	11.3	2.9	2.1	0.8	-	2.4	9.1	18.4	.492	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	.823
Ja Morant	67	31.0	17.8	0.8	3.1	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	3.3	1.6	6.7	14.0	.477	0.9	2.7	.335	3.6	4.6	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Kenon	2	39.5	17.0	1.5	6.0	7.5	3.0	2.5	0.5	-	4.5	8.0	16.5	.485	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Larry Kenon	Ja Morant
Season	1977-78	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East 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		%
Larry Kenon	81	35.4	20.6	3.0	6.5	9.5	3.3	1.4	0.3	3.4	2.6	8.6	17.6	.489	-	-	-	3.4	4.0	.854
Ja Morant	63	32.6	19.1	0.9	3.1	4.0	7.4	0.9	0.2	3.2	1.4	6.8	15.2	.449	1.2	3.8	.303	4.3	5.9	.728
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Kenon	6	33.3	17.7	2.7	6.5	9.2	3.7	0.8	0.3	3.2	3.8	7.7	17.2	.447	-	-	-	2.3	3.2	.737
Ja Morant	5	40.6	30.2	1.4	3.4	4.8	8.2	0.4	0.0	3.4	1.8	11.0	22.6	.487	2.0	6.2	.323	6.2	8.0	.775

Season 3
	Larry Kenon	Ja Morant
Season	1978-79	2021-22
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Kenon	81	36.4	22.1	3.2	6.5	9.8	4.1	1.9	0.2	3.7	2.4	9.2	18.3	.504	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	.845
Ja Morant	57	33.1	27.4	1.4	4.4	5.7	6.7	1.2	0.4	3.4	1.5	10.2	20.6	.493	1.5	4.5	.344	5.5	7.3	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Kenon	14	39.8	21.1	4.1	7.4	11.4	3.0	1.4	0.1	2.4	3.0	9.1	20.9	.438	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.736
Ja Morant	9	37.6	27.1	1.4	6.6	8.0	9.8	2.0	0.4	3.6	2.4	9.0	20.4	.440	1.9	5.6	.340	7.2	9.7	.747

Season 4
	Larry Kenon	Ja Morant
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Larry Kenon	78	35.9	20.1	3.3	6.6	9.9	3.0	1.4	0.2	3.0	2.5	8.3	17.1	.485	0.0	0.1	.111	3.5	4.4	.783
Ja Morant	61	31.9	26.2	1.0	4.9	5.9	8.1	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.6	9.3	19.9	.466	1.5	4.9	.307	6.1	8.1	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Larry Kenon	3	27.0	8.7	2.0	2.3	4.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.0	3.3	11.3	.294	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.7	.545
Ja Morant	5	37.4	24.6	1.6	5.2	6.8	7.0	1.8	0.2	3.4	2.4	9.0	21.2	.425	2.6	6.2	.419	4.0	5.2	.769