Marcus Smart vs. Neal Walk Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Neal Walk and Marcus Smart, 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.

Marcus Smart played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Neal Walk, who played 8. Marcus Smart had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Neal Walk had his rookie season in 1969-70. 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
	Marcus Smart	Neal Walk
Season	2014-15	1969-70
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West Div 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		%
Marcus Smart	67	27.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.6	2.6	7.1	.367	1.4	4.1	.335	1.2	1.9	.646
Neal Walk	82	17.0	8.2	-	-	5.5	1.0	-	-	-	2.7	3.1	6.7	.470	-	-	-	1.9	3.0	.640
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	4	22.5	9.8	1.3	1.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	3.3	.231	2.0	3.8	.533
Neal Walk	5	12.6	8.0	-	-	7.0	0.4	-	-	-	2.6	3.4	8.6	.395	-	-	-	1.2	1.6	.750

Season 5
	Marcus Smart	Neal Walk
Season	2018-19	1973-74
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Marcus Smart	80	27.5	8.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.0	7.1	.422	1.6	4.3	.364	1.3	1.6	.806
Neal Walk	82	31.1	16.8	2.9	7.3	10.2	4.0	0.9	0.7	-	3.1	7.0	15.2	.460	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	2	16.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	5.5	.091	0.5	5.5	.091	2.0	3.0	.667
Neal Walk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Marcus Smart	Neal Walk
Season	2019-20	1974-75
Team	Boston Celtics	New Orleans Jazz, New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Marcus Smart	60	32.0	12.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.9	1.7	0.5	1.7	2.7	4.3	11.4	.375	2.3	6.6	.347	2.1	2.5	.836
Neal Walk	67	16.8	7.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	1.8	0.6	0.3	-	2.6	3.0	7.1	.419	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	17	38.1	14.5	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.6	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	4.6	11.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.333	2.9	3.3	.875
Neal Walk	3	13.0	3.3	0.0	1.7	1.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	-	1.3	1.7	3.3	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 8
	Marcus Smart	Neal Walk
Season	2021-22	1976-77
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Marcus Smart	71	32.3	12.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	4.2	10.1	.418	1.7	5.1	.331	2.0	2.5	.793
Neal Walk	11	12.3	5.6	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.4	0.3	-	2.0	2.5	5.2	.491	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Smart	21	36.2	15.4	1.0	3.6	4.5	5.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	13.3	.405	2.3	6.5	.350	2.4	3.0	.806
Neal Walk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-