Monk Meineke vs. Latrell Sprewell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Latrell Sprewell and Monk Meineke, 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.

Monk Meineke played 5 years in the NBA, 8 less than Latrell Sprewell, who played 13. Monk Meineke had the first of his seasons in 1952-53, while Latrell Sprewell had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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
	Monk Meineke	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1952-53	1992-93
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Monk Meineke	68	33.1	10.7	-	-	6.9	2.2	-	-	-	4.9	3.5	9.3	.381	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.783
Latrell Sprewell	77	35.6	15.4	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.8	1.6	0.7	2.6	2.2	5.8	12.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.369	2.7	3.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monk Meineke	8	28.4	7.5	-	-	3.3	1.3	-	-	-	4.6	1.9	5.0	.375	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	.682
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Monk Meineke	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1953-54	1993-94
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost W Div Round Robin	Warriors 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		%
Monk Meineke	71	20.6	5.7	-	-	5.2	1.1	-	-	-	3.0	1.9	5.5	.344	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.805
Latrell Sprewell	82	43.1	21.0	1.0	3.9	4.9	4.7	2.2	0.9	2.8	1.9	7.5	17.3	.433	1.7	4.8	.361	4.3	5.6	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monk Meineke	4	21.8	4.8	-	-	3.8	1.5	-	-	-	2.8	1.5	5.8	.261	-	-	-	1.8	2.8	.636
Latrell Sprewell	3	40.7	22.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.0	0.7	1.0	3.0	5.0	8.7	20.0	.433	2.7	7.7	.348	2.7	4.0	.667

Season 3
	Monk Meineke	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1954-55	1994-95
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Monk Meineke	68	15.1	5.8	-	-	3.6	0.9	-	-	-	2.3	2.0	5.4	.372	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	.700
Latrell Sprewell	69	40.2	20.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.0	1.6	0.7	3.3	1.6	7.1	17.0	.418	1.3	4.7	.276	5.1	6.5	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monk Meineke	11	14.7	5.4	-	-	4.4	0.8	-	-	-	2.0	1.6	3.6	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.3	.920
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Monk Meineke didn't play in 1956-57.

Season 5
	Monk Meineke	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1957-58	1996-97
Team	Cincinnati Royals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Royals Lost West Div 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		%
Monk Meineke	67	11.8	4.9	-	-	3.4	0.6	-	-	-	2.3	1.9	5.2	.356	-	-	-	1.1	1.8	.647
Latrell Sprewell	80	41.9	24.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	4.0	1.9	8.1	18.1	.449	1.8	5.2	.354	6.2	7.3	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monk Meineke	2	16.0	4.0	-	-	5.5	0.5	-	-	-	1.5	0.5	5.5	.091	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Monk Meineke	Latrell Sprewell
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Monk Meineke	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	77	39.2	17.7	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.5	1.4	0.4	2.8	2.1	6.8	15.8	.430	0.5	1.8	.304	3.6	4.6	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Monk Meineke	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	5	42.4	18.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	3.4	1.0	0.2	4.0	3.4	7.0	17.2	.407	0.6	2.8	.214	3.8	5.0	.760