Paolo Banchero vs. Nick Weatherspoon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Weatherspoon and Paolo Banchero, 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.

Paolo Banchero played 2 years in the NBA, 5 less than Nick Weatherspoon, who played 7. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Nick Weatherspoon had his rookie season in 1973-74. 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
	Paolo Banchero	Nick Weatherspoon
Season	2022-23	1973-74
Team	Orlando Magic	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost East 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		%
Paolo Banchero	72	33.8	20.0	1.2	5.7	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.8	2.2	6.7	15.6	.427	1.2	4.0	.298	5.5	7.4	.738
Nick Weatherspoon	65	18.7	7.6	2.0	4.1	6.1	0.6	0.7	0.2	-	2.8	3.1	7.4	.412	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.691
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Weatherspoon	7	12.4	2.9	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.0	0.3	0.3	-	1.6	1.3	2.7	.474	-	-	-	0.3	0.7	.400

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Nick Weatherspoon
Season	2023-24	1974-75
Team	Orlando Magic	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Paolo Banchero	80	35.0	22.6	1.0	5.9	6.9	5.4	0.9	0.6	3.1	1.9	8.0	17.6	.455	1.5	4.4	.339	5.1	7.0	.725
Nick Weatherspoon	82	16.4	7.5	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.6	0.8	0.3	-	2.6	3.1	6.9	.456	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	7	37.4	27.0	2.0	6.6	8.6	4.0	1.1	0.6	4.6	2.0	9.7	21.3	.456	2.3	5.7	.400	5.3	7.0	.755
Nick Weatherspoon	17	23.8	10.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	0.9	0.8	0.1	-	3.3	4.1	8.0	.515	-	-	-	2.1	2.5	.814