Red Kerr vs. J.R. Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of J.R. Smith and Red Kerr, 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.

Red Kerr played 12 years in the NBA, 4 less than J.R. Smith, who played 16. Red Kerr had the first of his seasons in 1954-55, while J.R. Smith had his rookie season in 2004-05. 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
	Red Kerr	J.R. Smith
Season	1954-55	2004-05
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Red Kerr	72	21.2	10.5	-	-	6.6	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	4.2	10.0	.419	-	-	-	2.1	3.1	.682
J.R. Smith	76	24.5	10.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.9	9.8	.394	1.1	3.7	.288	1.5	2.1	.689
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Kerr	11	33.0	13.8	-	-	10.7	1.2	-	-	-	2.5	5.4	13.7	.391	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	.557
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Red Kerr	J.R. Smith
Season	1955-56	2005-06
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East 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		%
Red Kerr	72	29.4	13.3	-	-	8.4	1.2	-	-	-	2.3	5.2	13.0	.403	-	-	-	2.9	4.4	.655
J.R. Smith	55	18.0	7.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.1	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	2.6	6.7	.393	0.9	2.5	.371	1.5	1.8	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Kerr	8	26.6	11.1	-	-	8.5	1.3	-	-	-	2.9	4.6	9.6	.481	-	-	-	1.9	4.1	.455
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Red Kerr	J.R. Smith
Season	1958-59	2008-09
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	Nuggets Lost West Conf 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		%
Red Kerr	72	37.1	17.8	-	-	14.0	2.0	-	-	-	2.5	7.0	15.8	.441	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.766
J.R. Smith	81	27.7	15.2	0.5	3.1	3.7	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.3	5.2	11.7	.446	2.2	5.6	.397	2.5	3.4	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Kerr	9	34.7	14.4	-	-	12.0	2.7	-	-	-	2.2	5.6	15.8	.352	-	-	-	3.3	3.7	.909
J.R. Smith	16	27.2	14.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.2	5.5	12.1	.454	2.4	6.6	.358	1.6	2.9	.543

Season 9
	Red Kerr	J.R. Smith
Season	1962-63	2012-13
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Semis	Knicks 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		%
Red Kerr	80	32.0	15.7	-	-	13.0	2.7	-	-	-	2.6	6.3	13.4	.474	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.753
J.R. Smith	80	33.5	18.1	0.8	4.5	5.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.8	6.6	15.6	.422	1.9	5.5	.356	3.0	3.9	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Kerr	5	37.4	13.6	-	-	15.0	1.8	-	-	-	2.4	5.2	12.0	.433	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.762
J.R. Smith	11	31.9	14.3	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.8	2.5	4.9	14.8	.331	1.6	6.0	.273	2.8	3.9	.721

Season 12
	Red Kerr	J.R. Smith
Season	1965-66	2015-16
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Semis	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		%
Red Kerr	71	24.9	11.0	-	-	8.3	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	4.0	9.7	.413	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.768
J.R. Smith	77	30.7	12.4	0.6	2.3	2.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.8	2.6	4.6	11.0	.415	2.6	6.6	.400	0.6	0.9	.634
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Kerr	3	16.3	1.7	-	-	5.7	1.3	-	-	-	1.7	0.7	3.7	.182	-	-	-	0.3	0.7	.500
J.R. Smith	21	34.8	11.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.5	2.6	3.9	9.0	.436	3.1	7.2	.430	0.6	1.0	.619

Season 16
	Red Kerr	J.R. Smith
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Red Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	6	13.2	2.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.8	1.2	3.7	.318	0.2	1.8	.091	0.3	0.3	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Kerr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J.R. Smith	10	7.5	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.1	0.7	2.6	.269	0.6	2.2	.273	0.0	0.0	-