Sam Jones vs. Brad Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brad Miller and Sam Jones, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Sam Jones played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Brad Miller, who played 14. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Brad Miller had his rookie season in 1998-99. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Sam Jones	12	12	1957-58 to 1968-69
Brad Miller	14	8	1998-99 to 2011-12

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	1957-58	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Sam Jones	56	10.6	4.6	-	-	2.9	0.7	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	4.2	.429	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.714
Brad Miller	38	12.3	6.3	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.7	2.1	3.6	.565	0.0	0.1	.500	2.1	2.7	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	8	9.4	3.9	-	-	3.0	0.5	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	2.8	.455	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.688
Brad Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	1958-59	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hornets 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		%
Sam Jones	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
Brad Miller	55	17.5	7.7	2.1	3.3	5.3	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.9	2.0	2.5	5.3	.461	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.5	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	11	17.5	10.3	-	-	5.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.3	3.6	9.8	.370	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.846
Brad Miller	4	15.8	7.5	2.0	1.3	3.3	0.8	0.0	0.8	2.3	2.8	2.3	4.3	.529	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.8	.800


Season 3
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	1959-60	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Sam Jones	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
Brad Miller	57	25.2	8.9	2.5	4.8	7.4	1.9	0.6	0.7	1.3	3.1	2.9	6.8	.435	0.0	0.1	.200	2.9	4.0	.743

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	13	15.2	8.2	-	-	3.2	1.4	-	-	-	1.2	3.5	9.0	.385	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.810
Brad Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	1960-61	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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		%
Sam Jones	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
Brad Miller	76	29.8	13.6	3.3	4.9	8.2	2.0	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.2	4.8	9.6	.499	0.0	0.1	.429	3.9	5.0	.775

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	10	25.8	13.1	-	-	5.4	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	5.0	11.2	.446	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.886
Brad Miller	5	36.0	11.2	3.4	6.4	9.8	1.4	0.8	0.4	1.4	3.2	4.0	8.8	.455	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.0	.800


Season 5
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	1961-62	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers 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		%
Sam Jones	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
Brad Miller	73	31.1	13.1	2.5	5.7	8.3	2.6	0.9	0.6	1.6	2.8	4.5	9.1	.493	0.1	0.2	.313	4.0	4.9	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	14	36.0	20.6	-	-	7.1	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.700
Brad Miller	6	22.5	8.7	1.7	3.8	5.5	2.5	0.8	0.0	1.5	2.8	3.0	6.7	.450	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.7	.727


Season 6
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	1962-63	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings 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		%
Sam Jones	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
Brad Miller	72	36.4	14.1	2.7	7.7	10.3	4.3	0.9	1.2	2.0	3.4	5.2	10.2	.510	0.2	0.5	.316	3.6	4.6	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	13	34.6	23.8	-	-	6.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	9.2	19.1	.484	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.831
Brad Miller	12	30.6	10.5	2.5	6.2	8.7	3.2	0.8	0.9	1.7	3.8	4.0	7.6	.527	0.1	0.6	.143	2.4	4.0	.604


Season 7
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	1963-64	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings 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		%
Sam Jones	76	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
Brad Miller	56	37.3	15.6	2.5	6.8	9.3	3.9	1.2	1.2	1.5	3.2	5.7	10.9	.524	0.1	0.3	.263	4.2	5.1	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	10	35.6	23.2	-	-	4.7	2.3	-	-	-	2.4	9.1	18.0	.506	-	-	-	5.0	6.8	.735
Brad Miller	5	27.8	11.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	3.2	0.2	0.6	1.8	4.2	4.6	8.0	.575	0.0	0.4	.000	2.0	2.8	.714


Season 8
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	1964-65	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings 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		%
Sam Jones	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
Brad Miller	79	37.0	15.0	1.5	6.2	7.8	4.7	0.8	0.8	2.3	3.0	5.5	11.1	.495	0.4	1.1	.386	3.5	4.3	.828

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	12	41.3	28.6	-	-	4.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	11.3	24.5	.459	-	-	-	6.1	7.0	.869
Brad Miller	6	27.7	9.2	0.5	2.5	3.0	2.5	1.2	0.8	1.2	3.3	3.5	8.7	.404	0.2	1.2	.143	2.0	2.2	.923


Season 9
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	1965-66	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Sam Jones	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799
Brad Miller	63	28.3	9.0	1.3	5.1	6.4	3.6	0.6	0.6	1.7	2.5	3.6	7.8	.453	0.1	0.5	.152	1.8	2.4	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	17	35.4	24.8	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.1	20.2	.449	-	-	-	6.7	8.0	.838
Brad Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	1966-67	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Sam Jones	72	32.3	22.1	-	-	4.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	8.9	19.5	.454	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.857
Brad Miller	72	34.9	13.4	2.3	7.1	9.5	3.7	1.0	1.0	2.3	3.4	4.7	10.1	.463	0.4	1.3	.311	3.6	4.3	.848

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	9	36.2	26.7	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	23.0	.459	-	-	-	5.6	6.4	.862
Brad Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	1967-68	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
Sam Jones	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
Brad Miller	70	30.0	11.9	2.1	5.6	7.8	3.3	0.7	0.5	1.9	3.2	4.2	8.8	.476	0.3	0.8	.411	3.2	3.9	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	19	36.1	20.5	-	-	3.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.3	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.786
Brad Miller	7	26.6	10.3	1.6	6.3	7.9	1.3	0.3	0.9	3.0	3.6	3.4	7.3	.471	0.7	1.0	.714	2.7	3.4	.792


Season 12
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	1968-69	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
Sam Jones	70	26.0	16.3	-	-	3.8	2.6	-	-	-	1.7	7.1	15.8	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
Brad Miller	82	23.8	8.8	1.0	3.9	4.9	1.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.3	3.0	7.1	.430	0.5	1.6	.280	2.2	2.7	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797
Brad Miller	5	18.6	5.4	0.6	3.0	3.6	0.8	0.0	0.2	1.4	3.2	2.0	5.4	.370	0.0	0.8	.000	1.4	1.4	1.000


Season 13
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brad Miller	60	16.9	6.4	0.7	3.0	3.7	2.4	0.5	0.4	0.9	1.6	2.2	4.9	.446	0.7	1.8	.374	1.3	1.6	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brad Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Sam Jones	Brad Miller
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brad Miller	15	9.7	2.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.8	0.7	0.6	1.8	.333	0.5	1.0	.467	0.7	0.8	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brad Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sam Jones vs. Brad Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brad Miller and Sam Jones, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14