Sam Jones vs. Greg Kite Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Greg Kite 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 and Greg Kite both played 12 years in the NBA. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Greg Kite had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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
Greg Kite	12	5	1983-84 to 1994-95

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sam Jones	Greg Kite
Season	1957-58	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Sam Jones	56	10.6	4.6	-	-	2.9	0.7	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	4.2	.429	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.714
Greg Kite	35	5.6	1.9	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.6	1.2	0.9	1.9	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.5	.313

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
Greg Kite	11	3.5	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.7	.125	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.5	.833


Season 2
	Sam Jones	Greg Kite
Season	1958-59	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Sam Jones	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
Greg Kite	55	7.7	1.6	0.7	0.9	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.5	1.5	0.6	1.6	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.688

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
Greg Kite	9	7.0	1.2	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	1.4	0.6	1.3	.417	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500


Season 3
	Sam Jones	Greg Kite
Season	1959-60	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Sam Jones	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
Greg Kite	64	7.3	1.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.3	0.5	1.4	.374	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.6	.385

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
Greg Kite	13	6.0	1.4	0.4	1.1	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.5	0.5	0.8	.700	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.571


Season 4
	Sam Jones	Greg Kite
Season	1960-61	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Sam Jones	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
Greg Kite	74	10.1	1.7	0.8	1.5	2.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.5	2.0	0.6	1.5	.427	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	1.0	.382

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
Greg Kite	20	8.6	0.9	0.8	1.6	2.3	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.4	2.2	0.4	1.0	.350	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.429


Season 5
	Sam Jones	Greg Kite
Season	1961-62	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers
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	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
Greg Kite	53	20.1	4.2	1.6	3.4	5.0	0.9	0.4	1.1	1.4	2.9	1.7	3.9	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.5	.506

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
Greg Kite	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Sam Jones	Greg Kite
Season	1962-63	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers, Charlotte 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		%
Sam Jones	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
Greg Kite	70	13.5	2.1	1.2	2.3	3.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.8	2.3	0.9	2.2	.430	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.6	.488

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
Greg Kite	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Sam Jones	Greg Kite
Season	1963-64	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
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	76	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
Greg Kite	71	21.3	3.2	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	2.8	1.4	3.3	.432	0.0	0.0	1.000	0.4	0.8	.500

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
Greg Kite	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Sam Jones	Greg Kite
Season	1964-65	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
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	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
Greg Kite	82	27.1	4.8	2.3	4.9	7.2	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.2	3.6	2.0	4.1	.491	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.512

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
Greg Kite	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Sam Jones	Greg Kite
Season	1965-66	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
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
Greg Kite	72	20.5	3.2	2.2	3.4	5.6	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.8	2.9	1.3	3.0	.437	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.588

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
Greg Kite	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Sam Jones	Greg Kite
Season	1966-67	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
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
Greg Kite	64	10.0	1.4	1.0	2.0	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.5	2.1	0.6	1.3	.452	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.4	.542

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
Greg Kite	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Sam Jones	Greg Kite
Season	1967-68	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Orlando Magic
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	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
Greg Kite	29	10.7	1.2	0.8	1.7	2.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.6	2.1	0.4	1.2	.371	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.364

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
Greg Kite	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Sam Jones	Greg Kite
Season	1968-69	1994-95
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Sam Jones	70	26.0	16.3	-	-	3.8	2.6	-	-	-	1.7	7.1	15.8	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
Greg Kite	11	7.0	0.7	1.1	0.9	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.4	0.3	1.5	.176	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.9	.200

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
Greg Kite	8	3.3	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.1	0.1	0.4	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Sam Jones vs. Greg Kite Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Greg Kite 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