Tom Abernethy vs. LaMelo Ball Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaMelo Ball and Tom Abernethy, 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.

Tom Abernethy played 5 years in the NBA, 1 more than LaMelo Ball, who played 4. Tom Abernethy had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while LaMelo Ball had his rookie season in 2020-21. 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
	Tom Abernethy	LaMelo Ball
Season	1976-77	2020-21
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 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		%
Tom Abernethy	70	19.7	6.3	1.6	2.5	4.2	1.4	0.7	0.1	-	1.7	2.4	5.0	.484	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.754
LaMelo Ball	51	28.8	15.7	1.2	4.7	5.9	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.8	2.7	5.7	13.2	.436	1.8	5.1	.352	2.5	3.2	.758
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	11	19.5	5.8	1.1	2.5	3.6	2.0	0.6	0.2	-	1.5	1.9	4.5	.420	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.815
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Tom Abernethy	LaMelo Ball
Season	1977-78	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tom Abernethy	73	18.0	6.8	1.4	2.2	3.6	1.4	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.7	2.8	5.5	.498	-	-	-	1.2	1.5	.820
LaMelo Ball	75	32.3	20.1	1.4	5.2	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	3.3	3.2	7.2	16.7	.429	2.9	7.5	.389	2.8	3.2	.872
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Abernethy	2	6.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	2.0	.250	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-