Tony Delk vs. Kevin Love Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin Love and Tony Delk, 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.

Tony Delk played 10 years in the NBA, 6 less than Kevin Love, who played 16. Tony Delk had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Kevin Love had his rookie season in 2008-09. 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
	Tony Delk	Kevin Love
Season	1996-97	2008-09
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Tony Delk	61	14.2	5.4	0.5	1.1	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.2	2.0	4.2	.465	0.9	1.8	.464	0.7	0.8	.824
Kevin Love	81	25.3	11.1	3.4	5.7	9.1	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.5	2.5	3.9	8.5	.459	0.0	0.2	.105	3.3	4.1	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Delk	3	28.0	10.3	1.7	1.7	3.3	2.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	3.3	4.3	10.3	.419	1.7	4.3	.385	0.0	0.0	-
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tony Delk	Kevin Love
Season	1998-99	2010-11
Team	Golden State Warriors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Most Improved Player
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tony Delk	36	17.5	6.8	0.3	1.2	1.5	2.6	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.3	2.6	7.0	.364	0.4	1.8	.242	1.3	2.0	.648
Kevin Love	73	35.8	20.2	4.5	10.7	15.2	2.5	0.6	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.6	14.1	.470	1.2	2.9	.417	5.8	6.8	.850
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Delk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tony Delk	Kevin Love
Season	1999-00	2011-12
Team	Sacramento Kings	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Kings 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		%
Tony Delk	46	14.8	6.4	0.8	1.1	1.9	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.7	1.3	2.6	6.1	.430	0.2	0.9	.225	1.0	1.3	.797
Kevin Love	55	39.0	26.0	4.1	9.2	13.3	2.0	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	8.6	19.3	.448	1.9	5.1	.372	6.9	8.4	.824
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Delk	5	20.4	11.2	2.2	1.4	3.6	1.4	0.6	0.0	1.6	2.2	3.6	8.2	.439	0.6	1.0	.600	3.4	4.6	.739
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Tony Delk	Kevin Love
Season	2001-02	2013-14
Team	Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Tony Delk	63	23.0	9.5	0.9	2.3	3.2	2.1	0.8	0.2	0.9	1.6	3.6	9.3	.384	1.1	3.4	.313	1.2	1.5	.804
Kevin Love	77	36.3	26.1	2.9	9.6	12.5	4.4	0.8	0.5	2.5	1.8	8.4	18.5	.457	2.5	6.6	.376	6.8	8.2	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Delk	14	16.1	4.7	0.6	1.9	2.4	1.1	0.6	0.4	1.1	0.9	1.6	4.6	.354	0.9	2.4	.394	0.5	0.9	.583
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Tony Delk	Kevin Love
Season	2003-04	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tony Delk	33	15.4	6.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.5	1.4	2.1	5.6	.380	0.6	2.0	.303	1.1	1.3	.841
Kevin Love	77	31.5	16.0	1.9	8.0	9.9	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.8	2.1	5.3	12.7	.419	2.1	5.7	.360	3.4	4.1	.822
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Delk	1	6.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kevin Love	20	30.7	14.7	1.7	7.1	8.8	2.1	0.5	0.4	1.4	1.7	4.6	12.0	.385	2.3	5.6	.414	3.2	3.8	.840

Season 9
	Tony Delk	Kevin Love
Season	2004-05	2016-17
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Tony Delk	56	23.9	11.9	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.9	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.2	4.4	10.6	.416	1.3	3.6	.356	1.8	2.4	.757
Kevin Love	60	31.4	19.0	2.5	8.6	11.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.1	6.2	14.5	.427	2.4	6.5	.373	4.3	4.9	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Delk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Love	18	32.1	16.8	2.0	8.6	10.6	1.7	1.2	0.9	1.7	2.6	5.3	12.1	.436	2.8	6.2	.450	3.5	4.2	.840

Season 10
	Tony Delk	Kevin Love
Season	2005-06	2017-18
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf Finals	Cavaliers 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		%
Tony Delk	24	16.0	7.6	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.4	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.2	3.0	6.7	.441	0.8	2.0	.426	0.8	1.1	.741
Kevin Love	59	28.0	17.6	1.7	7.5	9.3	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.0	5.7	12.4	.458	2.3	5.6	.415	4.0	4.5	.880
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tony Delk	16	8.6	3.0	0.3	0.9	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.9	.404	0.2	0.9	.200	0.4	0.6	.700
Kevin Love	21	31.4	14.9	2.3	7.9	10.2	1.6	0.7	0.4	2.0	2.8	5.2	13.2	.392	1.7	5.0	.340	2.8	3.0	.922