Zaid Abdul-Aziz vs. Max Strus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Strus and Zaid Abdul-Aziz, 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.

Zaid Abdul-Aziz played 10 years in the NBA, 5 more than Max Strus, who played 5. Zaid Abdul-Aziz had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Max Strus had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	10	3	1968-69 to 1977-78
Max Strus	5	4	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10


Rookie Season
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Max Strus
Season	1968-69	2019-20
Team	Cincinnati Royals, Milwaukee Bucks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	49	19.3	7.3	-	-	8.3	0.8	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	8.0	.369	-	-	-	1.4	2.3	.619
Max Strus	2	3.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Max Strus
Season	1969-70	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Div Finals	Heat 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	80	20.5	7.4	-	-	7.5	0.8	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	6.8	.434	-	-	-	1.5	2.3	.643
Max Strus	39	13.0	6.1	0.1	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.8	.455	1.3	3.8	.338	0.4	0.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	7	11.7	4.3	-	-	3.7	0.6	-	-	-	0.7	1.6	2.7	.579	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.800
Max Strus	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Max Strus
Season	1970-71	2021-22
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	61	20.9	10.9	-	-	7.7	0.7	-	-	-	1.9	4.3	9.8	.441	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.739
Max Strus	68	23.3	10.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.7	3.7	8.3	.441	2.7	6.5	.410	0.6	0.8	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	18	29.1	10.9	0.8	3.2	4.1	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	3.1	3.8	10.1	.374	2.6	7.9	.331	0.7	1.0	.722


Season 4
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Max Strus
Season	1971-72	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	58	30.7	13.8	-	-	11.3	2.1	-	-	-	3.1	5.6	12.9	.429	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.720
Max Strus	80	28.4	11.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	2.1	4.1	9.9	.410	2.5	7.0	.350	1.0	1.1	.876

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	23	28.2	9.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	3.3	8.2	.402	1.9	5.9	.319	0.9	1.1	.800


Season 5
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Max Strus
Season	1972-73	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	48	18.8	8.7	-	-	6.3	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	7.8	.397	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.735
Max Strus	70	32.0	12.2	0.9	3.9	4.8	4.0	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.3	10.4	.418	2.4	6.8	.351	1.1	1.4	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	12	36.2	9.5	0.7	4.7	5.3	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.3	3.4	3.5	8.6	.408	2.1	6.0	.347	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 6
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Max Strus
Season	1973-74	-
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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	79	31.1	10.9	3.3	8.4	11.7	2.1	1.0	1.3	-	2.9	4.3	9.3	.459	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.804
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Max Strus
Season	1974-75	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	65	22.3	9.7	2.4	5.1	7.5	1.3	0.6	1.1	-	2.0	3.6	8.3	.437	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	.783
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	6	11.3	4.3	1.2	1.7	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.5	-	0.8	2.0	5.2	.387	-	-	-	0.3	0.8	.400
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Max Strus
Season	1975-76	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	27	8.3	3.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.6	0.3	0.6	-	1.1	1.3	2.8	.467	-	-	-	0.6	1.1	.552
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	5	12.0	7.2	0.8	3.4	4.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	-	0.4	2.8	4.0	.700	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.727
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Max Strus
Season	1976-77	-
Team	Buffalo Braves	-
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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	22	8.9	3.8	1.9	2.2	4.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	-	1.0	1.1	3.4	.338	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.767
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Max Strus
Season	1977-78	-
Team	Boston Celtics, 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	16	9.9	3.9	1.2	1.9	3.1	0.6	0.2	0.2	0.9	1.8	1.4	3.8	.383	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.739
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Zaid Abdul-Aziz vs. Max Strus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Strus and Zaid Abdul-Aziz, 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