Avery Bradley vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Avery Bradley, 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.

Avery Bradley played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Avery Bradley had the first of his seasons in 2010-11, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
Avery Bradley	12	5	2010-11 to 2021-22
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Avery Bradley	Kenny Smith
Season	2010-11	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Avery Bradley	31	5.2	1.7	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.2	.343	0.0	0.2	.000	0.2	0.4	.500
Kenny Smith	61	35.6	13.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.3	5.4	11.4	.477	0.2	0.6	.308	2.7	3.3	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Avery Bradley	Kenny Smith
Season	2011-12	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
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		%
Avery Bradley	64	21.4	7.6	0.5	1.3	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.1	6.3	.498	0.3	0.8	.407	1.0	1.2	.795
Kenny Smith	81	38.8	17.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.7	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.1	6.8	14.6	.462	0.6	1.6	.359	3.2	4.4	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Bradley	10	24.8	6.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.0	2.0	2.5	6.8	.368	0.5	2.2	.227	1.2	1.8	.667
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Avery Bradley	Kenny Smith
Season	2012-13	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Avery Bradley	50	28.7	9.2	0.6	1.6	2.2	2.1	1.3	0.4	1.4	2.6	3.8	9.6	.402	0.8	2.5	.317	0.7	1.0	.755
Kenny Smith	79	30.6	11.9	0.2	1.8	2.0	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.1	1.8	4.8	10.3	.466	0.3	1.1	.313	2.0	2.5	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Bradley	6	31.8	6.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	1.3	1.8	0.2	1.8	1.8	2.8	7.0	.405	0.3	1.3	.250	0.7	0.7	1.000
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Avery Bradley	Kenny Smith
Season	2013-14	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Avery Bradley	60	30.9	14.9	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.4	1.1	0.2	1.6	2.4	6.0	13.8	.438	1.3	3.3	.395	1.5	1.9	.804
Kenny Smith	78	34.6	17.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.1	1.4	0.1	3.0	1.7	6.7	12.9	.520	0.6	1.7	.363	3.7	4.4	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	3	37.7	15.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	8.0	1.3	0.3	2.0	1.7	6.0	12.7	.474	0.7	1.3	.500	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 5
	Avery Bradley	Kenny Smith
Season	2014-15	1991-92
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Avery Bradley	77	31.5	13.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.8	1.1	0.2	1.4	2.3	5.6	13.1	.429	1.6	4.6	.352	1.0	1.3	.790
Kenny Smith	81	33.8	14.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	6.9	1.3	0.1	2.8	1.4	5.3	11.2	.475	0.7	1.7	.394	2.7	3.1	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Bradley	4	33.3	12.3	0.8	3.0	3.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.8	3.3	4.8	12.5	.380	1.3	4.8	.263	1.5	1.8	.857
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Avery Bradley	Kenny Smith
Season	2015-16	1992-93
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Avery Bradley	76	33.4	15.2	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.1	1.5	0.3	1.4	2.2	6.0	13.4	.447	1.9	5.4	.361	1.3	1.6	.780
Kenny Smith	82	29.5	13.0	0.3	1.6	2.0	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.3	4.7	9.1	.520	1.2	2.7	.438	2.4	2.7	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Bradley	1	33.0	18.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	7.0	16.0	.438	1.0	7.0	.143	3.0	3.0	1.000
Kenny Smith	12	32.6	14.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.2	0.8	0.1	2.2	1.5	5.3	10.7	.492	1.9	3.8	.500	2.3	3.0	.778


Season 7
	Avery Bradley	Kenny Smith
Season	2016-17	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 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		%
Avery Bradley	55	33.4	16.3	1.2	4.9	6.1	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.6	2.6	6.5	14.1	.463	2.0	5.0	.390	1.2	1.7	.731
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Bradley	18	35.8	16.7	1.0	2.9	3.9	2.3	1.3	0.2	1.7	2.2	6.7	15.1	.441	2.2	6.3	.351	1.2	1.5	.778
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808


Season 8
	Avery Bradley	Kenny Smith
Season	2017-18	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Avery Bradley	46	31.2	14.3	0.5	2.0	2.5	2.0	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.0	5.6	13.6	.414	1.6	4.4	.369	1.4	1.8	.768
Kenny Smith	81	25.1	10.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.3	.484	1.8	4.1	.429	1.6	1.8	.851

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	22	29.6	10.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	8.1	.438	2.1	4.7	.442	1.6	1.8	.900


Season 9
	Avery Bradley	Kenny Smith
Season	2018-19	1995-96
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets 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		%
Avery Bradley	63	30.2	9.9	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.4	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.7	3.9	9.7	.408	1.4	3.9	.351	0.7	0.8	.860
Kenny Smith	68	23.8	8.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.6	0.7	0.0	1.5	1.7	3.0	6.8	.433	1.3	3.5	.382	1.3	1.6	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	8	23.9	8.9	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.8	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.9	6.6	.434	1.5	3.9	.387	1.6	1.6	1.000


Season 10
	Avery Bradley	Kenny Smith
Season	2019-20	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
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		%
Avery Bradley	49	24.2	8.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	1.3	0.9	0.1	1.0	2.2	3.5	7.8	.444	1.3	3.5	.364	0.4	0.5	.833
Kenny Smith	48	15.9	6.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.5	0.6	2.1	5.0	.423	1.2	2.8	.437	0.8	0.9	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Avery Bradley	Kenny Smith
Season	2020-21	-
Team	Miami Heat, 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		%
Avery Bradley	27	22.3	6.4	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.7	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.0	2.4	6.3	.374	1.2	3.7	.327	0.4	0.6	.800
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Avery Bradley	Kenny Smith
Season	2021-22	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
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		%
Avery Bradley	62	22.7	6.4	0.5	1.7	2.2	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.6	1.9	2.4	5.6	.423	1.3	3.4	.390	0.3	0.3	.889
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Avery Bradley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Avery Bradley vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Avery Bradley, 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