Festus Ezeli vs. Zach LaVine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach LaVine and Festus Ezeli, 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.

Festus Ezeli played 3 years in the NBA, 7 less than Zach LaVine, who played 10. Festus Ezeli had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while Zach LaVine had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
	Festus Ezeli	Zach LaVine
Season	2012-13	2014-15
Team	Golden State Warriors	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Warriors Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Festus Ezeli	78	14.4	2.4	1.8	2.2	4.0	0.3	0.3	0.9	0.8	2.0	0.9	2.2	.438	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.531
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Festus Ezeli	12	11.2	2.0	1.1	1.4	2.5	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.0	2.0	0.5	1.1	.462	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.8	.571
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Festus Ezeli didn't play in 2013-14.

Season 2
	Festus Ezeli	Zach LaVine
Season	2014-15	2015-16
Team	Golden State Warriors	Minnesota Timberwolves
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		%
Festus Ezeli	46	11.0	4.4	1.3	2.1	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.7	1.7	3.0	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.7	.628
Zach LaVine	82	28.0	14.0	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.4	5.3	11.7	.452	1.5	3.9	.389	2.0	2.5	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Festus Ezeli	20	9.2	3.5	1.2	1.9	3.1	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	1.4	2.5	.540	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.552
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Festus Ezeli	Zach LaVine
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Festus Ezeli	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach LaVine	58	35.1	27.4	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.9	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.4	9.8	19.4	.507	3.4	8.2	.419	4.4	5.1	.849
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Festus Ezeli	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Festus Ezeli	Zach LaVine
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls 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		%
Festus Ezeli	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach LaVine	67	34.7	24.4	0.3	4.3	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.4	17.7	.476	2.8	7.1	.389	4.8	5.6	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Festus Ezeli	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach LaVine	4	38.3	19.3	0.0	5.3	5.3	6.0	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.3	6.8	15.8	.429	2.3	6.0	.375	3.5	3.8	.933