Kevin McHale vs. Robert Reid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Reid and Kevin McHale, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Kevin McHale and Robert Reid both played 13 years in the NBA. Kevin McHale had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Robert Reid had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
Kevin McHale	13	13	1980-81 to 1992-93
Robert Reid	13	9	1977-78 to 1990-91

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Kevin McHale	Robert Reid
Season	1980-81	1977-78
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
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		%
Kevin McHale	82	20.1	10.0	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.3	8.1	.533	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.679
Robert Reid	80	23.1	7.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.5	0.8	0.6	1.0	3.5	3.3	7.2	.455	-	-	-	0.8	1.2	.656

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	17	17.4	8.5	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.6	.540	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.639
Robert Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Kevin McHale	Robert Reid
Season	1981-82	1978-79
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets 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		%
Kevin McHale	82	28.4	13.6	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.1	0.4	2.3	1.7	3.2	5.7	10.7	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.0	.754
Robert Reid	82	27.5	10.9	1.6	4.3	5.9	2.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	3.7	4.7	9.5	.492	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	.704

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	12	28.7	16.2	3.4	3.7	7.1	0.9	0.4	2.3	1.3	3.7	6.4	11.2	.575	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	4.4	.755
Robert Reid	2	22.5	10.0	2.5	2.0	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.5	8.5	.412	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	.667


Season 3
	Kevin McHale	Robert Reid
Season	1982-83	1979-80
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Kevin McHale	82	28.6	14.1	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	2.9	5.9	10.9	.541	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.3	.717
Robert Reid	76	30.3	13.0	1.8	4.0	5.8	3.2	1.7	0.8	2.2	3.7	5.5	11.3	.487	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.7	.736

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	7	25.3	11.1	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.9	8.9	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.6	.556
Robert Reid	7	38.0	18.0	2.0	5.9	7.9	3.7	0.9	1.0	2.7	4.0	7.4	14.6	.510	0.0	0.1	.000	3.1	3.7	.846


Season 4
	Kevin McHale	Robert Reid
Season	1983-84	1980-81
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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		%
Kevin McHale	82	31.4	18.4	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	3.0	7.2	12.9	.556	0.0	0.0	.333	4.1	5.4	.765
Robert Reid	82	36.1	15.9	2.0	5.1	7.1	4.2	2.0	0.8	2.4	4.0	6.5	13.6	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	3.7	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	23	30.5	14.8	2.7	3.5	6.2	1.2	0.1	1.5	1.7	3.3	5.3	10.6	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	4.1	5.3	.777
Robert Reid	21	41.3	16.1	2.7	4.1	6.8	4.7	2.4	1.1	2.1	3.8	6.6	14.4	.459	0.0	0.1	.000	2.9	4.4	.663


Season 5
	Kevin McHale	Robert Reid
Season	1984-85	1981-82
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kevin McHale	79	33.6	19.8	2.9	6.1	9.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.0	3.0	7.7	13.4	.570	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.9	.760
Robert Reid	77	37.8	13.4	2.3	4.4	6.6	4.1	1.5	0.6	2.0	3.9	5.7	12.4	.456	0.0	0.1	.100	2.1	2.8	.748

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	21	39.9	22.1	3.5	6.4	9.9	1.5	0.6	2.2	2.9	3.5	8.2	14.4	.568	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	7.1	.807
Robert Reid	3	38.3	11.3	3.0	5.7	8.7	3.0	1.7	0.7	0.0	3.3	5.0	10.3	.484	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.800

Note: Robert Reid didn't play in 1982-83.


Season 6
	Kevin McHale	Robert Reid
Season	1985-86	1983-84
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Kevin McHale	68	35.3	21.3	2.5	5.6	8.1	2.7	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.8	8.3	14.4	.574	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.2	.776
Robert Reid	64	30.3	14.0	1.5	3.8	5.3	3.4	1.4	0.5	1.4	3.8	6.3	13.4	.474	0.0	0.1	.250	1.3	1.9	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	18	39.7	24.9	2.8	5.8	8.6	2.7	0.4	2.4	2.7	3.6	9.3	16.1	.579	0.0	0.1	.000	6.2	7.8	.794
Robert Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Kevin McHale	Robert Reid
Season	1986-87	1984-85
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Kevin McHale	77	39.7	26.1	3.2	6.7	9.9	2.6	0.5	2.2	2.6	3.1	10.3	17.0	.604	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.6	.836
Robert Reid	82	21.5	8.7	1.0	2.3	3.3	2.1	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.4	3.8	7.9	.481	0.0	0.2	.063	1.1	1.5	.698

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	21	39.4	21.1	3.1	6.1	9.2	1.9	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.4	8.3	14.2	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	6.0	.762
Robert Reid	5	17.4	7.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.2	4.4	3.8	9.0	.422	0.0	0.8	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Kevin McHale	Robert Reid
Season	1987-88	1985-86
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets 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		%
Kevin McHale	64	37.3	22.6	2.5	5.9	8.4	2.7	0.4	1.4	2.2	2.8	8.6	14.2	.604	0.0	0.0	-	5.4	6.8	.797
Robert Reid	82	26.3	12.0	0.8	2.9	3.7	2.7	1.1	0.2	1.2	2.8	5.0	10.7	.464	0.1	0.4	.182	2.0	2.6	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	17	42.1	25.4	3.2	4.8	8.0	2.4	0.4	1.8	2.3	3.8	9.3	15.4	.603	0.1	0.1	1.000	6.8	8.1	.839
Robert Reid	20	38.7	14.9	0.7	3.5	4.2	6.9	1.4	0.1	2.1	3.7	6.2	14.4	.431	0.2	1.1	.143	2.4	3.0	.797


Season 9
	Kevin McHale	Robert Reid
Season	1988-89	1986-87
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Kevin McHale	78	36.9	22.5	2.9	5.3	8.2	2.2	0.3	1.2	2.5	2.9	8.5	15.5	.546	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	6.8	.818
Robert Reid	75	34.6	13.7	0.6	3.2	3.9	4.3	1.0	0.3	1.4	3.1	5.6	13.4	.417	0.7	2.2	.327	1.8	2.4	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	3	38.3	19.0	2.3	5.7	8.0	3.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	4.3	6.7	13.7	.488	0.0	0.0	-	5.7	7.7	.739
Robert Reid	10	43.1	12.9	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.8	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.6	5.6	15.5	.361	0.2	1.7	.118	1.5	2.3	.652


Season 10
	Kevin McHale	Robert Reid
Season	1989-90	1987-88
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Kevin McHale	82	33.2	20.9	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.1	0.4	1.9	2.2	3.0	7.9	14.4	.549	0.3	0.8	.333	4.8	5.4	.893
Robert Reid	62	15.8	6.3	0.6	1.4	2.0	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.7	1.9	2.7	5.7	.463	0.2	0.5	.382	0.8	1.0	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	5	38.4	22.0	1.6	6.2	7.8	2.6	0.4	2.0	2.8	3.4	8.4	13.8	.609	0.2	0.6	.333	5.0	5.8	.862
Robert Reid	4	28.5	8.8	0.8	3.0	3.8	2.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	3.3	3.8	8.3	.455	0.8	1.8	.429	0.5	0.8	.667


Season 11
	Kevin McHale	Robert Reid
Season	1990-91	1988-89
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Kevin McHale	68	30.4	18.4	2.1	4.9	7.1	1.9	0.4	2.1	2.1	2.9	7.4	13.4	.553	0.2	0.5	.405	3.4	4.0	.829
Robert Reid	82	26.2	14.7	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.3	2.9	6.3	14.8	.428	0.2	0.6	.327	1.9	2.4	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	11	34.2	20.7	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.8	0.5	1.3	1.3	3.8	7.1	13.5	.527	0.5	1.0	.545	6.0	7.3	.825
Robert Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Kevin McHale	Robert Reid
Season	1991-92	1989-90
Team	Boston Celtics	Portland Trail Blazers, Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Kevin McHale	56	25.0	13.9	2.1	3.8	5.9	1.5	0.2	1.1	1.5	2.0	5.8	11.3	.509	0.0	0.2	.000	2.4	2.9	.822
Robert Reid	72	16.7	5.8	0.5	1.6	2.1	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.6	2.1	2.4	6.2	.391	0.1	0.4	.313	0.8	1.2	.628

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	10	30.6	16.5	2.1	4.6	6.7	1.3	0.5	0.5	0.9	3.4	6.5	12.6	.516	0.0	0.1	.000	3.5	4.4	.795
Robert Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Kevin McHale	Robert Reid
Season	1992-93	1990-91
Team	Boston Celtics	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
Kevin McHale	71	23.3	10.7	1.3	3.7	5.0	1.0	0.2	0.8	1.3	1.8	4.2	9.1	.459	0.0	0.3	.111	2.3	2.7	.841
Robert Reid	3	12.3	1.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.3	0.3	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.7	4.7	.143	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin McHale	4	28.3	19.0	2.3	5.0	7.3	0.8	0.5	1.8	1.3	1.5	8.0	13.8	.582	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.5	.857
Robert Reid	7	5.9	0.9	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.4	1.3	.333	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Kevin McHale vs. Robert Reid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Reid and Kevin McHale, 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

Season 13