LaMelo Ball vs. Antonio Daniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antonio Daniels and LaMelo Ball, 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.

LaMelo Ball played 4 years in the NBA, 9 less than Antonio Daniels, who played 13. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Antonio Daniels had his rookie season in 1997-98. 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
LaMelo Ball	4	0	2020-21 to 2023-24
Antonio Daniels	13	10	1997-98 to 2010-11

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Antonio Daniels
Season	2020-21	1997-98
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Vancouver Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
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		%
LaMelo Ball	51	28.8	15.7	1.2	4.7	5.9	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.8	2.7	5.7	13.2	.436	1.8	5.1	.352	2.5	3.2	.758
Antonio Daniels	74	26.4	7.8	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.5	0.7	0.1	2.2	1.2	3.1	7.4	.416	0.1	0.7	.212	1.5	2.3	.659

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Antonio Daniels
Season	2021-22	1998-99
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
LaMelo Ball	75	32.3	20.1	1.4	5.2	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	3.3	3.2	7.2	16.7	.429	2.9	7.5	.389	2.8	3.2	.872
Antonio Daniels	47	13.1	4.7	0.3	0.9	1.1	2.3	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.8	1.8	3.9	.454	0.1	0.4	.294	1.0	1.4	.754

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	15	6.9	1.8	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.5	0.6	1.4	.429	0.3	0.4	.667	0.3	0.4	.833


Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Antonio Daniels
Season	2022-23	1999-00
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
LaMelo Ball	36	35.2	23.3	1.2	5.3	6.4	8.4	1.3	0.3	3.6	3.3	8.2	20.0	.411	4.0	10.6	.376	2.8	3.4	.836
Antonio Daniels	68	17.6	6.2	0.2	1.0	1.3	2.6	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.1	2.4	5.1	.474	0.3	1.0	.333	1.1	1.5	.713

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	4	20.5	7.3	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.5	1.8	0.0	1.5	1.3	2.3	5.8	.391	0.5	2.0	.250	2.3	3.3	.692


Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Antonio Daniels
Season	2023-24	2000-01
Team	Charlotte Hornets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs Lost West 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		%
LaMelo Ball	22	32.3	23.9	1.3	3.8	5.1	8.0	1.8	0.2	3.8	3.6	8.3	19.2	.433	3.2	9.0	.355	4.1	4.7	.865
Antonio Daniels	79	26.1	9.4	0.3	1.7	2.1	3.8	0.8	0.2	1.4	1.5	3.5	7.4	.468	0.9	2.3	.404	1.5	2.0	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	13	31.3	13.5	0.3	1.7	2.0	2.9	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.7	4.8	10.1	.481	1.3	3.5	.370	2.5	2.7	.943


Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Antonio Daniels
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	82	26.5	9.2	0.3	1.9	2.1	2.8	0.6	0.1	0.9	1.3	3.3	7.5	.440	0.7	2.4	.291	1.9	2.6	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	10	22.4	9.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.3	3.5	7.7	.455	0.6	1.6	.375	1.9	2.2	.864


Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Antonio Daniels
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Trail Blazers 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	67	13.0	3.7	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.3	2.8	.452	0.3	0.9	.305	1.0	1.1	.855

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	6	16.5	3.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	1.5	3.2	.474	0.5	0.8	.600	0.2	0.3	.500


Season 7
	LaMelo Ball	Antonio Daniels
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Seattle Supersonics
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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	71	21.3	8.0	0.3	1.7	2.0	4.2	0.6	0.1	0.9	0.9	2.6	5.6	.470	0.6	1.6	.362	2.2	2.6	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	LaMelo Ball	Antonio Daniels
Season	-	2004-05
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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	75	27.0	11.2	0.3	2.0	2.3	4.1	0.7	0.0	1.0	1.0	3.6	8.3	.438	0.7	2.2	.297	3.3	4.1	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	11	30.0	13.8	0.4	2.5	2.8	4.5	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.2	4.0	8.5	.468	0.4	1.3	.286	5.5	6.4	.857


Season 9
	LaMelo Ball	Antonio Daniels
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Wizards 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	80	28.5	9.6	0.2	1.9	2.2	3.6	0.7	0.1	1.1	1.2	2.9	6.9	.418	0.3	1.3	.228	3.6	4.2	.845

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	6	36.0	13.2	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.3	0.5	0.2	1.7	0.7	4.7	8.7	.538	0.5	1.8	.273	3.3	3.7	.909


Season 10
	LaMelo Ball	Antonio Daniels
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Wizards 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	80	22.0	7.1	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.6	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.0	2.2	4.9	.442	0.2	0.8	.302	2.6	3.1	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	4	44.0	13.3	0.5	4.0	4.5	11.8	1.3	0.3	1.8	1.0	4.3	9.5	.447	0.3	1.3	.200	4.5	5.3	.857


Season 11
	LaMelo Ball	Antonio Daniels
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Wizards 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	71	30.4	8.4	0.3	2.5	2.9	4.8	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.1	2.9	6.3	.459	0.2	1.0	.230	2.4	3.1	.776

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	6	25.7	7.3	0.2	2.2	2.3	3.0	0.3	0.3	1.2	1.0	2.3	5.2	.452	0.2	0.7	.250	2.5	2.8	.882


Season 12
	LaMelo Ball	Antonio Daniels
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Washington Wizards, New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	74	13.8	4.1	0.1	1.0	1.0	2.4	0.4	0.0	0.8	0.7	1.3	3.2	.419	0.3	0.8	.367	1.1	1.4	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	5	12.8	2.8	0.2	0.4	0.6	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.2	0.4	2.6	.154	0.2	0.8	.250	1.8	2.2	.818

Note: Antonio Daniels didn't play in 2009-10.


Season 13
	LaMelo Ball	Antonio Daniels
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	4	8.8	1.5	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	1.3	.400	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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Daniels	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

LaMelo Ball vs. Antonio Daniels Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Antonio Daniels and LaMelo Ball, 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