Patrick Ewing vs. Mike James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike James and Patrick Ewing, 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.

Patrick Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Mike James, who played 12. Patrick Ewing had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Mike James had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
Patrick Ewing	17	14	1985-86 to 2001-02
Mike James	12	3	2001-02 to 2013-14

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1985-86	2001-02
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Patrick Ewing	50	35.4	20.0	2.5	6.5	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	3.4	3.8	7.7	16.3	.474	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.739
Mike James	15	7.9	2.8	0.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	0.4	0.1	0.9	1.1	1.0	2.9	.349	0.5	1.4	.381	0.3	0.5	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1986-87	2002-03
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
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		%
Patrick Ewing	63	35.0	21.5	2.5	6.3	8.8	1.7	1.4	2.3	3.6	3.9	8.4	16.7	.503	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.6	.713
Mike James	78	22.1	7.8	0.3	1.6	1.9	3.2	0.8	0.1	1.4	2.3	2.8	7.5	.373	0.9	2.9	.294	1.3	1.8	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1987-88	2003-04
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	31.0	20.2	3.0	5.3	8.2	1.5	1.3	3.0	3.5	4.0	8.0	14.4	.555	0.0	0.0	.000	4.2	5.8	.716
Mike James	81	27.1	9.3	0.3	2.5	2.9	4.2	1.2	0.0	1.5	1.9	3.4	8.1	.414	1.3	3.5	.377	1.3	1.6	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	38.3	18.8	4.0	8.8	12.8	2.5	1.5	3.3	2.8	4.3	7.0	14.3	.491	0.0	0.3	.000	4.8	5.5	.864
Mike James	22	8.8	2.6	0.3	0.9	1.2	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.0	2.4	.396	0.3	0.6	.429	0.4	0.7	.563


Season 4
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1988-89	2004-05
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Patrick Ewing	80	36.2	22.7	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.4	1.5	3.5	3.3	3.9	9.1	16.0	.567	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.746
Mike James	74	25.1	11.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	3.6	0.9	0.1	1.4	2.4	4.5	10.1	.441	1.4	3.5	.386	1.5	2.0	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	9	37.8	19.9	2.6	7.4	10.0	2.2	1.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	7.8	16.0	.486	0.0	0.0	-	4.3	5.8	.750
Mike James	7	24.6	11.6	0.3	1.6	1.9	2.3	0.9	0.3	1.4	2.4	4.1	8.9	.468	0.0	1.3	.000	3.3	3.4	.958


Season 5
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1989-90	2005-06
Team	New York Knicks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	38.6	28.6	2.9	8.0	10.9	2.2	1.0	4.0	3.4	4.0	11.2	20.4	.551	0.0	0.0	.250	6.1	7.9	.775
Mike James	79	37.0	20.3	0.6	2.7	3.3	5.8	0.9	0.0	2.6	2.7	7.3	15.5	.469	2.1	4.8	.442	3.6	4.3	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	10	39.5	29.4	2.1	8.4	10.5	3.1	1.3	2.0	2.7	4.1	11.4	21.9	.521	0.1	0.2	.500	6.5	7.9	.823
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1990-91	2006-07
Team	New York Knicks	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Patrick Ewing	81	38.3	26.6	2.4	8.8	11.2	3.0	1.0	3.2	3.6	3.5	10.4	20.3	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	5.7	7.7	.745
Mike James	82	25.2	10.1	0.3	1.7	2.0	3.6	0.7	0.1	1.6	2.1	3.6	8.6	.422	1.0	2.6	.372	1.9	2.2	.837

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	3	36.7	16.7	0.7	9.3	10.0	2.0	0.3	1.7	3.7	4.0	6.0	15.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	4.7	6.0	.778
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1991-92	2007-08
Team	New York Knicks	Houston Rockets, New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Hornets 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		%
Patrick Ewing	82	38.4	24.0	2.8	8.5	11.2	1.9	1.1	3.0	2.5	3.4	9.7	18.6	.522	0.0	0.1	.167	4.6	6.2	.738
Mike James	54	13.3	5.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.0	1.9	5.4	.348	0.6	1.8	.320	0.7	0.9	.813

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	12	40.2	22.7	2.8	8.3	11.1	2.3	0.6	2.6	1.9	4.1	9.1	19.9	.456	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	6.1	.740
Mike James	4	7.0	3.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.5	1.3	.400	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 8
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1992-93	2008-09
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Hornets, Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Patrick Ewing	81	37.1	24.2	2.4	9.7	12.1	1.9	0.9	2.0	3.3	3.5	9.6	19.1	.503	0.0	0.1	.143	4.9	6.9	.719
Mike James	61	27.0	8.7	0.4	1.8	2.2	3.3	0.7	0.1	1.5	1.8	3.2	8.4	.383	1.1	3.0	.375	1.1	1.3	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	15	40.3	25.5	2.9	8.1	10.9	2.4	1.1	2.1	2.6	4.0	11.0	21.5	.512	0.1	0.1	1.000	3.4	5.3	.638
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1993-94	2009-10
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Patrick Ewing	79	37.6	24.5	2.8	8.4	11.2	2.3	1.1	2.7	3.3	3.5	9.4	19.0	.496	0.1	0.2	.286	5.6	7.4	.765
Mike James	4	11.5	4.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.8	0.0	1.3	0.8	1.5	5.0	.300	0.5	1.5	.333	1.0	2.0	.500

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	25	41.3	21.9	3.5	8.2	11.7	2.6	1.3	3.0	3.3	3.8	8.4	19.2	.437	0.2	0.4	.364	4.9	6.5	.755
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Mike James didn't play in 2010-11.


Season 10
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1994-95	2011-12
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Patrick Ewing	79	37.0	23.9	2.0	9.0	11.0	2.7	0.9	2.0	3.2	3.4	9.2	18.4	.503	0.1	0.3	.286	5.3	7.1	.750
Mike James	11	10.9	4.8	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.6	0.4	0.2	1.3	1.8	1.8	4.5	.408	0.5	0.9	.600	0.6	0.7	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	11	36.3	19.0	1.5	8.1	9.6	2.5	0.5	2.3	2.7	4.6	7.3	14.2	.513	0.1	0.3	.333	4.4	6.4	.686
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1995-96	2012-13
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Patrick Ewing	76	36.6	22.5	2.1	8.5	10.6	2.1	0.9	2.4	2.9	3.3	8.9	19.2	.466	0.1	0.4	.143	4.6	6.1	.761
Mike James	45	19.2	6.1	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.1	0.6	0.1	1.2	2.1	2.2	6.0	.373	1.1	2.8	.384	0.5	0.6	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	8	41.0	21.5	1.4	9.3	10.6	1.9	0.1	3.1	3.8	2.8	8.1	17.1	.474	0.1	0.3	.500	5.1	7.9	.651
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1996-97	2013-14
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Patrick Ewing	78	37.0	22.4	2.2	8.4	10.7	2.0	0.9	2.4	3.4	3.2	8.4	17.2	.488	0.0	0.1	.222	5.6	7.5	.754
Mike James	11	7.0	1.0	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.5	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	1.9	.238	0.1	0.5	.200	0.0	0.2	.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	9	39.7	22.6	2.9	7.7	10.6	1.9	0.3	2.4	3.0	3.3	9.8	18.6	.527	0.0	0.1	.000	3.0	4.7	.643
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1997-98	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Patrick Ewing	26	32.6	20.8	2.3	7.9	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.2	3.0	2.8	7.8	15.5	.504	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	7.2	.720
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	33.3	14.0	2.3	5.8	8.0	1.3	0.8	1.3	2.5	4.0	5.0	14.0	.357	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	6.8	.593
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1998-99	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Patrick Ewing	38	34.2	17.3	1.9	8.0	9.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	2.6	2.8	6.5	14.9	.435	0.0	0.1	.000	4.3	6.1	.706
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	11	31.5	13.1	1.3	7.5	8.7	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.9	3.2	5.3	12.3	.430	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.3	.778
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	1999-00	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Patrick Ewing	62	32.8	15.0	2.3	7.5	9.7	0.9	0.6	1.4	2.3	3.2	5.8	12.5	.466	0.0	0.0	.000	3.3	4.6	.731
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	14	32.9	14.6	2.1	7.4	9.5	0.4	1.1	1.4	1.9	3.4	5.1	12.1	.418	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.4	.697
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	2000-01	-
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		%
Patrick Ewing	79	26.7	9.6	1.6	5.8	7.4	1.2	0.7	1.2	1.9	2.9	3.7	8.7	.430	0.0	0.0	.000	2.2	3.2	.685
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Patrick Ewing	Mike James
Season	2001-02	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Patrick Ewing	65	13.9	6.0	0.9	3.1	4.0	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.0	2.0	2.3	5.1	.444	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.1	.701
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Patrick Ewing	4	17.0	6.5	1.3	4.3	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.0	0.5	3.0	2.0	6.3	.320	0.0	0.3	.000	2.5	4.3	.588
Mike James	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Patrick Ewing vs. Mike James Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike James and Patrick Ewing, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17