Rolando Blackman vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Rolando Blackman, 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.

Rolando Blackman played 13 years in the NBA, 1 more than Jonas Valanciunas, who played 12. Rolando Blackman had the first of his seasons in 1981-82, while Jonas Valanciunas had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
Rolando Blackman	13	8	1981-82 to 1993-94
Jonas Valanciunas	12	8	2012-13 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Rolando Blackman	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1981-82	2012-13
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Rolando Blackman	82	24.1	13.3	1.2	1.9	3.1	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.4	1.5	5.4	10.4	.513	0.0	0.0	.250	2.6	3.4	.768
Jonas Valanciunas	62	23.9	8.9	2.0	4.0	6.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	1.5	3.0	3.3	5.9	.557	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.0	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Rolando Blackman	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1982-83	2013-14
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors 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		%
Rolando Blackman	75	31.3	17.7	1.4	2.5	3.9	2.5	0.5	0.4	1.6	1.5	6.8	13.9	.492	0.0	0.2	.200	4.0	5.1	.780
Jonas Valanciunas	81	28.2	11.3	2.8	6.0	8.8	0.7	0.3	0.9	1.7	3.1	4.4	8.3	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.2	.762

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	7	28.6	10.9	2.7	7.0	9.7	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.7	3.1	4.4	7.0	.633	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.1	.636


Season 3
	Rolando Blackman	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1983-84	2014-15
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors 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		%
Rolando Blackman	81	37.3	22.4	1.5	3.1	4.6	3.6	0.7	0.5	2.1	1.6	8.9	16.3	.546	0.0	0.1	.091	4.6	5.7	.812
Jonas Valanciunas	80	26.2	12.0	2.7	6.0	8.7	0.5	0.4	1.2	1.4	2.8	4.7	8.2	.572	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.5	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	10	39.7	23.9	1.5	2.6	4.1	4.0	0.6	0.4	2.4	1.5	9.3	17.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	6.3	.841
Jonas Valanciunas	4	26.5	11.3	2.3	7.0	9.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.8	9.5	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.0	.875


Season 4
	Rolando Blackman	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1984-85	2015-16
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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		%
Rolando Blackman	81	35.0	19.7	1.3	2.4	3.7	3.6	0.8	0.2	2.0	1.2	7.7	15.2	.508	0.1	0.2	.300	4.2	5.1	.828
Jonas Valanciunas	60	26.0	12.8	3.1	6.1	9.1	0.7	0.4	1.3	1.4	2.6	5.1	8.9	.565	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	3.6	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	4	42.3	32.8	2.8	3.8	6.5	4.8	0.5	0.5	3.5	2.0	11.8	23.0	.511	0.3	0.5	.500	9.0	9.5	.947
Jonas Valanciunas	12	26.8	13.8	4.0	6.8	10.8	0.9	0.8	1.2	1.5	2.7	5.7	10.0	.567	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.744


Season 5
	Rolando Blackman	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1985-86	2016-17
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors 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		%
Rolando Blackman	82	34.0	21.5	1.1	2.5	3.5	3.3	1.0	0.3	2.3	1.7	8.3	16.1	.514	0.0	0.4	.138	4.9	5.9	.836
Jonas Valanciunas	80	25.8	12.0	2.8	6.7	9.5	0.7	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.7	4.9	8.8	.557	0.0	0.0	.500	2.2	2.7	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	10	37.1	20.8	1.5	2.0	3.5	3.2	0.8	0.1	2.0	2.6	8.3	16.7	.497	0.0	0.1	.000	4.2	5.3	.792
Jonas Valanciunas	10	22.6	11.2	0.9	5.8	6.7	0.2	0.2	0.6	1.3	2.2	4.4	8.1	.543	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	3.3	.727


Season 6
	Rolando Blackman	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1986-87	2017-18
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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		%
Rolando Blackman	80	34.5	21.0	1.2	2.3	3.5	3.3	0.8	0.3	2.2	1.8	7.8	15.8	.495	0.1	0.2	.333	5.2	5.9	.884
Jonas Valanciunas	77	22.4	12.7	2.4	6.2	8.6	1.1	0.4	0.9	1.5	2.5	5.1	8.9	.568	0.4	1.0	.405	2.2	2.7	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	4	38.3	23.5	1.0	2.5	3.5	4.3	0.5	0.0	2.0	1.8	9.0	18.3	.493	0.0	0.3	.000	5.5	6.0	.917
Jonas Valanciunas	10	24.4	14.6	3.0	7.5	10.5	1.2	0.4	1.5	1.9	2.2	5.8	10.7	.542	0.2	0.5	.400	2.8	3.4	.824


Season 7
	Rolando Blackman	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1987-88	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Rolando Blackman	71	36.3	18.7	1.2	2.3	3.5	3.7	0.9	0.3	2.0	1.6	7.0	14.8	.473	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	5.3	.873
Jonas Valanciunas	49	22.3	15.6	2.2	6.4	8.6	1.4	0.4	1.1	1.8	3.0	6.1	11.0	.559	0.3	1.0	.292	3.0	3.8	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	17	39.5	18.1	1.5	1.7	3.2	4.5	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.6	7.4	15.4	.483	0.0	0.2	.000	3.2	3.6	.887
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Rolando Blackman	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1988-89	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
Rolando Blackman	78	37.8	19.7	0.9	2.6	3.5	3.7	0.8	0.3	2.1	1.8	7.6	16.0	.476	0.4	1.1	.353	4.1	4.7	.854
Jonas Valanciunas	70	26.4	14.9	3.0	8.2	11.3	1.9	0.4	1.1	1.8	2.6	6.2	10.6	.585	0.5	1.3	.352	2.1	2.9	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Rolando Blackman	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1989-90	2020-21
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Grizzlies 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		%
Rolando Blackman	80	36.7	19.4	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.6	1.0	0.3	2.2	1.6	7.8	15.7	.498	0.2	0.5	.302	3.6	4.3	.844
Jonas Valanciunas	62	28.3	17.1	4.1	8.4	12.5	1.8	0.6	0.9	1.6	2.9	7.1	12.0	.592	0.3	0.9	.368	2.5	3.3	.773

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	3	42.3	20.0	0.7	2.3	3.0	4.3	2.0	0.7	4.3	2.3	8.0	18.0	.444	0.7	1.7	.400	3.3	3.3	1.000
Jonas Valanciunas	5	33.2	15.0	4.0	5.8	9.8	2.6	0.6	0.6	2.0	3.6	6.6	11.6	.569	0.4	1.6	.250	1.4	1.6	.875


Season 10
	Rolando Blackman	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1990-91	2021-22
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pelicans 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		%
Rolando Blackman	80	37.1	19.9	0.8	2.4	3.2	3.8	0.9	0.2	2.0	1.9	7.9	16.5	.482	0.5	1.4	.351	3.5	4.1	.865
Jonas Valanciunas	74	30.3	17.8	3.1	8.3	11.4	2.6	0.6	0.8	2.4	3.3	6.9	12.7	.544	0.8	2.1	.361	3.2	3.9	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	6	29.2	14.5	5.5	8.8	14.3	3.0	0.7	0.2	2.0	2.8	5.5	11.3	.485	0.2	1.0	.167	3.3	4.3	.769


Season 11
	Rolando Blackman	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1991-92	2022-23
Team	Dallas Mavericks	New Orleans Pelicans
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		%
Rolando Blackman	75	33.7	18.3	1.0	2.1	3.2	2.7	0.7	0.3	2.0	1.8	7.1	15.5	.461	0.9	2.3	.385	3.2	3.5	.898
Jonas Valanciunas	79	24.9	14.1	2.8	7.3	10.2	1.8	0.3	0.7	2.0	3.1	5.6	10.3	.547	0.5	1.4	.349	2.3	2.8	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Rolando Blackman	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1992-93	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Pelicans 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		%
Rolando Blackman	60	23.9	9.7	0.4	1.3	1.7	2.6	0.4	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.0	9.0	.443	0.5	1.2	.425	1.2	1.5	.789
Jonas Valanciunas	82	23.5	12.2	2.3	6.5	8.8	2.1	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.7	4.9	8.8	.559	0.5	1.5	.308	2.0	2.5	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	15	14.3	4.2	0.3	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.2	0.1	1.4	1.5	1.5	4.3	.344	0.3	1.0	.267	1.0	1.2	.833
Jonas Valanciunas	4	22.5	14.5	4.5	6.5	11.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	2.5	2.3	5.5	10.5	.524	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	4.3	.824


Season 13
	Rolando Blackman	Jonas Valanciunas
Season	1993-94	-
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		%
Rolando Blackman	55	17.6	7.3	0.4	1.3	1.7	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.8	2.9	6.7	.436	0.5	1.5	.357	0.9	1.0	.906
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rolando Blackman	6	5.7	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.0	0.5	1.8	.273	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-
Jonas Valanciunas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rolando Blackman vs. Jonas Valanciunas Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jonas Valanciunas and Rolando Blackman, 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