Royal Ivey vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Royal Ivey, 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.

Royal Ivey and Kenny Smith both played 10 years in the NBA. Royal Ivey had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
	Royal Ivey	Kenny Smith
Season	2004-05	1987-88
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Sacramento Kings
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		%
Royal Ivey	62	13.0	3.5	0.3	1.0	1.4	1.7	0.6	0.1	0.9	2.3	1.4	3.2	.429	0.0	0.1	.333	0.8	1.1	.701
Kenny Smith	61	35.6	13.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.3	5.4	11.4	.477	0.2	0.6	.308	2.7	3.3	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Royal Ivey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Royal Ivey	Kenny Smith
Season	2010-11	1993-94
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Royal Ivey	25	6.2	1.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.6	1.5	.421	0.3	0.6	.438	0.1	0.1	1.000
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Royal Ivey	2	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.000	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0	-
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808

Season 8
	Royal Ivey	Kenny Smith
Season	2011-12	1994-95
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Royal Ivey	34	10.4	2.1	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.1	0.8	2.1	.356	0.5	1.6	.340	0.0	0.2	.125
Kenny Smith	81	25.1	10.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.3	.484	1.8	4.1	.429	1.6	1.8	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Royal Ivey	5	4.2	2.2	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.4	0.8	2.2	.364	0.4	1.0	.400	0.2	0.4	.500
Kenny Smith	22	29.6	10.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	8.1	.438	2.1	4.7	.442	1.6	1.8	.900