Travis Best vs. Lamar Odom Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lamar Odom and Travis Best, 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.

Travis Best played 10 years in the NBA, 4 less than Lamar Odom, who played 14. Travis Best had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Lamar Odom had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
	Travis Best	Lamar Odom
Season	1995-96	1999-00
Team	Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Travis Best	59	9.7	3.7	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.6	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.4	1.2	2.8	.423	0.1	0.4	.320	1.3	1.5	.833
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Travis Best	5	16.8	5.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.8	1.2	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.2	4.4	.500	0.2	1.2	.167	1.2	1.4	.857
Lamar Odom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Travis Best	Lamar Odom
Season	2004-05	2008-09
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets 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		%
Travis Best	76	19.2	6.8	0.3	1.2	1.4	1.9	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.9	2.5	5.9	.420	0.3	1.1	.306	1.4	1.6	.885
Lamar Odom	78	29.7	11.3	2.3	5.9	8.2	2.6	1.0	1.3	1.8	3.0	4.4	9.0	.492	0.4	1.3	.320	2.1	3.3	.623
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Travis Best	4	20.3	6.8	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.3	2.3	5.5	.409	0.3	2.3	.111	2.0	2.3	.889
Lamar Odom	23	32.0	12.3	2.8	6.3	9.1	1.8	0.7	1.3	1.7	3.3	4.7	9.0	.524	0.8	1.5	.514	2.1	3.5	.613

Season 11
	Travis Best	Lamar Odom
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Travis Best	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	82	31.5	10.8	2.2	7.5	9.8	3.3	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.8	4.2	9.0	.463	0.7	2.2	.319	1.7	2.5	.693
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Travis Best	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	23	29.0	9.7	2.6	6.0	8.6	2.0	0.7	0.9	1.2	3.7	4.0	8.4	.469	0.4	1.8	.244	1.3	2.2	.600

Season 12
	Travis Best	Lamar Odom
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Travis Best	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	82	32.2	14.4	2.1	6.5	8.7	3.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.8	10.9	.530	0.8	2.2	.382	2.0	3.0	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Travis Best	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	10	28.6	12.1	1.3	5.2	6.5	2.1	0.2	0.4	1.5	2.5	4.5	9.8	.459	0.4	2.0	.200	2.7	3.8	.711