Walt Bellamy vs. Rolando Blackman Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Rolando Blackman and Walt Bellamy, 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.

Walt Bellamy played 14 years in the NBA, 1 more than Rolando Blackman, who played 13. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Rolando Blackman had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
	Walt Bellamy	Rolando Blackman
Season	1961-62	1981-82
Team	Chicago Packers	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Rolando Blackman
Season	1962-63	1982-83
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rolando Blackman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Rolando Blackman
Season	1963-64	1983-84
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Rolando Blackman
Season	1964-65	1984-85
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	Mavericks 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	10	42.7	20.9	-	-	15.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	15.8	.468	-	-	-	6.1	9.2	.663
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

Season 5
	Walt Bellamy	Rolando Blackman
Season	1965-66	1985-86
Team	Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.9	22.8	-	-	15.7	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.7	17.2	.506	-	-	-	5.4	8.6	.624
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Season 6
	Walt Bellamy	Rolando Blackman
Season	1966-67	1986-87
Team	New York Knicks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Semis	Mavericks 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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	38.1	19.0	-	-	13.5	2.6	-	-	-	3.5	7.2	13.7	.521	-	-	-	4.7	7.3	.636
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	4	39.3	18.3	-	-	16.5	3.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.0	13.5	.519	-	-	-	4.3	7.3	.586
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

Season 9
	Walt Bellamy	Rolando Blackman
Season	1969-70	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost West Div Finals	Mavericks 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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	25.7	11.6	-	-	8.9	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	8.5	.523	-	-	-	2.7	4.7	.576
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
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	9	40.9	16.8	-	-	15.6	3.9	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	14.0	.468	-	-	-	3.7	5.1	.717
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