Zaid Abdul-Aziz vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Zaid Abdul-Aziz, 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.

Zaid Abdul-Aziz and Marcus Smart both played 10 years in the NBA. Zaid Abdul-Aziz had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Marcus Smart had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Marcus Smart
Season	1968-69	2014-15
Team	Cincinnati Royals, Milwaukee Bucks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	49	19.3	7.3	-	-	8.3	0.8	-	-	-	2.3	2.9	8.0	.369	-	-	-	1.4	2.3	.619
Marcus Smart	67	27.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.6	2.6	7.1	.367	1.4	4.1	.335	1.2	1.9	.646
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	4	22.5	9.8	1.3	1.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	3.3	.231	2.0	3.8	.533

Season 5
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Marcus Smart
Season	1972-73	2018-19
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	48	18.8	8.7	-	-	6.3	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	7.8	.397	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.735
Marcus Smart	80	27.5	8.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.0	7.1	.422	1.6	4.3	.364	1.3	1.6	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	2	16.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	5.5	.091	0.5	5.5	.091	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 6
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Marcus Smart
Season	1973-74	2019-20
Team	Houston Rockets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	79	31.1	10.9	3.3	8.4	11.7	2.1	1.0	1.3	-	2.9	4.3	9.3	.459	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.804
Marcus Smart	60	32.0	12.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.9	1.7	0.5	1.7	2.7	4.3	11.4	.375	2.3	6.6	.347	2.1	2.5	.836
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	17	38.1	14.5	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.6	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	4.6	11.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.333	2.9	3.3	.875

Season 8
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Marcus Smart
Season	1975-76	2021-22
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	27	8.3	3.2	1.1	1.7	2.8	0.6	0.3	0.6	-	1.1	1.3	2.8	.467	-	-	-	0.6	1.1	.552
Marcus Smart	71	32.3	12.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	4.2	10.1	.418	1.7	5.1	.331	2.0	2.5	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	5	12.0	7.2	0.8	3.4	4.2	0.4	0.0	1.0	-	0.4	2.8	4.0	.700	-	-	-	1.6	2.2	.727
Marcus Smart	21	36.2	15.4	1.0	3.6	4.5	5.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	13.3	.405	2.3	6.5	.350	2.4	3.0	.806