Aaron Nesmith vs. Jerry Sloan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Sloan and Aaron Nesmith, 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.

Aaron Nesmith played 5 years in the NBA, 6 less than Jerry Sloan, who played 11. Aaron Nesmith had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Jerry Sloan had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Season 2
	Aaron Nesmith	Jerry Sloan
Season	2021-22	1966-67
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Bulls Lost West Div Semis

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	52	11.0	3.8	0.3	1.4	1.7	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.3	1.4	3.5	.396	0.6	2.2	.270	0.4	0.5	.808
difference:	+28	+25.8	+13.6			+7.4	+1.7				-2.4	+5.2	+11.7	+.036				+3.9	+4.8	+.012
Jerry Sloan	80	36.8	17.4	-	-	9.1	2.1	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	15	3.5	0.8	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	1.1	.235	0.1	0.7	.091	0.2	0.3	.750
difference:	+12	+20.2	+9.2			+2.3	+0.1				-1.9	+3.7	+9.2	+.152				+1.8	+2.7	+.083
Jerry Sloan	3	23.7	10.0	-	-	3.3	0.3	-	-	-	2.3	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 4
	Aaron Nesmith	Jerry Sloan
Season	2023-24	1968-69
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	72	27.7	12.2	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.5	0.9	0.7	0.9	3.3	4.4	8.8	.496	1.9	4.6	.419	1.5	1.9	.781
difference:	+6	+10.0	+4.6			+4.1	+2.0				-0.7	+1.9	+6.2	+.079				+2.8	+3.8	+.036
Jerry Sloan	78	37.7	16.8	-	-	7.9	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.3	15.0	.417	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	17	32.9	10.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	2.2	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.9	3.6	8.3	.433	1.3	4.6	.278	2.0	2.2	.919
Jerry Sloan	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Aaron Nesmith	Jerry Sloan
Season	2024-25	1969-70
Team	Indiana Pacers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Pacers Lost NBA Finals	Bulls Lost West Div Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	45	25.0	12.0	0.8	3.1	4.0	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.5	4.3	8.4	.507	1.9	4.3	.431	1.6	1.8	.913
difference:	+8	+9.4	+3.6			+3.0	+1.9				-0.9	+1.5	+5.5	+.086				+2.3	+4.2	+.262
Jerry Sloan	53	34.4	15.6	-	-	7.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	5.8	13.9	.421	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.651
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Aaron Nesmith	23	28.3	12.7	1.2	4.5	5.7	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.0	4.1	4.3	9.2	.472	2.6	5.3	.492	1.3	1.6	.861
difference:	+18	+9.7	+2.1			+2.1	+1.1				-0.5	+1.5	+5.6	+.080				+1.9	+3.4	+.221
Jerry Sloan	5	38.0	14.8	-	-	7.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	14.8	.392	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.640

Additional Years
* Jerry Sloan played 6 seasons more than Aaron Nesmith in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 11, from 1971 to 1976—Jerry Sloan played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Aaron Nesmith, Jerry Sloan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team