Alex Caruso vs. Dick McGuire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dick McGuire and Alex Caruso, 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.

Alex Caruso played 7 years in the NBA, 4 less than Dick McGuire, who played 11. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Dick McGuire had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11
Rookie Season
	Alex Caruso	Dick McGuire
Season	2017-18	1949-50
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Alex Caruso	37	15.2	3.6	0.4	1.4	1.8	2.0	0.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.4	3.1	.431	0.4	1.2	.302	0.6	0.8	.700
Dick McGuire	68	-	8.6	-	-	-	5.7	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	8.3	.337	-	-	-	3.0	4.6	.652
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick McGuire	5	-	12.6	-	-	-	5.4	-	-	-	4.2	4.4	10.4	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.731

Season 2
	Alex Caruso	Dick McGuire
Season	2018-19	1950-51
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Alex Caruso	25	21.2	9.2	0.8	1.9	2.7	3.1	1.0	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.1	6.9	.445	1.0	2.0	.480	2.0	2.6	.797
Dick McGuire	64	-	8.4	-	-	5.2	6.3	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	7.5	.371	-	-	-	2.8	4.3	.649
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick McGuire	14	-	5.3	-	-	5.9	5.6	-	-	-	3.6	1.8	5.7	.313	-	-	-	1.7	3.8	.453

Season 3
	Alex Caruso	Dick McGuire
Season	2019-20	1951-52
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks 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		%
Alex Caruso	64	18.4	5.5	0.3	1.7	1.9	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.9	4.5	.412	0.6	1.9	.333	1.1	1.5	.734
Dick McGuire	64	31.5	9.2	-	-	5.2	6.1	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	7.4	.430	-	-	-	2.9	4.5	.631
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	21	24.3	6.5	0.7	1.6	2.3	2.8	1.1	0.6	1.5	2.6	2.3	5.4	.425	0.8	2.9	.279	1.1	1.4	.800
Dick McGuire	14	39.0	10.4	-	-	5.1	6.4	-	-	-	3.3	3.4	7.6	.449	-	-	-	3.5	6.1	.570

Season 5
	Alex Caruso	Dick McGuire
Season	2021-22	1953-54
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	41	28.0	7.4	0.8	2.8	3.6	4.0	1.7	0.4	1.4	2.6	2.5	6.2	.398	1.0	3.1	.333	1.4	1.8	.795
Dick McGuire	68	34.5	9.1	-	-	4.6	5.2	-	-	-	2.9	3.0	7.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	5.1	.638
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	4	28.3	6.3	0.5	2.3	2.8	4.3	1.3	1.0	0.3	2.8	2.3	5.8	.391	1.8	4.5	.389	0.0	0.0	-
Dick McGuire	4	17.0	2.8	-	-	1.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.0	1.0	4.0	.250	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.600

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Dick McGuire
Season	2022-23	1954-55
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Alex Caruso	67	23.5	5.6	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.9	1.5	0.7	1.1	2.4	1.9	4.3	.455	0.8	2.3	.364	0.9	1.1	.808
Dick McGuire	71	32.5	9.1	-	-	4.5	7.6	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	8.2	.389	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	.644
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick McGuire	3	25.0	6.7	-	-	3.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	2.0	6.3	.316	-	-	-	2.7	4.0	.667

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Dick McGuire
Season	2023-24	1955-56
Team	Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
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		%
Alex Caruso	71	28.7	10.1	0.9	3.0	3.8	3.5	1.7	1.0	1.4	2.5	3.6	7.6	.468	1.9	4.7	.408	1.0	1.4	.760
Dick McGuire	62	27.2	6.9	-	-	3.5	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	2.5	7.1	.347	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.627
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick McGuire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Alex Caruso	Dick McGuire
Season	-	1957-58
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick McGuire	69	33.5	8.1	-	-	4.2	6.6	-	-	-	2.6	2.9	7.9	.373	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick McGuire	7	33.7	9.6	-	-	4.7	5.7	-	-	-	1.9	3.6	8.6	.417	-	-	-	2.4	3.4	.708

Season 10
	Alex Caruso	Dick McGuire
Season	-	1958-59
Team	-	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick McGuire	71	29.1	9.2	-	-	4.0	6.2	-	-	-	2.1	3.3	7.6	.427	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick McGuire	3	36.3	15.7	-	-	5.7	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	6.7	10.7	.625	-	-	-	2.3	3.7	.636