Alex Caruso vs. Naz Reid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Naz Reid 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 9 years in the NBA, 2 more than Naz Reid, who played 7. Alex Caruso had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Naz Reid had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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 3
	Alex Caruso	Naz Reid
Season	2019-20	2021-22
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+13	+2.6	+2.8	+1.0	+0.9	+2.0	+1.0	+0.6	+0.6	-0.3	-0.7	+1.1	+1.7	+.077	+0.1	+0.3	+.010	+0.4	+0.4	+.031
Naz Reid	77	15.8	8.3	1.3	2.6	3.9	0.9	0.5	0.9	1.1	2.2	3.0	6.2	.489	0.7	2.2	.343	1.5	1.9	.765
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
difference:	+16	+13.5	+1.7	+0.3	+0.8	+0.5	+2.8	+0.9	+0.6	-0.5	-0.2	+0.9	+2.0	+.013	+0.2	+1.5	+.150	+0.3		+.200
Naz Reid	5	10.8	4.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.0	2.8	1.4	3.4	.412	0.6	1.4	.429	1.4	1.4	1.000

Season 5
	Alex Caruso	Naz Reid
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
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
difference:	+40	+3.8	+6.1	+0.1	+1.5	+1.6	+2.7	+0.9	+0.5		-0.5	+2.5	+4.3	+.079	+1.1	+1.9	+.081	+0.1		+.059
Naz Reid	81	24.2	13.5	0.9	4.3	5.2	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.5	.477	2.1	5.0	.414	1.3	1.8	.736
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	-
difference:	+12	+5.7	+4.8	+0.1	+0.8	+0.9	+3.3	+0.8	+0.2	-0.6	-0.8	+1.8	+3.1	+.067	+0.2	+0.2	+.027	+1.4	+1.9
Naz Reid	16	22.6	11.1	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.9	2.0	4.1	8.9	.458	1.6	4.3	.362	1.4	1.9	.710

Season 6
	Alex Caruso	Naz Reid
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+13	+4.0	+8.6	+0.6	+2.6	+3.1	+0.6	+0.8	+0.2	-0.3		+3.4	+7.2	+.007	+1.4	+3.5	+.015	+0.5	+0.7	+.032
Naz Reid	80	27.5	14.2	1.2	4.9	6.0	2.3	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.4	5.3	11.5	.462	2.2	5.8	.379	1.4	1.8	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Alex Caruso	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Naz Reid	15	25.0	10.4	1.1	3.7	4.7	1.7	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.9	3.7	7.3	.509	1.7	4.2	.397	1.3	1.7	.760

Season 7
	Alex Caruso	Naz Reid
Season	2023-24	2025-26
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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7th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+50	+3.5	+3.2	+0.3	+1.4	+1.9	+1.3	+0.7	+0.1	-0.1	-0.3	+1.5	+3.5	+.009	+0.2	+1.0	+.033		+0.1	+.019
Naz Reid	21	25.2	13.3	1.2	4.4	5.7	2.2	1.0	0.9	1.5	2.8	5.1	11.1	.459	2.1	5.7	.375	1.0	1.3	.741
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Alex Caruso nor Naz Reid played in the postseason in their season 7