Bam Adebayo vs. Randy Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Randy Smith and Bam Adebayo, 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.

Bam Adebayo played 7 years in the NBA, 5 less than Randy Smith, who played 12. Bam Adebayo had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Randy Smith had his rookie season in 1971-72. 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.

Season 3
	Bam Adebayo	Randy Smith
Season	2019-20	1973-74
Team	Miami Heat	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Braves 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		%
Bam Adebayo	72	33.6	15.9	2.4	7.8	10.2	5.1	1.1	1.3	2.8	2.5	6.1	11.0	.557	0.0	0.2	.143	3.7	5.3	.691
Randy Smith	82	33.5	15.5	1.1	2.8	3.8	4.7	2.5	0.0	-	3.2	6.5	13.2	.492	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.712
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	19	36.2	17.8	2.5	7.8	10.3	4.4	1.0	0.8	2.5	3.1	6.5	11.6	.564	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.1	.783
Randy Smith	6	37.8	14.2	0.8	3.5	4.3	4.5	1.7	0.2	-	3.5	6.0	15.0	.400	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.650

Season 4
	Bam Adebayo	Randy Smith
Season	2020-21	1974-75
Team	Miami Heat	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Braves 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		%
Bam Adebayo	64	33.5	18.7	2.2	6.7	9.0	5.4	1.2	1.0	2.6	2.3	7.1	12.5	.570	0.0	0.1	.250	4.4	5.5	.799
Randy Smith	82	36.6	17.8	1.2	3.0	4.2	6.5	1.7	0.0	-	3.0	7.4	15.4	.484	-	-	-	2.9	3.6	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	4	34.0	15.5	3.5	5.8	9.3	4.3	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.8	6.5	14.3	.456	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.3	.769
Randy Smith	7	40.9	18.0	1.1	3.1	4.3	7.0	2.6	0.1	-	3.3	7.1	15.0	.476	-	-	-	3.7	4.3	.867

Season 5
	Bam Adebayo	Randy Smith
Season	2021-22	1975-76
Team	Miami Heat	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Finals	Braves 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		%
Bam Adebayo	56	32.6	19.1	2.4	7.6	10.1	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.6	3.1	7.3	13.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.1	.753
Randy Smith	82	38.6	21.8	1.3	3.8	5.1	5.9	1.9	0.0	-	3.3	8.6	17.3	.494	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.817
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	18	34.1	14.8	2.1	5.9	8.0	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.1	5.8	9.7	.594	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.2	.763
Randy Smith	9	42.9	22.6	0.6	5.2	5.8	8.6	1.6	0.0	-	3.9	9.0	17.9	.503	-	-	-	4.6	5.4	.837

Season 6
	Bam Adebayo	Randy Smith
Season	2022-23	1976-77
Team	Miami Heat	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	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		%
Bam Adebayo	75	34.6	20.4	2.5	6.7	9.2	3.2	1.2	0.8	2.5	2.8	8.0	14.9	.540	0.0	0.2	.083	4.3	5.4	.806
Randy Smith	82	37.7	20.7	1.6	3.9	5.6	5.4	2.1	0.1	-	3.2	8.6	18.3	.467	-	-	-	3.6	4.7	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	23	37.0	17.9	2.7	7.1	9.9	3.7	0.9	0.7	2.7	3.1	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.1	.821
Randy Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Bam Adebayo	Randy Smith
Season	2023-24	1977-78
Team	Miami Heat	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Bam Adebayo	71	34.0	19.3	2.2	8.1	10.4	3.9	1.1	0.9	2.3	2.2	7.5	14.3	.521	0.2	0.6	.357	4.1	5.5	.755
Randy Smith	82	40.4	24.6	1.3	2.4	3.8	5.6	2.1	0.1	3.5	2.7	9.6	20.7	.465	-	-	-	5.4	6.8	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bam Adebayo	5	38.4	22.6	2.2	7.2	9.4	3.8	0.4	0.0	1.6	3.0	9.6	19.4	.495	0.4	2.0	.200	3.0	4.2	.714
Randy Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-