Bill Walton vs. Max Zaslofsky Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Zaslofsky and Bill Walton, 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.

Bill Walton and Max Zaslofsky both played 10 years in the NBA. Bill Walton had the first of his seasons in 1974-75, while Max Zaslofsky had his rookie season in 1946-47. 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
	Bill Walton	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1974-75	1946-47
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Stags 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		%
Bill Walton	35	32.9	12.8	2.6	10.0	12.6	4.8	0.8	2.7	-	3.3	5.1	9.9	.513	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.686
Max Zaslofsky	61	-	14.4	-	-	-	0.7	-	-	-	2.0	5.5	16.7	.329	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.737
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	11	-	13.5	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	2.4	5.5	18.1	.302	-	-	-	2.6	4.0	.659

Season 2
	Bill Walton	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1975-76	1947-48
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Stags Lost Semifinals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	51	33.1	16.1	2.6	10.8	13.4	4.3	1.0	1.6	-	2.8	6.8	14.4	.471	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	.583
Max Zaslofsky	48	-	21.0	-	-	-	0.6	-	-	-	2.6	7.8	24.1	.323	-	-	-	5.4	6.9	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	5	-	19.4	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	3.4	6.0	17.6	.341	-	-	-	7.4	9.4	.787

Season 3
	Bill Walton	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1976-77	1948-49
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Stags 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		%
Bill Walton	65	34.8	18.6	3.2	11.1	14.4	3.8	1.0	3.2	-	2.7	7.6	14.3	.528	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.697
Max Zaslofsky	58	-	20.6	-	-	-	2.6	-	-	-	2.7	7.3	21.0	.350	-	-	-	6.0	7.1	.840
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	19	39.7	18.2	2.9	12.2	15.2	5.5	1.1	3.4	-	4.2	8.1	15.9	.507	-	-	-	2.1	3.0	.684
Max Zaslofsky	2	-	22.0	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	1.5	7.5	24.5	.306	-	-	-	7.0	9.0	.778

Season 4
	Bill Walton	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1977-78	1949-50
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Chicago Stags
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf Semis	Stags Lost Cent 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		%
Bill Walton	58	33.3	18.9	2.0	11.2	13.2	5.0	1.0	2.5	3.6	2.5	7.9	15.2	.522	-	-	-	3.1	4.2	.720
Max Zaslofsky	68	-	16.4	-	-	-	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	5.8	16.6	.351	-	-	-	4.7	5.6	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	2	24.5	13.5	2.5	8.5	11.0	2.0	1.5	1.5	3.0	0.5	5.5	9.0	.611	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.714
Max Zaslofsky	2	-	22.5	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.5	16.0	.469	-	-	-	7.5	9.0	.833

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1978-79.

Note: Bill Walton didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.

Season 6
	Bill Walton	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1982-83	1951-52
Team	San Diego Clippers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Bill Walton	33	33.3	14.1	2.3	7.5	9.8	3.6	1.0	3.6	3.2	3.4	6.1	11.5	.528	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.556
Max Zaslofsky	66	32.0	14.1	-	-	2.9	2.4	-	-	-	2.8	4.9	14.5	.336	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Zaslofsky	14	36.1	16.2	-	-	3.1	1.6	-	-	-	3.6	4.9	13.2	.373	-	-	-	6.4	7.9	.809

Season 9
	Bill Walton	Max Zaslofsky
Season	1985-86	1954-55
Team	Boston Celtics	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pistons 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		%
Bill Walton	80	19.3	7.6	1.7	5.1	6.8	2.1	0.5	1.3	1.9	2.6	2.9	5.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.5	.713
Max Zaslofsky	70	26.6	11.2	-	-	2.7	2.9	-	-	-	1.9	3.8	11.7	.328	-	-	-	3.5	5.0	.702
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Bill Walton	16	18.2	7.9	1.6	4.9	6.4	1.7	0.4	0.8	1.4	2.8	3.4	5.8	.581	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.4	.826
Max Zaslofsky	11	11.7	4.7	-	-	1.5	1.6	-	-	-	1.8	1.6	4.0	.409	-	-	-	1.5	1.8	.800