Boris Diaw vs. Willis Reed Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Willis Reed and Boris Diaw, 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.

Boris Diaw played 14 years in the NBA, 4 more than Willis Reed, who played 10. Boris Diaw had the first of his seasons in 2003-04, while Willis Reed had his rookie season in 1964-65. 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
	Boris Diaw	Willis Reed
Season	2003-04	1964-65
Team	Atlanta Hawks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	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		%
Boris Diaw	76	25.3	4.5	1.5	3.0	4.5	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.7	2.5	1.8	4.1	.447	0.1	0.3	.231	0.7	1.2	.602
Willis Reed	80	38.0	19.5	-	-	14.7	1.7	-	-	-	4.2	7.9	18.2	.432	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Boris Diaw	Willis Reed
Season	2004-05	1965-66
Team	Atlanta Hawks	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		%
Boris Diaw	66	18.2	4.8	0.8	1.8	2.6	2.3	0.6	0.3	1.3	1.9	1.9	4.5	.422	0.1	0.8	.180	0.9	1.2	.740
Willis Reed	76	33.4	15.5	-	-	11.6	1.2	-	-	-	4.3	5.8	13.3	.434	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.757
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Boris Diaw	Willis Reed
Season	2005-06	1966-67
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	Most Improved Player	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Boris Diaw	81	35.5	13.3	2.0	4.9	6.9	6.2	0.7	1.0	2.3	3.2	5.5	10.5	.526	0.1	0.4	.267	2.1	2.9	.731
Willis Reed	78	36.2	20.9	-	-	14.6	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	8.1	16.6	.489	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.735
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	20	39.8	18.7	2.0	4.7	6.7	5.2	0.9	1.1	2.8	3.2	7.6	14.5	.526	0.2	0.4	.429	3.4	4.4	.761
Willis Reed	4	37.0	27.5	-	-	13.8	1.8	-	-	-	4.8	10.8	20.0	.538	-	-	-	6.0	6.3	.960

Season 4
	Boris Diaw	Willis Reed
Season	2006-07	1967-68
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Boris Diaw	73	31.1	9.7	1.2	3.1	4.3	4.8	0.4	0.5	2.1	2.4	4.2	7.8	.538	0.2	0.6	.333	1.1	1.6	.683
Willis Reed	81	35.5	20.8	-	-	13.2	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	8.1	16.6	.490	-	-	-	4.5	6.3	.721
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	10	23.5	6.6	1.3	1.9	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.2	1.7	1.8	2.8	5.9	.475	0.0	0.6	.000	1.0	1.5	.667
Willis Reed	6	35.0	21.3	-	-	10.3	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	8.8	16.3	.541	-	-	-	3.7	5.0	.733

Season 5
	Boris Diaw	Willis Reed
Season	2007-08	1968-69
Team	Phoenix Suns	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Boris Diaw	82	28.1	8.8	1.2	3.4	4.6	3.9	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.0	3.8	7.9	.477	0.2	0.5	.317	1.2	1.6	.744
Willis Reed	82	37.9	21.1	-	-	14.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	8.6	16.5	.521	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.747
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	5	35.6	14.6	1.4	4.2	5.6	4.6	0.6	0.8	2.2	4.4	7.0	12.8	.547	0.0	1.4	.000	0.6	1.2	.500
Willis Reed	10	42.9	25.7	-	-	14.1	1.9	-	-	-	4.0	10.1	19.8	.510	-	-	-	5.5	7.0	.786

Season 6
	Boris Diaw	Willis Reed
Season	2008-09	1969-70
Team	Phoenix Suns, Charlotte Bobcats	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	81	34.0	13.2	1.5	3.9	5.3	4.1	0.8	0.7	2.7	2.5	5.5	10.9	.507	0.9	2.2	.414	1.2	1.8	.687
Willis Reed	81	38.1	21.7	-	-	13.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.7	17.1	.507	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.756
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Willis Reed	18	40.7	23.7	-	-	13.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.3	9.9	21.0	.471	-	-	-	3.9	5.3	.737

Season 7
	Boris Diaw	Willis Reed
Season	2009-10	1970-71
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bobcats Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost East Conf 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		%
Boris Diaw	82	35.4	11.3	1.6	3.6	5.2	4.0	0.7	0.7	2.2	2.7	4.5	9.4	.483	0.8	2.5	.320	1.4	1.8	.769
Willis Reed	73	39.1	20.9	-	-	13.7	2.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.4	18.2	.462	-	-	-	4.1	5.2	.785
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	4	38.0	7.5	1.8	3.3	5.0	4.0	0.3	0.8	3.0	2.8	3.5	7.0	.500	0.3	2.3	.111	0.3	0.5	.500
Willis Reed	12	42.0	15.7	-	-	12.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.4	6.8	16.3	.413	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667

Season 9
	Boris Diaw	Willis Reed
Season	2011-12	1972-73
Team	Charlotte Bobcats, San Antonio Spurs	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	57	25.0	6.4	1.2	3.7	4.9	3.6	0.6	0.4	2.0	2.2	2.7	6.2	.444	0.5	1.7	.313	0.4	0.6	.629
Willis Reed	69	27.2	11.0	-	-	8.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	4.8	10.2	.474	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	14	24.7	6.2	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.1	2.6	5.0	.514	0.6	1.3	.500	0.4	0.6	.750
Willis Reed	17	28.6	12.5	-	-	7.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.8	5.7	12.2	.466	-	-	-	1.1	1.2	.857

Season 11
	Boris Diaw	Willis Reed
Season	2013-14	-
Team	San Antonio Spurs	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	79	25.0	9.1	0.9	3.2	4.1	2.8	0.6	0.4	1.5	1.8	3.8	7.3	.521	0.6	1.4	.402	0.9	1.2	.739
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Boris Diaw	23	26.3	9.2	1.1	3.7	4.8	3.4	0.6	0.1	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.0	.500	0.8	2.0	.400	1.4	2.1	.688
Willis Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-