Dee Brown vs. Steve Nash Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Nash and Dee Brown, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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.

Dee Brown played 12 years in the NBA, 6 less than Steve Nash, who played 18. Dee Brown had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Steve Nash had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Dee Brown	12	6	1990-91 to 2001-02
Steve Nash	18	12	1996-97 to 2013-14

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	1990-91	1996-97
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	82	23.7	8.7	0.5	1.7	2.2	4.2	1.0	0.2	1.7	2.0	3.5	7.5	.464	0.1	0.4	.206	1.7	1.9	.873
Steve Nash	65	10.5	3.3	0.2	0.7	1.0	2.1	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.4	1.1	2.7	.423	0.4	0.8	.418	0.6	0.8	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	11	25.8	12.2	0.8	3.3	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.5	2.0	2.9	4.8	9.8	.491	0.0	0.5	.000	2.5	3.1	.824
Steve Nash	4	3.8	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.3	0.5	2.3	.222	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	1991-92	1997-98
Team	Boston Celtics	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	31	28.5	11.7	0.5	2.1	2.5	5.3	1.1	0.2	1.9	2.4	4.8	11.3	.426	0.2	0.7	.227	1.9	2.5	.769
Steve Nash	76	21.9	9.1	0.4	1.7	2.1	3.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	1.9	3.5	7.7	.459	1.1	2.6	.415	1.0	1.1	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	6	20.0	8.0	0.5	1.5	2.0	5.2	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.7	3.7	7.3	.500	0.0	0.5	.000	0.7	1.0	.667
Steve Nash	4	12.8	5.5	0.5	2.0	2.5	1.8	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.8	2.0	4.5	.444	0.3	1.3	.200	1.3	2.0	.625


Season 3
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	1992-93	1998-99
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics 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		%
Dee Brown	80	28.2	10.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.8	1.7	0.4	1.7	2.5	4.1	8.8	.468	0.3	1.0	.317	2.4	3.0	.793
Steve Nash	40	31.7	7.9	0.8	2.1	2.9	5.5	0.9	0.1	2.1	2.5	2.9	7.9	.363	1.2	3.3	.374	1.0	1.2	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	4	33.3	11.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	3.8	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.8	3.8	10.3	.366	0.3	1.8	.143	3.5	3.5	1.000
Steve Nash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	1993-94	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Dee Brown	77	37.2	15.5	0.8	3.1	3.9	4.5	2.0	0.6	1.6	2.7	6.4	13.3	.480	0.4	1.2	.313	2.4	2.8	.831
Steve Nash	56	27.4	8.6	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.9	0.7	0.1	1.8	2.2	3.1	6.5	.477	1.1	2.7	.403	1.3	1.5	.882

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	1994-95	2000-01
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Dee Brown	79	35.3	15.6	0.8	2.4	3.2	3.8	1.4	0.6	1.8	2.3	5.5	12.4	.447	1.6	4.1	.385	3.0	3.5	.852
Steve Nash	70	34.1	15.6	0.7	2.5	3.2	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.9	2.3	5.5	11.3	.487	1.3	3.1	.406	3.3	3.7	.895

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	4	43.0	18.8	1.5	3.5	5.0	4.8	1.3	0.3	1.8	3.3	6.5	15.5	.419	2.3	6.5	.346	3.5	4.0	.875
Steve Nash	10	37.0	13.6	0.6	2.6	3.2	6.4	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.9	4.5	10.8	.417	1.6	3.9	.410	3.0	3.4	.882


Season 6
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	1995-96	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Dee Brown	65	24.5	10.7	0.6	1.5	2.1	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.1	1.8	3.8	9.5	.399	1.0	3.4	.309	2.1	2.4	.854
Steve Nash	82	34.6	17.9	0.6	2.5	3.1	7.7	0.6	0.0	2.8	2.0	6.4	13.3	.483	1.9	4.2	.455	3.2	3.6	.887

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	8	40.5	19.5	0.9	3.1	4.0	8.8	0.5	0.0	3.8	2.5	6.4	14.8	.432	2.5	5.6	.444	4.3	4.4	.971


Season 7
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	1996-97	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Dee Brown	21	24.9	7.6	0.4	1.9	2.3	3.2	1.5	0.3	1.1	2.1	2.9	7.9	.367	1.0	3.1	.308	0.9	1.0	.818
Steve Nash	82	33.1	17.7	0.8	2.1	2.9	7.3	1.0	0.1	2.3	1.6	6.3	13.6	.465	1.4	3.3	.413	3.8	4.1	.909

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	20	36.4	16.1	0.8	2.8	3.5	7.3	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.4	5.8	12.9	.447	1.9	3.8	.487	2.8	3.2	.873


Season 8
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	1997-98	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	72	23.9	9.1	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.1	1.1	0.3	1.0	1.7	3.4	7.8	.438	1.5	3.8	.399	0.8	1.0	.817
Steve Nash	78	33.5	14.5	0.8	2.2	3.0	8.8	0.9	0.1	2.7	1.8	5.1	10.8	.470	1.3	3.3	.405	2.9	3.2	.916

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	5	39.2	13.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	9.0	0.8	0.0	2.4	2.8	5.4	14.0	.386	1.2	3.2	.375	1.6	1.8	.889


Season 9
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	1998-99	2004-05
Team	Toronto Raptors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West 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		%
Dee Brown	49	28.1	11.2	0.3	1.8	2.1	2.9	1.1	0.2	1.6	1.5	3.8	10.1	.378	2.8	7.1	.387	0.8	1.1	.727
Steve Nash	75	34.3	15.5	0.8	2.6	3.3	11.5	1.0	0.1	3.3	1.8	5.7	11.4	.502	1.3	2.9	.431	2.8	3.2	.887

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	15	40.7	23.9	0.6	4.2	4.8	11.3	0.9	0.2	4.7	2.4	9.3	17.9	.520	1.4	3.6	.389	3.8	4.1	.919


Season 10
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	1999-00	2005-06
Team	Toronto Raptors	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Raptors Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West 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		%
Dee Brown	38	17.7	6.9	0.2	1.2	1.4	2.3	0.6	0.1	1.0	1.6	2.4	6.8	.360	1.8	4.9	.358	0.3	0.4	.688
Steve Nash	79	35.4	18.8	0.6	3.6	4.2	10.5	0.8	0.2	3.5	1.5	6.8	13.4	.512	1.9	4.3	.439	3.3	3.5	.921

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	3	6.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	1.3	.000	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Steve Nash	20	39.9	20.4	0.5	3.2	3.7	10.2	0.4	0.3	3.4	1.9	7.3	14.6	.502	1.6	4.4	.368	4.2	4.6	.912


Season 11
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	2000-01	2006-07
Team	Orlando Magic	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns Lost West 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		%
Dee Brown	7	22.1	6.9	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.7	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.4	2.3	6.3	.364	1.7	4.6	.375	0.6	0.7	.800
Steve Nash	76	35.3	18.6	0.4	3.1	3.5	11.6	0.8	0.1	3.8	1.5	6.8	12.8	.532	2.1	4.5	.455	2.9	3.3	.899

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	3	18.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	4.3	.462	2.0	3.7	.545	0.0	0.0	-
Steve Nash	11	37.5	18.9	0.4	2.8	3.2	13.3	0.4	0.1	4.4	1.9	6.7	14.5	.463	1.7	3.5	.487	3.7	4.2	.891


Season 12
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	2001-02	2007-08
Team	Orlando Magic	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	7	9.3	1.0	0.0	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.4	2.9	.150	0.1	1.7	.083	0.0	0.0	-
Steve Nash	81	34.3	16.9	0.3	3.1	3.5	11.1	0.7	0.1	3.6	1.4	6.0	11.9	.504	2.2	4.7	.470	2.7	3.0	.906

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	5	36.6	16.2	0.2	2.6	2.8	7.8	0.4	0.2	2.4	2.0	6.4	14.0	.457	1.2	4.0	.300	2.2	2.4	.917


Season 13
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	74	33.6	15.7	0.3	2.8	3.0	9.7	0.7	0.1	3.4	1.5	5.8	11.5	.503	1.5	3.3	.439	2.6	2.8	.933

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West 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		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	81	32.8	16.5	0.4	2.9	3.3	11.0	0.5	0.1	3.6	1.3	6.2	12.2	.507	1.5	3.6	.426	2.6	2.8	.938

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	16	33.7	17.8	0.4	2.9	3.3	10.1	0.3	0.1	3.8	1.3	6.2	11.9	.518	1.2	3.1	.380	4.2	4.7	.893


Season 15
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	-	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		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	75	33.3	14.7	0.5	2.9	3.5	11.4	0.6	0.1	3.5	1.2	5.3	10.8	.492	1.1	2.7	.395	3.0	3.3	.912

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	-	2011-12
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	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		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	62	31.6	12.5	0.4	2.6	3.0	10.7	0.6	0.1	3.7	0.9	4.8	9.0	.532	0.9	2.3	.390	2.0	2.3	.894

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	-	2012-13
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	50	32.5	12.7	0.5	2.3	2.8	6.7	0.6	0.1	2.5	1.4	4.7	9.5	.497	1.1	2.6	.438	2.1	2.3	.922

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	2	30.5	12.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	4.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	1.0	5.0	11.5	.435	0.0	1.5	.000	2.5	2.5	1.000


Season 18
	Dee Brown	Steve Nash
Season	-	2013-14
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	15	20.9	6.8	0.3	1.7	1.9	5.7	0.5	0.1	2.1	1.2	2.4	6.3	.383	0.5	1.6	.333	1.5	1.6	.917

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dee Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Nash	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dee Brown vs. Steve Nash Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Steve Nash and Dee Brown, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18