Dereck Lively II vs. Jamaal Wilkes Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jamaal Wilkes and Dereck Lively II, 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.

Dereck Lively II played 2 years in the NBA, 10 less than Jamaal Wilkes, who played 12. Dereck Lively II had the first of his seasons in 2023-24, while Jamaal Wilkes had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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.

Rookie Season
	Dereck Lively II	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2023-24	1974-75
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	NBA Champion

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dereck Lively II	55	23.5	8.8	2.5	4.4	6.9	1.1	0.7	1.4	0.9	2.6	4.0	5.4	.747	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.5	.506
difference:	+27	+7.2	+5.4		+1.3	+1.3	+1.1	+0.6	+1.1		-0.1	+2.1	+8.4	+.305				+1.3	+1.2	+.228
Jamaal Wilkes	82	30.7	14.2	2.5	5.7	8.2	2.2	1.3	0.3	-	2.7	6.1	13.8	.442	-	-	-	2.0	2.7	.734
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dereck Lively II	21	22.0	7.9	2.7	4.7	7.4	1.3	0.4	1.0	1.0	2.3	3.0	4.5	.674	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.9	.590
difference:	+4	+7.6	+7.1	+0.9	+0.5	+0.4	+0.3	+1.1	+0.2		-0.8	+3.5	+10.1	+.228				+0.2	+0.1	+.112
Jamaal Wilkes	17	29.6	15.0	1.8	5.2	7.0	1.6	1.5	0.8	-	3.1	6.5	14.6	.446	-	-	-	1.9	2.8	.702

Season 2
	Dereck Lively II	Jamaal Wilkes
Season	2024-25	1975-76
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors Lost West Conf Finals

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dereck Lively II	36	23.1	8.7	2.9	4.6	7.5	2.4	0.6	1.6	1.1	2.8	3.7	5.3	.702	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.0	.630
difference:	+46	+10.0	+9.1	+0.5	+1.8	+1.3	+0.4	+0.6	+1.2		-0.1	+3.8	+11.0	+.239				+1.5	+1.6	+.142
Jamaal Wilkes	82	33.1	17.8	2.4	6.4	8.8	2.0	1.2	0.4	-	2.7	7.5	16.3	.463	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.772
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dereck Lively II	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaal Wilkes	13	34.6	15.9	1.9	6.0	7.9	2.2	0.9	0.6	-	2.5	6.6	15.4	.430	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.778

Additional Years
* Jamaal Wilkes played 10 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 3 to 12, from 1977 to 1986—Jamaal Wilkes played in 8 Playoffs and won 3 NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Jamaal Wilkes got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Defensive Second Team 2 All-Star Game