Desmond Bane vs. Jerry Sloan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Sloan and Desmond Bane, 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.

Desmond Bane played 5 years in the NBA, 6 less than Jerry Sloan, who played 11. Desmond Bane had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Jerry Sloan had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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
	Desmond Bane	Jerry Sloan
Season	2020-21	1965-66
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bullets Lost West Div Semis

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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		%
Desmond Bane	68	22.3	9.2	0.5	2.6	3.1	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.8	3.4	7.3	.469	1.7	4.0	.432	0.6	0.7	.816
difference:	+9	+6.2	+3.5			+0.8	+0.2				-1.2	+1.4	+2.4	+.054				+1.1	+1.7	+.111
Jerry Sloan	59	16.1	5.7	-	-	3.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.0	2.0	4.9	.415	-	-	-	1.7	2.4	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	5	19.8	5.6	0.4	3.0	3.4	2.0	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.2	3.8	.579	1.2	2.4	.500	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+3	+2.8	+0.9			+4.6	+1.0				-1.8	+0.3	+2.2	+.162				+1.5	+2.0
Jerry Sloan	2	17.0	6.5	-	-	8.0	3.0	-	-	-	3.0	2.5	6.0	.417	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.750

Season 2
	Desmond Bane	Jerry Sloan
Season	2021-22	1966-67
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	Bulls Lost West Div Semis

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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		%
Desmond Bane	76	29.8	18.2	0.6	3.8	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.6	6.7	14.5	.461	3.0	6.9	.436	1.8	2.0	.903
difference:	+4	+7.0	+0.8			+4.7	+0.6				-1.1	+0.1	+0.7	+.029				+2.5	+3.3	+.107
Jerry Sloan	80	36.8	17.4	-	-	9.1	2.1	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	12	35.7	18.8	0.4	3.3	3.8	2.2	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.9	6.3	13.3	.478	3.6	7.3	.489	2.5	2.9	.857
difference:	+9	+12.0	+8.8			+0.5	+1.9				-0.4	+2.3	+3.0	+.091				+0.5	+0.1	+.190
Jerry Sloan	3	23.7	10.0	-	-	3.3	0.3	-	-	-	2.3	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 4
	Desmond Bane	Jerry Sloan
Season	2023-24	1968-69
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	42	34.4	23.7	0.9	3.5	4.4	5.5	1.0	0.5	2.7	2.9	8.6	18.5	.464	3.3	8.6	.381	3.3	3.8	.870
difference:	+36	+3.3	+6.9			+3.5	+2.0				-1.1	+2.3	+3.5	+.047				+1.0	+1.9	+.125
Jerry Sloan	78	37.7	16.8	-	-	7.9	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.3	15.0	.417	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.745
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Desmond Bane nor Jerry Sloan played in the postseason in their season 4

Season 5
	Desmond Bane	Jerry Sloan
Season	2024-25	1969-70
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Div Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	69	32.0	19.2	0.9	5.2	6.1	5.3	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.4	7.1	14.8	.484	2.4	6.1	.392	2.6	2.9	.894
difference:	+16	+2.4	+3.6			+0.9	+2.2				-1.0	+1.3	+0.9	+.063				+1.3	+3.1	+.243
Jerry Sloan	53	34.4	15.6	-	-	7.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	5.8	13.9	.421	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.651
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	4	34.8	15.3	1.3	5.5	6.8	3.3	0.8	0.5	3.8	2.3	5.0	15.8	.317	1.8	8.0	.219	3.5	3.8	.933
difference:	+1	+3.2	+0.5			+1.0	+1.1				-1.3	+0.8	+1.0	+.075				+0.3	+1.2	+.293
Jerry Sloan	5	38.0	14.8	-	-	7.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	14.8	.392	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.640

Additional Years
* Jerry Sloan played 6 seasons more than Desmond Bane in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 6 to 11, from 1971 to 1976—Jerry Sloan played in 5 Playoffs. In those 6 extra years over Desmond Bane, Jerry Sloan got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-Defensive First Team 1 All-Defensive Second Team