Desmond Bane vs. P.J. Brown Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Brown 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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 4 years in the NBA, 11 less than P.J. Brown, who played 15. Desmond Bane had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while P.J. Brown had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
Desmond Bane	4	3	2020-21 to 2023-24
P.J. Brown	15	11	1993-94 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	2020-21	1993-94
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East 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		%
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
P.J. Brown	79	24.7	5.7	2.4	3.9	6.2	1.2	0.9	1.2	0.9	2.2	2.1	5.1	.415	0.0	0.1	.167	1.5	1.9	.757

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	-
P.J. Brown	4	14.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.5	0.8	3.3	0.5	2.3	.222	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 2
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	2021-22	1994-95
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
P.J. Brown	80	30.8	8.1	2.2	3.9	6.1	1.7	0.9	1.7	1.0	3.3	3.2	7.1	.446	0.1	0.3	.167	1.7	2.6	.671

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
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	2022-23	1995-96
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West 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		%
Desmond Bane	58	31.8	21.5	0.7	4.3	5.0	4.4	1.0	0.4	2.2	2.6	7.8	16.2	.479	2.9	7.0	.408	3.1	3.5	.883
P.J. Brown	81	36.3	11.3	2.7	4.3	6.9	2.0	1.0	1.2	1.6	3.1	4.4	9.9	.444	0.0	0.2	.200	2.5	3.3	.770

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	6	38.5	23.5	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.2	0.5	0.0	2.8	3.2	8.2	19.3	.422	2.7	8.3	.320	4.5	4.8	.931
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	2023-24	1996-97
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
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
P.J. Brown	80	32.4	9.5	3.0	5.4	8.4	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.4	3.5	3.8	8.2	.457	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.8	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	15	29.9	8.1	3.2	5.4	8.6	0.7	0.6	1.3	1.1	2.7	2.8	6.9	.408	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.5	.717


Season 5
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	-	1997-98
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East 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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	74	31.9	9.6	3.2	5.4	8.6	1.4	0.9	1.3	1.3	3.6	3.8	8.0	.471	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.766

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	5	38.0	9.2	3.0	5.8	8.8	0.8	1.4	0.6	1.2	4.4	3.8	7.4	.514	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	4.4	.364


Season 6
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East 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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	50	32.2	11.4	2.3	4.6	6.9	1.3	0.9	1.0	1.4	3.3	4.6	9.5	.480	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	2.9	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	5	29.0	10.2	2.8	3.4	6.2	1.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	3.4	4.2	9.0	.467	0.0	0.2	.000	1.8	2.0	.900


Season 7
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat Lost East 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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	80	28.8	9.6	2.7	4.8	7.5	1.8	0.8	0.8	1.3	3.3	4.0	8.4	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.755

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	10	30.9	7.5	2.6	5.6	8.2	1.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	4.2	3.5	8.2	.427	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.6	.833


Season 8
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	-	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	80	35.1	8.5	3.2	6.1	9.3	1.6	1.0	1.2	1.4	3.3	3.1	7.0	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	2.6	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	10	38.5	8.0	4.1	5.9	10.0	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.2	3.1	2.8	6.7	.418	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.9	.828


Season 9
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	80	32.0	8.4	3.4	6.4	9.8	1.3	0.7	1.0	1.1	2.8	3.1	6.6	.474	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	2.5	.858

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	9	36.8	10.2	3.2	6.3	9.6	1.6	0.7	1.3	0.9	4.1	3.6	8.3	.427	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.1	.757


Season 10
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	78	33.4	10.7	3.1	5.9	9.0	1.9	0.9	1.0	1.3	2.6	4.1	7.7	.531	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.0	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	6	32.2	10.2	3.3	4.3	7.7	1.0	1.2	0.5	0.8	3.7	3.5	7.3	.477	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	4.2	.760


Season 11
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets Lost East 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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	80	34.4	10.5	3.0	5.7	8.6	1.9	1.0	0.9	1.3	2.5	4.2	8.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	2.0	2.3	.854

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	7	36.4	8.9	4.1	5.6	9.7	2.1	0.4	1.6	1.9	2.3	3.7	10.1	.366	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.6	.909


Season 12
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	New Orleans Hornets
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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	82	34.4	10.8	3.2	5.7	9.0	2.2	0.9	0.6	1.2	2.8	4.1	9.2	.446	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.0	.864

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets
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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	75	31.7	9.0	2.4	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.6	0.7	1.2	2.9	3.6	7.8	.461	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.2	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	72	20.2	6.1	1.8	3.0	4.8	0.7	0.3	0.7	1.2	2.6	2.4	5.8	.407	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.787

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	10	22.8	8.3	1.7	3.0	4.7	1.2	0.8	0.2	0.8	2.9	3.3	6.7	.493	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.739


Season 15
	Desmond Bane	P.J. Brown
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Boston Celtics
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		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	18	11.6	2.2	1.6	2.2	3.8	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.3	.341	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.688

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Desmond Bane	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
P.J. Brown	25	13.6	2.9	0.7	1.6	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.5	2.3	1.0	2.2	.464	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.0	.840

Desmond Bane vs. P.J. Brown Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of P.J. Brown 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.

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