Donte DiVincenzo vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Donte DiVincenzo, 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.

Donte DiVincenzo played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Donte DiVincenzo had the first of his seasons in 2018-19, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
	Donte DiVincenzo	Kenny Smith
Season	2018-19	1987-88
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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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		%
Donte DiVincenzo	27	15.2	4.9	0.6	1.8	2.4	1.1	0.5	0.2	0.7	1.4	1.9	4.6	.403	0.8	3.1	.265	0.3	0.4	.750
difference:	+34	+20.4	+8.9	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+6.0	+1.0	+0.1	-2.3	-0.9	+3.5	+6.8	+.074	+0.6	+2.5	+.043	+2.4	+2.9	+.069
Kenny Smith	61	35.6	13.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.3	5.4	11.4	.477	0.2	0.6	.308	2.7	3.3	.819
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Donte DiVincenzo nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 3
	Donte DiVincenzo	Kenny Smith
Season	2020-21	1989-90
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donte DiVincenzo	66	27.5	10.4	1.2	4.5	5.8	3.1	1.1	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.8	9.1	.420	2.0	5.2	.379	0.8	1.1	.718
difference:	+13	+3.1	+1.5	+1.0	+2.7	+3.8	+2.5	+0.1	+0.1	-0.7	-0.1	+1.0	+1.2	+.046	+1.7	+4.1	+.066	+1.2	+1.4	+.103
Kenny Smith	79	30.6	11.9	0.2	1.8	2.0	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.1	1.8	4.8	10.3	.466	0.3	1.1	.313	2.0	2.5	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donte DiVincenzo	3	23.3	2.7	0.7	5.7	6.3	2.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	5.3	.188	0.7	4.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-
Kenny Smith	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Donte DiVincenzo	Kenny Smith
Season	2024-25	1993-94
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donte DiVincenzo	62	25.9	11.7	0.5	3.2	3.7	3.6	1.2	0.3	1.6	1.8	4.0	9.6	.422	2.8	7.1	.397	0.8	1.0	.778
difference:	+16	+2.4	+0.1	+0.2	+1.7	+1.9	+0.6	+0.4	+0.2		-0.2	+0.4	+0.5	+.058	+1.7	+4.3	+.008	+0.9	+1.0	+.093
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Donte DiVincenzo	15	25.1	8.7	0.8	2.3	3.1	3.3	1.4	0.3	1.9	3.0	3.1	8.4	.365	1.9	5.9	.318	0.7	0.9	.769
difference:	+8	+5.2	+2.1	+0.6	+0.2	+0.8	+0.8	+0.4	+0.1	-0.5	-1.3	+0.6	+0.2	+.090	+0.4	+2.6	+.129	+1.1	+1.4	+.039
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808