Eric Fernsten vs. Lamar Odom Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lamar Odom and Eric Fernsten, 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.

Eric Fernsten played 6 years in the NBA, 8 less than Lamar Odom, who played 14. Eric Fernsten had the first of his seasons in 1975-76, while Lamar Odom had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Eric Fernsten	Lamar Odom
Season	1975-76	1999-00
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Eric Fernsten	37	7.2	2.5	0.7	1.2	1.9	0.5	0.2	0.4	-	0.6	0.9	2.3	.384	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.703
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Fernsten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Eric Fernsten didn't play in 1977-78 and 1978-79.

Season 4
	Eric Fernsten	Lamar Odom
Season	1980-81	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Eric Fernsten	45	6.2	2.1	0.6	0.7	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.8	1.8	.481	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.667
Lamar Odom	49	34.3	14.6	1.2	5.4	6.7	3.6	0.9	0.8	2.9	3.7	5.5	12.5	.439	0.9	2.6	.326	2.8	3.6	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Fernsten	8	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667
Lamar Odom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Eric Fernsten didn't play in 1982-83.

Season 10
	Eric Fernsten	Lamar Odom
Season	-	2008-09
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Eric Fernsten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	78	29.7	11.3	2.3	5.9	8.2	2.6	1.0	1.3	1.8	3.0	4.4	9.0	.492	0.4	1.3	.320	2.1	3.3	.623
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Fernsten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	23	32.0	12.3	2.8	6.3	9.1	1.8	0.7	1.3	1.7	3.3	4.7	9.0	.524	0.8	1.5	.514	2.1	3.5	.613

Season 11
	Eric Fernsten	Lamar Odom
Season	-	2009-10
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Eric Fernsten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	82	31.5	10.8	2.2	7.5	9.8	3.3	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.8	4.2	9.0	.463	0.7	2.2	.319	1.7	2.5	.693
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Fernsten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	23	29.0	9.7	2.6	6.0	8.6	2.0	0.7	0.9	1.2	3.7	4.0	8.4	.469	0.4	1.8	.244	1.3	2.2	.600

Season 12
	Eric Fernsten	Lamar Odom
Season	-	2010-11
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Eric Fernsten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	82	32.2	14.4	2.1	6.5	8.7	3.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.8	10.9	.530	0.8	2.2	.382	2.0	3.0	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Eric Fernsten	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	10	28.6	12.1	1.3	5.2	6.5	2.1	0.2	0.4	1.5	2.5	4.5	9.8	.459	0.4	2.0	.200	2.7	3.8	.711