George Mikan vs. Slick Watts Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Slick Watts and George Mikan, 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.

George Mikan played 7 years in the NBA, 1 more than Slick Watts, who played 6. George Mikan had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, while Slick Watts had his rookie season in 1973-74. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Rookie Season
	George Mikan	Slick Watts
Season	1948-49	1973-74
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
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		%
George Mikan	60	-	28.3	-	-	-	3.6	-	-	-	4.3	9.7	23.4	.416	-	-	-	8.9	11.5	.772
Slick Watts	62	23.0	8.0	1.2	1.8	2.9	5.7	1.9	0.2	-	3.3	3.2	8.2	.388	-	-	-	1.6	2.5	.645
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	10	-	30.3	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	4.4	10.3	22.7	.454	-	-	-	9.7	12.1	.802
Slick Watts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	George Mikan	Slick Watts
Season	1949-50	1974-75
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Supersonics 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		%
George Mikan	68	-	27.4	-	-	-	2.9	-	-	-	4.4	9.5	23.5	.407	-	-	-	8.3	10.7	.779
Slick Watts	82	25.1	6.8	1.2	2.0	3.2	6.1	2.3	0.1	-	3.1	2.8	6.7	.421	-	-	-	1.1	1.9	.608
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	12	-	31.3	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.9	10.1	26.3	.383	-	-	-	11.2	14.2	.788
Slick Watts	9	31.3	11.1	1.1	2.6	3.7	7.1	3.0	0.4	-	3.3	4.8	10.3	.462	-	-	-	1.6	2.9	.538

Season 3
	George Mikan	Slick Watts
Season	1950-51	1975-76
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	Scoring Leader	-
	-	Assists Leader
	-	Steals Leader
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Supersonics 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		%
George Mikan	68	-	28.4	-	-	14.1	3.1	-	-	-	4.5	10.0	23.3	.428	-	-	-	8.5	10.5	.803
Slick Watts	82	33.9	13.0	1.4	3.1	4.5	8.1	3.2	0.2	-	3.3	5.3	12.4	.427	-	-	-	2.4	4.2	.578
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	7	-	24.0	-	-	10.6	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	21.7	.408	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.800
Slick Watts	6	32.8	11.8	0.8	2.2	3.0	8.2	2.0	0.3	-	4.7	5.0	11.5	.435	-	-	-	1.8	3.8	.478

Season 4
	George Mikan	Slick Watts
Season	1951-52	1976-77
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
George Mikan	64	40.2	23.8	-	-	13.5	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	8.5	22.1	.385	-	-	-	6.8	8.7	.780
Slick Watts	79	33.3	13.0	1.0	2.9	3.9	8.0	2.7	0.3	-	3.2	5.4	12.8	.422	-	-	-	2.2	3.7	.587
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	13	42.5	23.6	-	-	15.9	2.8	-	-	-	4.8	7.6	20.1	.379	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.790
Slick Watts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	George Mikan	Slick Watts
Season	1952-53	1977-78
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Seattle Supersonics, New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
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		%
George Mikan	70	37.9	20.6	-	-	14.4	2.9	-	-	-	4.1	7.1	17.9	.399	-	-	-	6.3	8.1	.780
Slick Watts	71	22.3	7.5	0.8	1.7	2.5	4.1	1.5	0.4	2.4	2.6	3.1	7.9	.392	-	-	-	1.3	2.2	.590
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	12	38.6	19.8	-	-	15.4	1.9	-	-	-	4.7	6.5	17.8	.366	-	-	-	6.8	9.3	.732
Slick Watts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Mikan	Slick Watts
Season	1953-54	1978-79
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Rockets 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		%
George Mikan	72	32.8	18.1	-	-	14.3	2.4	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	16.1	.380	-	-	-	5.9	7.6	.777
Slick Watts	61	17.1	3.7	0.6	1.1	1.7	4.0	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.3	1.5	3.7	.405	-	-	-	0.7	1.1	.612
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Mikan	13	32.6	19.4	-	-	13.2	1.9	-	-	-	4.3	6.7	14.6	.458	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.813
Slick Watts	2	21.5	7.0	2.0	1.5	3.5	3.5	2.0	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.0	7.5	.400	-	-	-	1.0	1.5	.667

Note: George Mikan didn't play in 1954-55.