Greg Buckner vs. Hal Greer Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Hal Greer and Greg Buckner, 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.

Greg Buckner played 10 years in the NBA, 5 less than Hal Greer, who played 15. Greg Buckner had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Hal Greer had his rookie season in 1958-59. 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.

Season 3
	Greg Buckner	Hal Greer
Season	2001-02	1960-61
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Greg Buckner	44	20.1	5.8	1.5	2.4	3.9	1.1	0.7	0.4	0.6	2.8	2.4	4.5	.525	0.1	0.4	.313	0.9	1.3	.690
Hal Greer	79	35.0	19.6	-	-	5.8	3.8	-	-	-	3.1	7.9	17.5	.451	-	-	-	3.9	5.0	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	7	15.1	3.9	1.9	1.9	3.7	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.4	2.1	1.7	3.6	.480	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.6	.750
Hal Greer	8	29.0	14.4	-	-	4.1	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	13.3	.387	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.825

Season 4
	Greg Buckner	Hal Greer
Season	2002-03	1961-62
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Greg Buckner	75	20.2	6.0	1.0	1.9	2.9	1.3	1.0	0.2	0.8	2.7	2.5	5.3	.465	0.2	0.7	.273	0.9	1.1	.802
Hal Greer	71	38.1	22.8	-	-	7.4	4.4	-	-	-	3.5	9.1	20.3	.447	-	-	-	4.7	5.7	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	10	11.0	2.6	0.3	1.4	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.8	1.0	3.1	.323	0.2	0.9	.222	0.4	0.4	1.000
Hal Greer	1	5.0	0.0	-	-	0	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 5
	Greg Buckner	Hal Greer
Season	2003-04	1962-63
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Syracuse Nationals
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Greg Buckner	53	13.3	3.1	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.5	1.2	3.3	.377	0.2	0.8	.273	0.4	0.5	.741
Hal Greer	80	32.9	19.5	-	-	5.7	3.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.5	16.2	.464	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.834
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	42.8	23.4	-	-	5.4	4.2	-	-	-	4.2	8.8	17.4	.506	-	-	-	5.8	7.0	.829

Season 6
	Greg Buckner	Hal Greer
Season	2004-05	1963-64
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Greg Buckner	70	21.7	6.2	0.9	2.0	3.0	1.9	1.1	0.1	0.7	2.4	2.3	4.3	.528	0.7	1.7	.405	0.9	1.2	.778
Hal Greer	80	39.5	23.3	-	-	6.1	4.7	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	20.1	.444	-	-	-	5.4	6.6	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	5	20.2	2.0	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.6	2.8	0.8	3.6	.222	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.0	-
Hal Greer	5	42.2	21.4	-	-	5.6	6.0	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	19.0	.389	-	-	-	6.6	7.8	.846

Season 7
	Greg Buckner	Hal Greer
Season	2005-06	1964-65
Team	Denver Nuggets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Greg Buckner	73	24.1	6.7	0.4	2.4	2.9	1.7	1.2	0.3	0.7	2.5	2.5	5.7	.434	1.2	3.3	.354	0.6	0.8	.782
Hal Greer	70	37.1	20.2	-	-	5.1	4.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.7	17.8	.433	-	-	-	4.8	5.9	.811
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	5	27.4	12.6	0.6	2.2	2.8	1.2	0.6	0.2	0.2	2.4	4.6	11.0	.418	2.0	6.4	.313	1.4	1.6	.875
Hal Greer	11	45.9	24.6	-	-	7.4	5.0	-	-	-	4.1	9.2	20.2	.455	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.793

Season 8
	Greg Buckner	Hal Greer
Season	2006-07	1965-66
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Greg Buckner	76	18.1	4.0	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.5	2.0	1.6	3.9	.411	0.4	1.4	.311	0.4	0.4	.794
Hal Greer	80	41.6	22.7	-	-	5.9	4.8	-	-	-	3.9	8.8	19.8	.445	-	-	-	5.2	6.4	.804
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	6	7.3	0.2	0.3	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.2	0.0	1.2	.000	0.0	0.7	.000	0.2	0.3	.500
Hal Greer	5	45.2	16.4	-	-	7.2	4.2	-	-	-	4.2	6.4	18.2	.352	-	-	-	3.6	4.6	.783

Season 9
	Greg Buckner	Hal Greer
Season	2007-08	1966-67
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Greg Buckner	31	16.8	4.0	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.3	0.7	0.1	0.9	2.0	1.5	3.8	.385	0.5	1.6	.300	0.6	0.7	.864
Hal Greer	80	38.6	22.1	-	-	5.3	3.8	-	-	-	3.8	8.7	19.1	.459	-	-	-	4.6	5.8	.788
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	15	45.9	27.7	-	-	5.9	5.3	-	-	-	3.7	10.7	25.0	.429	-	-	-	6.3	7.9	.797

Season 10
	Greg Buckner	Hal Greer
Season	2008-09	1967-68
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Greg Buckner	63	13.9	2.5	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.6	1.7	1.0	2.5	.384	0.2	0.8	.255	0.3	0.4	.800
Hal Greer	82	39.8	24.1	-	-	5.4	4.5	-	-	-	3.5	9.5	19.8	.478	-	-	-	5.1	6.7	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	13	42.5	25.8	-	-	6.1	4.2	-	-	-	3.8	9.2	21.4	.432	-	-	-	7.3	8.5	.856

Season 11
	Greg Buckner	Hal Greer
Season	-	1968-69
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	82	40.4	23.1	-	-	5.3	5.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.9	19.5	.459	-	-	-	5.3	6.6	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	40.8	16.0	-	-	6.0	4.6	-	-	-	4.6	5.2	16.2	.321	-	-	-	5.6	7.2	.778

Season 12
	Greg Buckner	Hal Greer
Season	-	1969-70
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	76ers Lost East Div 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		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	80	37.8	22.0	-	-	4.7	5.1	-	-	-	3.8	8.8	19.4	.455	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.815
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Greg Buckner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hal Greer	5	35.6	15.4	-	-	3.4	5.4	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	14.8	.446	-	-	-	2.2	2.6	.846