Jaden McDaniels vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Jaden McDaniels, 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.

Jaden McDaniels played 5 years in the NBA, 5 less than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Jaden McDaniels had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, 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
	Jaden McDaniels	Kenny Smith
Season	2020-21	1987-88
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	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		%
Jaden McDaniels	63	24.0	6.8	0.8	2.9	3.7	1.1	0.6	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.6	5.8	.447	1.1	3.1	.364	0.4	0.7	.600
difference:	+2	+11.6	+7.0	+0.1	+1.3	+1.4	+6.0	+0.9	+0.9	-2.3	-0.4	+2.8	+5.6	+.030	+0.9	+2.5	+.056	+2.3	+2.6	+.219
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 Jaden McDaniels nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Jaden McDaniels	Kenny Smith
Season	2023-24	1990-91
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaden McDaniels	72	29.2	10.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	1.4	0.9	0.6	1.2	3.0	4.3	8.7	.489	1.2	3.5	.337	0.8	1.1	.722
difference:	+6	+5.4	+7.2	+0.3	+0.7	+1.0	+5.7	+0.5	+0.5	-1.8	-1.3	+2.4	+4.2	+.031	+0.6	+1.8	+.026	+2.9	+3.3	+.122
Kenny Smith	78	34.6	17.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.1	1.4	0.1	3.0	1.7	6.7	12.9	.520	0.6	1.7	.363	3.7	4.4	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaden McDaniels	16	33.6	12.2	1.8	2.1	3.8	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	3.4	4.5	8.8	.514	1.5	3.5	.429	1.7	2.2	.771
difference:	+13	+4.1	+3.1	+0.5	+0.8	+1.1	+6.9	+0.4	+0.8	-0.9	-1.7	+1.5	+3.9	+.040	+0.8	+2.2	+.071	+1.0	+0.8	+.118
Kenny Smith	3	37.7	15.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	8.0	1.3	0.3	2.0	1.7	6.0	12.7	.474	0.7	1.3	.500	2.7	3.0	.889