Jae Crowder vs. James Harden Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Harden and Jae Crowder, 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.

Jae Crowder played 13 years in the NBA, 3 less than James Harden, who played 16. Jae Crowder had the first of his seasons in 2012-13, while James Harden had his rookie season in 2009-10. 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
	Jae Crowder	James Harden
Season	2012-13	2009-10
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jae Crowder	78	17.3	5.0	0.4	1.9	2.4	1.2	0.8	0.2	0.6	1.6	1.8	4.7	.384	0.8	2.5	.328	0.6	0.9	.644
difference:	+2	+5.6	+4.9	+0.2	+0.7	+0.8	+0.6	+0.3	+0.1	-0.8	-1.0	+1.3	+2.9	+.019	+0.4	+0.8	+.047	+2.0	+2.3	+.164
James Harden	76	22.9	9.9	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.8	1.1	0.3	1.4	2.6	3.1	7.6	.403	1.2	3.3	.375	2.6	3.2	.808
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Harden	6	20.0	7.7	0.2	2.3	2.5	1.8	1.0	0.2	0.5	2.3	2.0	5.2	.387	1.0	2.7	.375	2.7	3.2	.842

Season 3
	Jae Crowder	James Harden
Season	2014-15	2011-12
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics	Oklahoma City Thunder
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Thunder Lost NBA Finals

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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		%
Jae Crowder	82	20.1	7.7	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.1	0.9	0.3	0.6	1.7	2.8	6.6	.420	0.7	2.5	.293	1.3	1.7	.773
difference:	+20	+11.3	+9.1	+0.4	+0.9	+0.5	+2.6	+0.1	+0.1	-1.6	-0.7	+2.2	+3.5	+.071	+1.1	+2.2	+.097	+3.7	+4.3	+.073
James Harden	62	31.4	16.8	0.5	3.6	4.1	3.7	1.0	0.2	2.2	2.4	5.0	10.1	.491	1.8	4.7	.390	5.0	6.0	.846
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	4	25.0	10.8	2.0	3.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.8	1.3	3.5	3.8	7.3	.517	0.8	2.5	.300	2.5	3.3	.769
difference:	+16	+6.5	+5.5	+1.3	+1.5	+0.1	+1.4	+0.6	+0.7	-0.8	-0.1	+0.9	+3.4	+.082	+0.8	+1.4	+.110	+2.9	+3.0	+.088
James Harden	20	31.5	16.3	0.7	4.5	5.1	3.4	1.6	0.1	2.1	3.4	4.7	10.7	.435	1.6	3.9	.410	5.4	6.3	.857

Season 4
	Jae Crowder	James Harden
Season	2015-16	2012-13
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jae Crowder	73	31.6	14.2	1.0	4.2	5.1	1.8	1.7	0.5	1.1	2.7	4.9	11.1	.443	1.7	5.0	.336	2.7	3.3	.820
difference:	+5	+6.7	+11.7	+0.2	+0.1	+0.2	+4.0	+0.1		-2.7	-0.4	+2.6	+6.0	+.005	+0.6	+1.2	+.032	+5.9	+6.9	+.031
James Harden	78	38.3	25.9	0.8	4.1	4.9	5.8	1.8	0.5	3.8	2.3	7.5	17.1	.438	2.3	6.2	.368	8.6	10.2	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	6	32.8	9.5	0.8	5.7	6.5	2.2	1.5	0.5	1.2	2.8	3.3	12.0	.278	1.7	6.8	.244	1.2	1.8	.636
difference:		+7.7	+16.8		+0.1	+0.2	+2.3	+0.5	+0.5	-3.3	-0.2	+4.2	+7.2	+.113	+0.8	+0.5	+.097	+7.6	+9.2	+.167
James Harden	6	40.5	26.3	0.8	5.8	6.7	4.5	2.0	1.0	4.5	3.0	7.5	19.2	.391	2.5	7.3	.341	8.8	11.0	.803

Season 5
	Jae Crowder	James Harden
Season	2016-17	2013-14
Team	Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	72	32.4	13.9	0.7	5.1	5.8	2.2	1.0	0.3	1.1	2.2	4.6	10.0	.463	2.2	5.5	.398	2.4	3.0	.811
difference:	+1	+5.6	+11.5	+0.1	+1.2	+1.1	+3.9	+0.6	+0.1	-2.5	-0.2	+2.9	+6.5	+.007	+0.2	+1.1	+.032	+5.5	+6.1	+.055
James Harden	73	38.0	25.4	0.8	3.9	4.7	6.1	1.6	0.4	3.6	2.4	7.5	16.5	.456	2.4	6.6	.366	7.9	9.1	.866
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	18	33.1	13.6	1.1	5.3	6.4	2.7	1.1	0.3	0.7	2.9	4.8	11.1	.435	1.7	4.9	.352	2.2	2.7	.833
difference:	+12	+10.7	+13.2	+0.3	+1.5	+1.7	+3.1	+0.9	+0.1	-2.8	-0.6	+3.5	+11.1	+.059	+1.0	+4.1	+.056	+5.3	+5.6	+.067
James Harden	6	43.8	26.8	0.8	3.8	4.7	5.8	2.0	0.2	3.5	3.5	8.3	22.2	.376	2.7	9.0	.296	7.5	8.3	.900

Season 6
	Jae Crowder	James Harden
Season	2017-18	2014-15
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	80	26.1	9.7	0.7	2.7	3.4	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.3	3.4	8.4	.404	1.4	4.3	.323	1.5	1.9	.818
difference:	+1	+10.7	+17.7	+0.2	+2.0	+2.3	+5.8	+1.1	+0.4	-3.1	-0.3	+4.6	+9.7	+.036	+1.2	+2.6	+.052	+7.3	+8.3	+.050
James Harden	81	36.8	27.4	0.9	4.7	5.7	7.0	1.9	0.7	4.0	2.6	8.0	18.1	.440	2.6	6.9	.375	8.8	10.2	.868
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	11	29.4	10.0	0.4	4.7	5.1	1.7	1.4	0.2	1.3	2.3	3.2	9.8	.324	2.0	6.0	.333	1.6	2.5	.643
difference:	+6	+8.0	+17.2	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+5.8	+0.2	+0.2	-3.2	-0.6	+4.4	+7.5	+.115	+0.4	+0.3	+.050	+8.0	+8.0	+.273
James Harden	17	37.4	27.2	0.7	5.0	5.7	7.5	1.6	0.4	4.5	2.9	7.6	17.3	.439	2.4	6.3	.383	9.6	10.5	.916

Season 7
	Jae Crowder	James Harden
Season	2018-19	2015-16
Team	Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Jae Crowder	80	27.1	11.9	0.8	4.1	4.8	1.7	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.1	4.0	10.0	.399	2.2	6.5	.331	1.8	2.5	.721
difference:	+2	+11.0	+17.1		+1.2	+1.3	+5.8	+0.9	+0.2	-3.5	-0.7	+4.7	+9.7	+.040	+0.7	+1.5	+.028	+7.0	+7.7	+.139
James Harden	82	38.1	29.0	0.8	5.3	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	4.6	2.8	8.7	19.7	.439	2.9	8.0	.359	8.8	10.2	.860
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	5	26.0	11.4	0.8	5.0	5.8	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.2	1.4	3.4	9.2	.370	1.8	6.0	.300	2.8	3.8	.737
difference:		+12.6	+15.2	+0.6	+1.2	+0.6	+6.8	+1.4	+0.2	-5.0	-1.2	+4.8	+10.8	+.040	+0.8	+2.4	+.010	+4.8	+5.2	+.107
James Harden	5	38.6	26.6	1.4	3.8	5.2	7.6	2.4	0.2	5.2	2.6	8.2	20.0	.410	2.6	8.4	.310	7.6	9.0	.844

Season 8
	Jae Crowder	James Harden
Season	2019-20	2016-17
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Heat Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	65	28.8	10.5	0.8	5.1	5.9	2.5	1.1	0.4	1.1	2.2	3.5	8.7	.401	2.1	6.1	.343	1.5	1.9	.776
difference:	+16	+7.6	+18.6	+0.4	+1.9	+2.2	+8.7	+0.4	+0.1	-4.6	-0.5	+4.8	+10.2	+.039	+1.1	+3.2	+.004	+7.7	+9.0	+.071
James Harden	81	36.4	29.1	1.2	7.0	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	5.7	2.7	8.3	18.9	.440	3.2	9.3	.347	9.2	10.9	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	21	31.4	12.0	0.5	5.0	5.6	1.9	0.7	0.6	0.7	2.6	3.9	9.6	.403	2.6	7.7	.342	1.7	2.2	.761
difference:	+10	+5.6	+16.5	+0.1	+0.2	+0.1	+6.6	+1.2	+0.1	-4.7	-1.3	+4.3	+10.2	+.010	+0.3	+2.8	+.064	+7.5	+8.3	+.117
James Harden	11	37.0	28.5	0.6	4.8	5.5	8.5	1.9	0.5	5.4	3.9	8.2	19.8	.413	2.9	10.5	.278	9.2	10.5	.878

Season 9
	Jae Crowder	James Harden
Season	2020-21	2017-18
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost NBA Finals	Rockets Lost West Conf Finals

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	60	27.5	10.1	0.5	4.2	4.7	2.1	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.1	3.3	8.2	.404	2.5	6.3	.389	1.0	1.3	.760
difference:	+12	+7.9	+20.3	+0.1	+0.6	+0.7	+6.7	+1.0	+0.2	-3.5	-0.2	+5.7	+11.9	+.045	+1.2	+3.7	+.022	+7.7	+8.8	+.098
James Harden	72	35.4	30.4	0.6	4.8	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	4.4	2.3	9.0	20.1	.449	3.7	10.0	.367	8.7	10.1	.858
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	22	33.1	10.8	0.5	5.6	6.1	1.9	0.9	0.8	0.9	3.0	3.5	8.4	.413	2.5	6.5	.380	1.4	1.6	.886
difference:	+5	+3.4	+17.8	+0.3	+1.2	+0.9	+4.9	+1.3	+0.2	-2.9	-0.3	+5.8	+14.2	+.003	+0.6	+3.7	+.081	+5.5	+6.2	+.001
James Harden	17	36.5	28.6	0.8	4.4	5.2	6.8	2.2	0.6	3.8	2.7	9.3	22.6	.410	3.1	10.2	.299	6.9	7.8	.887

Season 10
	Jae Crowder	James Harden
Season	2021-22	2018-19
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	67	28.1	9.4	0.4	4.8	5.3	1.9	1.4	0.4	0.8	2.6	3.2	8.1	.399	1.9	5.4	.348	1.1	1.3	.789
difference:	+11	+8.7	+26.7	+0.4	+1.0	+1.3	+5.6	+0.6	+0.3	-4.2	-0.5	+7.6	+16.4	+.043	+2.9	+7.8	+.020	+8.6	+9.7	+.090
James Harden	78	36.8	36.1	0.8	5.8	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	5.0	3.1	10.8	24.5	.442	4.8	13.2	.368	9.7	11.0	.879
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	13	29.5	9.4	0.6	4.1	4.7	2.4	1.0	0.5	1.5	3.6	3.2	8.1	.400	1.5	4.8	.302	1.5	2.0	.731
difference:	+2	+9.0	+22.2	+0.2	+1.9	+2.1	+4.2	+1.2	+0.4	-3.1	-0.1	+6.7	+15.9	+.013	+2.9	+7.7	+.048	+6.0	+6.9	+.106
James Harden	11	38.5	31.6	0.8	6.0	6.8	6.6	2.2	0.9	4.6	3.7	9.9	24.0	.413	4.4	12.5	.350	7.5	8.9	.837

Season 11
	Jae Crowder	James Harden
Season	2022-23	2019-20
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	18	18.9	6.9	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.5	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.5	2.5	5.2	.479	1.3	3.1	.436	0.6	0.7	.833
difference:	+50	+17.6	+27.4	+0.1	+2.6	+2.8	+6.0	+1.1	+0.6	-4.1	-1.8	+7.4	+17.1	+.035	+3.1	+9.3	+.081	+9.6	+11.1	+.032
James Harden	68	36.5	34.3	1.0	5.5	6.6	7.5	1.8	0.9	4.5	3.3	9.9	22.3	.444	4.4	12.4	.355	10.2	11.8	.865
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	4	10.3	1.8	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.8	3.3	.231	0.0	1.5	.000	0.3	0.5	.500
difference:	+8	+27.0	+27.8	+0.7	+3.8	+4.6	+6.9	+1.0	+0.8	-3.5	-2.3	+8.3	+15.7	+.247	+3.3	+8.3	+.333	+7.9	+9.2	+.345
James Harden	12	37.3	29.6	1.0	4.6	5.6	7.7	1.5	0.8	3.8	3.6	9.1	19.0	.478	3.3	9.8	.333	8.2	9.7	.845

Season 12
	Jae Crowder	James Harden
Season	2023-24	2020-21
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets, Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf Semis

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	50	23.1	6.2	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.3	0.8	0.2	0.5	1.5	2.3	5.4	.422	1.2	3.3	.349	0.5	0.7	.722
difference:	+6	+13.5	+18.4	+0.2	+4.5	+4.7	+9.5	+0.4	+0.6	-3.5	-0.8	+5.5	+11.3	+.044	+1.6	+4.3	+.013	+5.8	+6.6	+.139
James Harden	44	36.6	24.6	0.8	7.1	7.9	10.8	1.2	0.8	4.0	2.3	7.8	16.7	.466	2.8	7.6	.362	6.3	7.3	.861
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	4	10.5	2.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.8	3.0	.250	0.3	1.8	.143	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+5	+25.3	+17.9	+0.3	+4.6	+4.8	+8.1	+1.7	+0.2	-2.9	-1.6	+4.9	+9.0	+.222	+2.4	+5.5	+.221	+5.7	+6.4	+.097
James Harden	9	35.8	20.2	0.8	5.6	6.3	8.6	1.7	0.7	2.9	2.6	5.7	12.0	.472	2.7	7.3	.364	6.2	6.9	.903

Season 13
	Jae Crowder	James Harden
Season	2024-25	2021-22
Team	Sacramento Kings	Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers Lost East Conf Semis

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13th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	9	11.4	2.6	0.7	1.6	2.2	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.1	0.8	2.4	.318	0.4	1.7	.267	0.6	0.7	.833
difference:	+56	+25.8	+19.4	+0.1	+5.2	+5.5	+9.6	+1.0	+0.6	-4.0	-1.3	+5.5	+12.9	+.092	+1.9	+5.2	+.063	+6.6	+7.5	+.044
James Harden	65	37.2	22.0	0.8	6.8	7.7	10.3	1.3	0.6	4.4	2.4	6.3	15.3	.410	2.3	6.9	.330	7.2	8.2	.877
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jae Crowder	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Harden	12	39.9	18.6	0.9	4.8	5.7	8.6	0.8	0.7	4.2	2.4	5.3	13.2	.405	2.3	6.3	.368	5.6	6.3	.893

Additional Years
* James Harden played 3 seasons more than Jae Crowder in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 14 to 16, from 2023 to 2025—James Harden played in 3 Playoffs. In those 3 extra years over Jae Crowder, James Harden got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Assists Leader 1 All-Star Game