James Posey vs. Jerry Sloan Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry Sloan and James Posey, 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.

James Posey played 12 years in the NBA, 1 more than Jerry Sloan, who played 11. James Posey had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Jerry Sloan had his rookie season in 1965-66. 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
	James Posey	Jerry Sloan
Season	1999-00	1965-66
Team	Denver Nuggets	Baltimore Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bullets Lost West 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		%
James Posey	81	25.3	8.2	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.2	2.6	2.8	6.6	.429	1.0	2.7	.373	1.5	1.9	.800
Jerry Sloan	59	16.1	5.7	-	-	3.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.0	2.0	4.9	.415	-	-	-	1.7	2.4	.705
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Posey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	2	17.0	6.5	-	-	8.0	3.0	-	-	-	3.0	2.5	6.0	.417	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.750

Season 2
	James Posey	Jerry Sloan
Season	2000-01	1966-67
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost West 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		%
James Posey	82	27.5	8.1	1.5	3.7	5.3	2.0	1.1	0.5	1.2	2.8	3.0	7.2	.412	0.8	2.6	.300	1.4	1.7	.816
Jerry Sloan	80	36.8	17.4	-	-	9.1	2.1	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	.796
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Posey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	3	23.7	10.0	-	-	3.3	0.3	-	-	-	2.3	4.0	10.3	.387	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 4
	James Posey	Jerry Sloan
Season	2002-03	1968-69
Team	Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
James Posey	83	30.3	10.8	1.1	4.0	5.1	2.2	1.3	0.2	1.7	2.4	3.7	9.1	.411	0.8	2.8	.306	2.5	3.0	.833
Jerry Sloan	78	37.7	16.8	-	-	7.9	3.5	-	-	-	4.0	6.3	15.0	.417	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.745
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Posey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry Sloan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	James Posey	Jerry Sloan
Season	2003-04	1969-70
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West 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		%
James Posey	82	29.9	13.7	1.1	3.8	4.9	1.5	1.7	0.5	1.4	3.0	4.5	9.4	.478	1.4	3.5	.386	3.4	4.1	.830
Jerry Sloan	53	34.4	15.6	-	-	7.0	3.1	-	-	-	3.4	5.8	13.9	.421	-	-	-	3.9	6.0	.651
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Posey	4	32.3	12.5	2.0	3.5	5.5	1.0	2.3	0.5	1.5	3.3	3.8	9.3	.405	0.3	1.5	.167	4.8	5.3	.905
Jerry Sloan	5	38.0	14.8	-	-	7.8	2.2	-	-	-	3.6	5.8	14.8	.392	-	-	-	3.2	5.0	.640

Season 6
	James Posey	Jerry Sloan
Season	2004-05	1970-71
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls 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		%
James Posey	50	27.6	8.1	0.9	3.5	4.4	1.8	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.7	2.5	7.1	.357	1.1	3.6	.309	1.9	2.2	.865
Jerry Sloan	80	39.3	18.3	-	-	8.8	3.5	-	-	-	3.6	7.4	16.8	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.715
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Posey	4	25.3	9.8	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.3	3.5	2.8	6.3	.440	1.8	3.8	.467	2.5	3.3	.769
Jerry Sloan	7	40.6	17.0	-	-	9.0	2.4	-	-	-	3.6	7.3	16.7	.436	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.739

Season 7
	James Posey	Jerry Sloan
Season	2005-06	1971-72
Team	Miami Heat	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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		%
James Posey	67	28.6	7.2	0.5	4.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.9	2.4	5.9	.403	1.7	4.3	.403	0.7	0.9	.787
Jerry Sloan	82	37.0	16.2	-	-	8.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	6.5	14.7	.444	-	-	-	3.1	4.8	.660
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Posey	22	27.6	7.3	0.7	5.0	5.7	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.5	3.2	2.2	5.2	.430	1.6	3.8	.422	1.2	1.7	.730
Jerry Sloan	4	42.5	15.8	-	-	8.8	2.5	-	-	-	4.5	6.5	16.0	.406	-	-	-	2.8	4.8	.579

Season 9
	James Posey	Jerry Sloan
Season	2007-08	1973-74
Team	Boston Celtics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls Lost West Conf 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		%
James Posey	74	24.6	7.4	0.4	3.9	4.4	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.3	5.6	.418	1.4	3.8	.380	1.3	1.6	.809
Jerry Sloan	77	37.1	13.2	1.9	5.3	7.2	1.9	2.4	0.1	-	3.5	5.4	12.0	.447	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.711
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Posey	26	22.0	6.7	0.5	3.1	3.6	1.1	1.0	0.3	0.5	2.3	2.0	4.6	.437	1.3	3.4	.398	1.3	1.5	.875
Jerry Sloan	6	40.0	16.7	3.0	7.3	10.3	2.0	1.2	0.2	-	2.8	6.5	14.7	.443	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759

Season 10
	James Posey	Jerry Sloan
Season	2008-09	1974-75
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Hornets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Bulls Lost West Conf 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		%
James Posey	75	28.5	8.9	0.5	4.3	4.8	1.1	0.8	0.3	1.1	2.9	2.9	7.0	.412	1.5	4.2	.369	1.6	1.9	.822
Jerry Sloan	78	33.0	12.2	2.3	4.6	6.9	2.1	2.2	0.2	-	3.4	4.9	11.1	.439	-	-	-	2.5	3.3	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
James Posey	5	24.6	11.4	1.0	5.2	6.2	0.6	0.6	0.0	2.0	2.4	3.0	8.0	.375	1.0	3.8	.263	4.4	5.2	.846
Jerry Sloan	13	36.2	13.1	1.8	5.5	7.4	2.0	1.5	0.0	-	3.5	5.8	12.5	.460	-	-	-	1.5	2.8	.556