Jeff Cook vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Jeff Cook, 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.

Jeff Cook played 8 years in the NBA, 2 less than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Jeff Cook had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, 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 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
	Jeff Cook	Kenny Smith
Season	1979-80	1987-88
Team	Phoenix Suns	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Jeff Cook	66	13.7	5.5	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.3	0.4	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.0	4.2	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.806
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
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	7	14.0	7.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.3	3.4	.667	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	3.7	.846
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jeff Cook	Kenny Smith
Season	1985-86	1993-94
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jeff Cook	36	10.4	2.5	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.8	0.9	2.0	.425	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.643
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	4	5.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808

Note: Jeff Cook didn't play in 1986-87.

Season 8
	Jeff Cook	Kenny Smith
Season	1987-88	1994-95
Team	Phoenix Suns	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Jeff Cook	33	10.9	1.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.9	0.4	1.8	.237	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.8	.821
Kenny Smith	81	25.1	10.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.3	.484	1.8	4.1	.429	1.6	1.8	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	22	29.6	10.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	8.1	.438	2.1	4.7	.442	1.6	1.8	.900