J.R. Smith vs. LaSalle Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaSalle Thompson and J.R. Smith, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

J.R. Smith played 16 years in the NBA, 1 more than LaSalle Thompson, who played 15. J.R. Smith had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while LaSalle Thompson had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
J.R. Smith	16	12	2004-05 to 2019-20
LaSalle Thompson	15	7	1982-83 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16


Rookie Season
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2004-05	1982-83
Team	New Orleans Hornets	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
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		%
J.R. Smith	76	24.5	10.3	0.5	1.5	2.0	1.9	0.7	0.1	1.4	1.8	3.9	9.8	.394	1.1	3.7	.288	1.5	2.1	.689
LaSalle Thompson	71	13.9	5.4	1.9	3.4	5.3	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.6	2.1	4.0	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2005-06	1983-84
Team	New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	55	18.0	7.7	0.3	1.7	2.0	1.1	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.6	2.6	6.7	.393	0.9	2.5	.371	1.5	1.8	.822
LaSalle Thompson	80	23.9	10.3	3.3	5.6	8.9	1.1	0.9	1.8	2.1	4.1	4.2	8.0	.523	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.8	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	3	31.0	15.0	3.7	6.3	10.0	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	4.7	6.0	13.3	.450	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.7	.818


Season 3
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2006-07	1984-85
Team	Denver Nuggets	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
J.R. Smith	63	23.3	13.0	0.5	1.8	2.3	1.4	0.8	0.1	1.3	2.3	4.5	10.2	.441	2.4	6.1	.390	1.6	2.0	.810
LaSalle Thompson	82	30.0	11.8	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.6	1.2	1.6	2.5	4.0	4.5	8.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.8	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	4	11.8	4.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.5	1.5	5.5	.273	0.0	3.0	.000	1.5	1.5	1.000
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2007-08	1985-86
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	74	19.2	12.3	0.6	1.5	2.1	1.7	0.8	0.2	1.5	1.9	4.2	9.1	.461	2.1	5.3	.403	1.7	2.4	.719
LaSalle Thompson	80	29.7	12.8	3.2	6.5	9.6	2.1	0.9	1.4	2.3	3.7	5.1	9.9	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.5	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	4	27.0	18.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	1.8	1.0	0.0	1.3	3.0	5.8	10.8	.535	1.8	5.5	.318	5.0	6.0	.833
LaSalle Thompson	3	33.0	9.7	4.7	7.0	11.7	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.3	2.7	3.7	10.7	.344	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	4.0	.583


Season 5
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2008-09	1986-87
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
J.R. Smith	81	27.7	15.2	0.5	3.1	3.7	2.8	1.0	0.2	1.9	2.3	5.2	11.7	.446	2.2	5.6	.397	2.5	3.4	.754
LaSalle Thompson	82	26.4	11.1	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.7	3.5	4.4	9.2	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.1	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	16	27.2	14.9	0.7	2.6	3.3	2.8	1.1	0.3	1.6	3.2	5.5	12.1	.454	2.4	6.6	.358	1.6	2.9	.543
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2009-10	1987-88
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
J.R. Smith	75	27.8	15.4	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.4	1.3	0.3	1.9	2.3	5.7	13.8	.414	2.1	6.2	.338	1.9	2.7	.706
LaSalle Thompson	69	18.2	8.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.6	3.1	3.1	6.6	.471	0.0	0.1	.400	1.7	2.4	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	6	26.5	11.2	0.8	3.0	3.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.8	3.5	9.5	.368	1.8	5.2	.355	2.3	2.7	.875
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2010-11	1988-89
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
J.R. Smith	79	24.9	12.3	0.6	3.5	4.1	2.2	1.2	0.2	1.3	2.2	4.3	9.9	.435	1.6	4.0	.390	2.1	2.8	.738
LaSalle Thompson	76	30.6	13.9	2.9	6.5	9.4	1.1	1.0	1.2	2.4	3.8	5.5	11.2	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	3.7	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	5	15.2	9.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	1.0	0.4	0.0	1.6	1.6	3.2	9.0	.356	1.8	4.2	.429	1.6	2.2	.727
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2011-12	1989-90
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	35	27.6	12.5	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.4	1.5	0.2	1.3	2.5	4.7	11.6	.407	1.9	5.5	.347	1.1	1.6	.709
LaSalle Thompson	82	25.9	6.8	2.1	5.5	7.7	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.8	3.8	2.7	5.7	.473	0.0	0.1	.200	1.3	1.6	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	5	35.0	12.2	0.4	2.2	2.6	2.2	1.2	0.2	2.2	3.8	4.8	15.2	.316	1.0	5.6	.179	1.6	1.6	1.000
LaSalle Thompson	3	18.0	6.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	4.3	2.3	5.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 9
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2012-13	1990-91
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	80	33.5	18.1	0.8	4.5	5.3	2.7	1.3	0.3	1.7	2.8	6.6	15.6	.422	1.9	5.5	.356	3.0	3.9	.762
LaSalle Thompson	82	23.7	7.6	1.9	5.0	6.9	1.8	0.8	0.8	2.0	3.2	3.4	6.9	.488	0.0	0.1	.200	0.9	1.3	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	11	31.9	14.3	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.8	2.5	4.9	14.8	.331	1.6	6.0	.273	2.8	3.9	.721
LaSalle Thompson	5	25.2	9.0	1.2	5.0	6.2	1.6	0.8	1.4	2.0	3.0	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.4	1.000


Season 10
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2013-14	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	74	32.7	14.5	0.5	3.5	4.0	3.0	0.9	0.3	1.5	2.6	5.4	12.9	.415	2.6	6.5	.394	1.2	1.9	.652
LaSalle Thompson	80	16.2	4.9	1.2	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.6	2.1	4.5	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	3	21.0	5.3	0.7	3.7	4.3	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.0	3.7	2.3	3.7	.636	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 11
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2014-15	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	70	29.7	12.1	0.4	2.7	3.1	2.8	1.2	0.3	1.4	2.3	4.5	10.8	.417	2.3	6.1	.383	0.8	1.0	.750
LaSalle Thompson	63	11.6	3.8	0.9	2.0	2.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.2	1.7	3.4	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	18	31.1	12.8	0.5	4.2	4.7	1.2	0.9	0.6	0.8	3.0	4.6	11.4	.403	2.8	7.9	.359	0.8	1.1	.700
LaSalle Thompson	4	18.3	3.8	1.8	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.3	1.3	3.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 12
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2015-16	1993-94
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Pacers Lost East 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		%
J.R. Smith	77	30.7	12.4	0.6	2.3	2.8	1.7	1.1	0.3	0.8	2.6	4.6	11.0	.415	2.6	6.6	.400	0.6	0.9	.634
LaSalle Thompson	30	9.4	2.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.0	0.9	2.6	.351	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	21	34.8	11.5	0.3	2.9	3.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	0.5	2.6	3.9	9.0	.436	3.1	7.2	.430	0.6	1.0	.619
LaSalle Thompson	7	5.6	1.4	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.6	1.6	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667


Season 13
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2016-17	1994-95
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
J.R. Smith	41	29.0	8.6	0.4	2.3	2.8	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.0	8.7	.346	2.3	6.6	.351	0.2	0.4	.667
LaSalle Thompson	38	11.9	2.9	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.0	1.3	3.1	.415	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	18	27.1	8.1	0.3	2.1	2.3	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	2.3	2.8	5.5	.505	2.2	4.4	.500	0.3	0.6	.455
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2017-18	1995-96
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
J.R. Smith	80	28.1	8.3	0.4	2.6	2.9	1.8	0.9	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	7.4	.403	1.8	4.8	.375	0.5	0.7	.696
LaSalle Thompson	44	17.6	1.9	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.8	0.8	1.9	.398	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	22	32.1	8.7	0.5	2.3	2.7	1.1	1.0	0.2	0.9	2.5	3.0	8.5	.348	2.0	5.5	.367	0.8	1.0	.773
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2018-19	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
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		%
J.R. Smith	11	20.2	6.7	0.0	1.6	1.6	1.9	1.0	0.3	1.0	1.7	2.5	7.2	.342	1.1	3.5	.308	0.7	0.9	.800
LaSalle Thompson	26	5.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.1	0.7	.158	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	J.R. Smith	LaSalle Thompson
Season	2019-20	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
J.R. Smith	6	13.2	2.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.7	0.8	1.2	3.7	.318	0.2	1.8	.091	0.3	0.3	1.000
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
J.R. Smith	10	7.5	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.7	1.1	0.7	2.6	.269	0.6	2.2	.273	0.0	0.0	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

J.R. Smith vs. LaSalle Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaSalle Thompson and J.R. Smith, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

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Season 11

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