LaMelo Ball vs. Kent Bazemore Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kent Bazemore and LaMelo Ball, 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 / Games against each other

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.

LaMelo Ball played 4 years in the NBA, 6 less than Kent Bazemore, who played 10. LaMelo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2020-21, while Kent Bazemore had his rookie season in 2012-13. 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
LaMelo Ball	4	0	2020-21 to 2023-24
Kent Bazemore	10	4	2012-13 to 2021-22

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	LaMelo Ball	Kent Bazemore
Season	2020-21	2012-13
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
LaMelo Ball	51	28.8	15.7	1.2	4.7	5.9	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.8	2.7	5.7	13.2	.436	1.8	5.1	.352	2.5	3.2	.758
Kent Bazemore	61	4.4	2.0	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.9	.371	0.2	0.6	.294	0.4	0.7	.614

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	9	1.8	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.9	.125	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.4	.000


Season 2
	LaMelo Ball	Kent Bazemore
Season	2021-22	2013-14
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	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		%
LaMelo Ball	75	32.3	20.1	1.4	5.2	6.7	7.6	1.6	0.4	3.3	3.2	7.2	16.7	.429	2.9	7.5	.389	2.8	3.2	.872
Kent Bazemore	67	13.6	6.0	0.1	1.6	1.7	1.4	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.5	2.2	5.1	.429	0.6	1.9	.336	1.0	1.6	.606

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	LaMelo Ball	Kent Bazemore
Season	2022-23	2014-15
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks 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		%
LaMelo Ball	36	35.2	23.3	1.2	5.3	6.4	8.4	1.3	0.3	3.6	3.3	8.2	20.0	.411	4.0	10.6	.376	2.8	3.4	.836
Kent Bazemore	75	17.7	5.2	0.3	2.7	3.0	1.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.7	1.9	4.4	.426	0.6	1.8	.364	0.8	1.3	.600

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	16	18.9	5.4	0.2	3.1	3.3	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.7	1.6	1.9	4.4	.423	0.4	1.8	.214	1.3	1.9	.677


Season 4
	LaMelo Ball	Kent Bazemore
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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		%
LaMelo Ball	22	32.3	23.9	1.3	3.8	5.1	8.0	1.8	0.2	3.8	3.6	8.3	19.2	.433	3.2	9.0	.355	4.1	4.7	.865
Kent Bazemore	75	27.8	11.6	0.4	4.7	5.1	2.3	1.3	0.5	1.8	2.3	4.3	9.7	.441	1.5	4.1	.357	1.6	2.0	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	10	32.5	11.9	0.8	5.8	6.6	1.9	1.5	0.6	1.0	1.4	4.4	12.1	.364	1.6	6.1	.262	1.5	2.2	.682


Season 5
	LaMelo Ball	Kent Bazemore
Season	-	2016-17
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hawks 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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	73	26.9	11.0	0.6	2.5	3.2	2.4	1.2	0.7	1.7	2.3	4.0	9.9	.409	1.3	3.6	.346	1.6	2.3	.708

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	6	25.0	9.8	0.7	3.2	3.8	3.3	0.7	0.8	2.7	2.5	3.5	8.8	.396	1.2	4.0	.292	1.7	2.3	.714


Season 6
	LaMelo Ball	Kent Bazemore
Season	-	2017-18
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	65	27.5	12.9	0.4	3.4	3.8	3.5	1.5	0.7	2.4	2.3	4.4	10.4	.420	1.7	4.2	.394	2.5	3.1	.796

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	LaMelo Ball	Kent Bazemore
Season	-	2018-19
Team	-	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	67	24.5	11.6	0.6	3.3	3.9	2.3	1.3	0.6	1.8	2.5	4.1	10.3	.402	1.4	4.5	.320	1.9	2.6	.726

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	LaMelo Ball	Kent Bazemore
Season	-	2019-20
Team	-	Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	68	24.8	8.8	0.4	3.9	4.3	1.4	1.1	0.6	1.3	2.9	2.9	7.9	.375	1.2	3.6	.344	1.7	2.2	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	LaMelo Ball	Kent Bazemore
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	67	19.9	7.2	0.4	3.0	3.4	1.6	1.0	0.5	1.2	2.4	2.6	5.9	.449	1.1	2.7	.408	0.8	1.2	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	LaMelo Ball	Kent Bazemore
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	39	14.0	3.4	0.3	1.4	1.8	0.9	0.6	0.2	0.5	1.8	1.2	3.6	.324	0.7	2.1	.363	0.3	0.4	.765

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
LaMelo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kent Bazemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

LaMelo Ball vs. Kent Bazemore Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kent Bazemore and LaMelo Ball, 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

Season 10