Linas Kleiza vs. Bob McAdoo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bob McAdoo and Linas Kleiza, 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.

Linas Kleiza played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than Bob McAdoo, who played 14. Linas Kleiza had the first of his seasons in 2005-06, while Bob McAdoo had his rookie season in 1972-73. 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
	Linas Kleiza	Bob McAdoo
Season	2005-06	1972-73
Team	Denver Nuggets	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
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		%
Linas Kleiza	61	8.5	3.5	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.4	1.3	2.8	.445	0.0	0.2	.154	0.9	1.3	.704
Bob McAdoo	80	32.0	18.0	-	-	9.1	1.7	-	-	-	3.2	7.3	16.2	.452	-	-	-	3.4	4.4	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	3	4.7	2.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.7	.375	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Linas Kleiza	Bob McAdoo
Season	2006-07	1973-74
Team	Denver Nuggets	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Braves 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		%
Linas Kleiza	79	18.8	7.6	1.0	2.4	3.4	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.0	2.5	2.5	6.0	.422	1.1	2.8	.376	1.5	1.7	.852
Bob McAdoo	74	43.0	30.6	3.8	11.3	15.1	2.3	1.2	3.3	-	3.4	12.2	22.3	.547	-	-	-	6.2	7.8	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	5	13.2	1.6	0.0	1.6	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.6	2.6	.231	0.2	1.2	.167	0.2	0.4	.500
Bob McAdoo	6	45.2	31.7	2.3	11.3	13.7	1.5	1.0	2.2	-	4.2	12.7	26.5	.478	-	-	-	6.3	7.8	.809

Season 3
	Linas Kleiza	Bob McAdoo
Season	2007-08	1974-75
Team	Denver Nuggets	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Braves 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		%
Linas Kleiza	79	23.9	11.1	1.2	3.1	4.2	1.2	0.6	0.2	1.1	2.3	3.9	8.3	.472	1.2	3.5	.339	2.1	2.7	.770
Bob McAdoo	82	43.2	34.5	3.7	10.3	14.1	2.2	1.1	2.1	-	3.4	13.4	26.1	.512	-	-	-	7.8	9.7	.805
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	4	30.5	14.0	2.0	4.5	6.5	0.8	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.8	5.5	10.3	.537	0.8	3.5	.214	2.3	3.3	.692
Bob McAdoo	7	46.7	37.4	3.6	9.9	13.4	1.4	0.9	2.7	-	4.1	14.9	30.9	.481	-	-	-	7.7	10.4	.740

Season 4
	Linas Kleiza	Bob McAdoo
Season	2008-09	1975-76
Team	Denver Nuggets	Buffalo Braves
Honors & Awards	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Braves 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		%
Linas Kleiza	82	22.2	9.9	1.1	2.9	4.0	0.8	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.9	3.5	7.9	.447	1.1	3.3	.326	1.8	2.5	.725
Bob McAdoo	78	42.7	31.1	3.1	9.3	12.4	4.0	1.2	2.1	-	3.8	12.0	24.6	.487	-	-	-	7.2	9.4	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	14	15.0	6.9	0.6	2.6	3.2	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.2	2.2	4.7	.470	1.2	2.9	.425	1.3	1.7	.750
Bob McAdoo	9	45.1	28.0	3.4	10.8	14.2	3.2	0.8	2.0	-	4.1	10.8	23.9	.451	-	-	-	6.4	9.1	.707

Note: Linas Kleiza didn't play in 2009-10.

Season 5
	Linas Kleiza	Bob McAdoo
Season	2010-11	1976-77
Team	Toronto Raptors	Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks
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		%
Linas Kleiza	39	26.5	11.2	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.0	0.5	0.2	1.7	2.5	4.6	10.4	.438	1.0	3.4	.298	1.1	1.7	.631
Bob McAdoo	72	38.9	25.8	2.8	10.1	12.9	2.8	1.1	1.4	-	3.6	10.3	20.1	.512	-	-	-	5.3	7.2	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Linas Kleiza	Bob McAdoo
Season	2011-12	1977-78
Team	Toronto Raptors	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Linas Kleiza	49	21.6	9.7	0.9	3.2	4.1	0.9	0.5	0.1	1.3	2.4	3.4	8.4	.402	1.3	3.7	.346	1.7	2.0	.810
Bob McAdoo	79	40.3	26.5	3.0	9.8	12.8	3.8	1.3	1.6	4.4	3.8	10.3	19.8	.520	-	-	-	5.9	8.2	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	6	39.7	23.8	1.8	7.8	9.7	3.8	1.2	2.0	3.8	3.2	10.2	21.0	.484	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	.600

Season 10
	Linas Kleiza	Bob McAdoo
Season	-	1981-82
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		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	41	18.2	9.6	1.1	2.8	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.9	1.2	2.7	3.7	8.0	.458	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.1	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	14	27.7	16.7	1.5	5.3	6.8	1.6	0.7	1.5	2.5	3.1	7.2	12.8	.564	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.4	.681

Season 13
	Linas Kleiza	Bob McAdoo
Season	-	1984-85
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		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	66	19.0	10.5	1.2	3.3	4.5	1.0	0.3	0.8	1.4	2.6	4.3	8.3	.520	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	2.5	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Linas Kleiza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bob McAdoo	19	20.9	11.4	1.3	3.2	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.4	1.7	3.5	4.8	10.2	.472	0.0	0.1	.000	1.8	2.5	.745