Lonnie Shelton vs. Max Strus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Strus and Lonnie Shelton, 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.

Lonnie Shelton played 10 years in the NBA, 5 more than Max Strus, who played 5. Lonnie Shelton had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Max Strus had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
Lonnie Shelton	10	6	1976-77 to 1985-86
Max Strus	5	4	2019-20 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Lonnie Shelton	Max Strus
Season	1976-77	2019-20
Team	New York Knicks	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Lonnie Shelton	82	25.7	11.6	2.7	5.0	7.7	1.8	1.5	1.2	-	4.4	4.9	10.2	.476	-	-	-	1.9	2.7	.707
Max Strus	2	3.0	2.5	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	0.5	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonnie Shelton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Lonnie Shelton	Max Strus
Season	1977-78	2020-21
Team	New York Knicks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Lonnie Shelton	82	28.3	14.9	2.5	4.6	7.1	2.4	1.3	1.4	2.8	4.3	6.2	12.0	.514	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.736
Max Strus	39	13.0	6.1	0.1	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.2	1.1	2.2	4.8	.455	1.3	3.8	.338	0.4	0.6	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonnie Shelton	6	25.2	11.0	3.0	4.3	7.3	2.8	0.3	0.8	2.3	4.8	5.0	9.3	.536	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.750
Max Strus	2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Lonnie Shelton	Max Strus
Season	1978-79	2021-22
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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		%
Lonnie Shelton	76	28.4	13.5	2.4	3.8	6.2	1.4	1.0	1.0	2.5	3.5	5.9	11.3	.519	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	.693
Max Strus	68	23.3	10.6	0.4	2.6	3.0	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	1.7	3.7	8.3	.441	2.7	6.5	.410	0.6	0.8	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonnie Shelton	17	33.3	12.9	3.6	4.8	8.4	2.0	1.1	1.1	1.8	4.7	5.9	12.3	.483	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.692
Max Strus	18	29.1	10.9	0.8	3.2	4.1	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	3.1	3.8	10.1	.374	2.6	7.9	.331	0.7	1.0	.722


Season 4
	Lonnie Shelton	Max Strus
Season	1979-80	2022-23
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	Heat Lost NBA 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		%
Lonnie Shelton	76	29.5	13.6	2.6	5.0	7.7	1.9	1.2	1.0	2.2	3.8	5.6	10.6	.530	0.0	0.1	.200	2.4	3.2	.763
Max Strus	80	28.4	11.5	0.6	2.6	3.2	2.1	0.5	0.2	0.9	2.1	4.1	9.9	.410	2.5	7.0	.350	1.0	1.1	.876

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonnie Shelton	15	31.3	12.0	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.7	1.5	0.8	2.5	3.6	4.9	9.7	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	2.1	3.4	.627
Max Strus	23	28.2	9.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.0	3.3	8.2	.402	1.9	5.9	.319	0.9	1.1	.800


Season 5
	Lonnie Shelton	Max Strus
Season	1980-81	2023-24
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Lonnie Shelton	14	31.4	13.0	2.2	3.4	5.6	2.5	1.6	0.2	2.9	3.4	5.2	12.4	.420	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.9	.655
Max Strus	70	32.0	12.2	0.9	3.9	4.8	4.0	0.9	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.3	10.4	.418	2.4	6.8	.351	1.1	1.4	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonnie Shelton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	12	36.2	9.5	0.7	4.7	5.3	2.9	0.8	0.0	1.3	3.4	3.5	8.6	.408	2.1	6.0	.347	0.4	0.4	1.000


Season 6
	Lonnie Shelton	Max Strus
Season	1981-82	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Lonnie Shelton	81	32.9	14.9	2.0	4.3	6.3	3.1	1.2	0.5	2.5	3.9	6.3	12.9	.486	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.0	.783
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonnie Shelton	8	33.3	12.8	3.0	4.4	7.4	2.0	0.6	0.9	2.5	4.8	5.0	10.6	.471	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	4.0	.688
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Lonnie Shelton	Max Strus
Season	1982-83	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Lonnie Shelton	82	31.4	12.4	1.9	4.1	6.0	2.9	0.9	0.9	2.1	3.8	5.3	11.2	.478	0.0	0.1	.167	1.7	2.3	.754
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonnie Shelton	2	26.5	5.0	6.5	4.0	10.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	3.5	2.0	11.5	.174	0.0	1.5	.000	1.0	2.5	.400
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Lonnie Shelton	Max Strus
Season	1983-84	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
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		%
Lonnie Shelton	79	26.6	10.8	1.8	3.1	4.8	2.3	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.5	4.7	9.9	.476	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	1.8	.764
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonnie Shelton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Lonnie Shelton	Max Strus
Season	1984-85	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Lonnie Shelton	57	21.8	6.4	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.7	0.8	0.3	1.3	3.3	2.8	6.4	.435	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.4	.662
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonnie Shelton	4	26.5	11.5	1.5	4.0	5.5	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.5	5.0	4.8	8.5	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.5	.800
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Lonnie Shelton	Max Strus
Season	1985-86	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
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		%
Lonnie Shelton	44	15.5	4.5	0.9	2.4	3.3	1.4	0.5	0.1	1.1	2.9	2.1	4.3	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.4	.875
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonnie Shelton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max Strus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Lonnie Shelton vs. Max Strus Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Max Strus and Lonnie Shelton, 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