Lonzo Ball vs. Dick Rosenthal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dick Rosenthal and Lonzo 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.

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.

Lonzo Ball played 5 years in the NBA, 3 more than Dick Rosenthal, who played 2. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Dick Rosenthal had his rookie season in 1954-55. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5
Rookie Season
	Lonzo Ball	Dick Rosenthal
Season	2017-18	1954-55
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Fort Wayne Pistons
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Lonzo Ball	52	34.2	10.2	1.3	5.6	6.9	7.2	1.7	0.8	2.6	2.3	3.9	10.8	.360	1.7	5.7	.305	0.6	1.4	.451
Dick Rosenthal	67	21.0	7.8	-	-	4.5	2.3	-	-	-	2.7	2.9	7.8	.377	-	-	-	1.9	2.7	.718
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick Rosenthal	11	19.0	7.5	-	-	4.4	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	2.5	7.6	.321	-	-	-	2.5	3.5	.718

Note: Dick Rosenthal didn't play in 1955-56.