Lonzo Ball vs. Mike Novak Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Novak 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, 2 more than Mike Novak, who played 3. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Mike Novak had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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	Mike Novak
Season	2017-18	1948-49
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Rochester Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost West Div 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
Mike Novak	60	-	5.3	-	-	-	1.9	-	-	-	3.1	2.1	6.1	.342	-	-	-	1.2	2.1	.581
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Novak	4	-	3.3	-	-	-	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	1.5	5.5	.273	-	-	-	0.3	0.3	1.000

Note: Mike Novak didn't play in 1950-51, 1951-52 and 1952-53.