Lonzo Ball vs. Mike Smrek Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike Smrek 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 less than Mike Smrek, who played 7. Lonzo Ball had the first of his seasons in 2017-18, while Mike Smrek had his rookie season in 1985-86. 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
	Lonzo Ball	Mike Smrek
Season	2017-18	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls 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		%
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 Smrek	38	10.7	2.8	1.2	1.7	2.9	0.5	0.2	0.6	0.8	2.5	1.2	3.2	.377	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.8	.552
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Smrek	3	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	Lonzo Ball	Mike Smrek
Season	2018-19	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lonzo Ball	47	30.3	9.9	1.1	4.2	5.3	5.4	1.5	0.4	2.2	2.4	3.9	9.7	.406	1.6	4.9	.329	0.4	1.0	.417
Mike Smrek	35	6.7	2.2	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.5	2.0	0.9	1.7	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.640
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Smrek	10	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	1.5	0.2	1.0	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.667

Season 3
	Lonzo Ball	Mike Smrek
Season	2019-20	1987-88
Team	New Orleans Pelicans	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Lonzo Ball	63	32.1	11.8	1.1	5.0	6.1	7.0	1.4	0.6	3.1	2.0	4.4	10.9	.403	2.3	6.3	.375	0.7	1.2	.566
Mike Smrek	48	8.8	2.8	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.2	0.1	0.9	0.6	2.2	0.9	2.1	.427	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.4	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Lonzo Ball	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Smrek	8	4.3	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.4	.333