Luc Longley vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Luc Longley, 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.

Luc Longley and Marcus Smart both played 10 years in the NBA. Luc Longley had the first of his seasons in 1991-92, while Marcus Smart had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
Luc Longley	10	7	1991-92 to 2000-01
Marcus Smart	10	9	2014-15 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Luc Longley	Marcus Smart
Season	1991-92	2014-15
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Luc Longley	66	15.0	4.3	1.0	2.9	3.9	0.8	0.5	1.0	1.3	2.4	1.7	3.8	.458	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.663
Marcus Smart	67	27.0	7.8	0.9	2.4	3.3	3.1	1.5	0.3	1.3	2.6	2.6	7.1	.367	1.4	4.1	.335	1.2	1.9	.646

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luc Longley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	4	22.5	9.8	1.3	1.5	2.8	1.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	3.0	3.5	7.3	.483	0.8	3.3	.231	2.0	3.8	.533


Season 2
	Luc Longley	Marcus Smart
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Luc Longley	55	19.0	5.8	1.3	3.1	4.4	0.9	0.9	1.4	1.6	3.1	2.4	5.3	.455	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.716
Marcus Smart	61	27.3	9.1	1.2	2.9	4.2	3.0	1.5	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.0	8.7	.348	1.0	4.0	.253	2.1	2.7	.777

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luc Longley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	6	32.2	12.0	1.3	3.2	4.5	3.0	1.7	0.8	2.5	2.8	3.7	10.0	.367	1.8	5.3	.344	2.8	3.5	.810


Season 3
	Luc Longley	Marcus Smart
Season	1993-94	2016-17
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves, Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Luc Longley	76	19.8	6.9	1.7	4.0	5.7	1.4	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.8	2.9	6.1	.471	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.6	.720
Marcus Smart	79	30.4	10.6	1.0	2.9	3.9	4.6	1.6	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.4	9.5	.359	1.2	4.2	.283	2.6	3.2	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luc Longley	10	17.0	6.3	1.3	3.2	4.5	1.8	0.6	0.8	2.1	3.8	2.5	5.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.722
Marcus Smart	18	29.9	8.6	1.3	3.4	4.7	4.7	1.5	0.9	2.1	2.8	2.6	7.4	.351	1.6	4.1	.397	1.8	2.8	.640


Season 4
	Luc Longley	Marcus Smart
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Luc Longley	55	18.2	6.5	1.5	3.3	4.8	1.3	0.4	0.8	1.6	3.2	2.5	5.5	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	1.9	.822
Marcus Smart	54	29.9	10.2	0.8	2.7	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.4	2.4	2.5	3.5	9.5	.367	1.4	4.6	.301	1.8	2.5	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luc Longley	10	20.4	5.6	0.6	2.6	3.2	1.1	0.7	0.5	1.0	4.1	2.4	5.0	.480	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.800
Marcus Smart	15	29.9	9.8	0.9	2.8	3.7	5.3	1.7	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	9.5	.336	1.0	4.5	.221	2.4	3.3	.735


Season 5
	Luc Longley	Marcus Smart
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Luc Longley	62	26.5	9.1	1.7	3.5	5.1	1.9	0.4	1.4	1.8	3.6	3.9	8.1	.482	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.7	.777
Marcus Smart	80	27.5	8.9	0.7	2.2	2.9	4.0	1.8	0.4	1.5	2.5	3.0	7.1	.422	1.6	4.3	.364	1.3	1.6	.806

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luc Longley	18	24.4	8.3	1.9	2.7	4.6	1.6	0.4	1.4	2.1	4.6	3.4	7.2	.469	0.0	0.0	-	1.6	2.1	.757
Marcus Smart	2	16.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	5.5	.091	0.5	5.5	.091	2.0	3.0	.667


Season 6
	Luc Longley	Marcus Smart
Season	1996-97	2019-20
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Luc Longley	59	24.9	9.1	2.1	3.6	5.6	2.4	0.4	1.1	1.9	3.2	3.7	8.2	.456	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.792
Marcus Smart	60	32.0	12.9	0.7	3.1	3.8	4.9	1.7	0.5	1.7	2.7	4.3	11.4	.375	2.3	6.6	.347	2.1	2.5	.836

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luc Longley	19	22.8	6.5	2.1	2.4	4.4	1.8	0.4	0.8	1.5	3.4	3.0	5.5	.548	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.4	.385
Marcus Smart	17	38.1	14.5	0.6	4.6	5.2	4.6	1.2	0.5	2.6	3.2	4.6	11.6	.394	2.4	7.2	.333	2.9	3.3	.875


Season 7
	Luc Longley	Marcus Smart
Season	1997-98	2020-21
Team	Chicago Bulls	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Luc Longley	58	29.4	11.4	1.9	3.9	5.9	2.8	0.6	1.1	2.2	3.6	4.8	10.5	.455	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.6	.736
Marcus Smart	48	32.9	13.1	0.8	2.7	3.5	5.7	1.5	0.5	2.0	2.6	4.2	10.6	.398	1.9	5.9	.330	2.7	3.4	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luc Longley	18	25.4	7.9	1.9	3.1	5.0	1.9	0.7	0.8	2.0	4.1	3.0	6.7	.450	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.2	.872
Marcus Smart	5	36.6	17.8	0.8	3.6	4.4	6.0	1.0	0.2	2.8	2.8	5.8	13.2	.439	3.2	8.6	.372	3.0	4.2	.714


Season 8
	Luc Longley	Marcus Smart
Season	1998-99	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	Defensive Player of the Year
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Luc Longley	39	23.9	8.7	1.5	4.2	5.7	1.2	0.6	0.5	1.4	3.1	3.6	7.4	.483	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	1.9	.776
Marcus Smart	71	32.3	12.1	0.6	3.2	3.8	5.9	1.7	0.3	2.2	2.3	4.2	10.1	.418	1.7	5.1	.331	2.0	2.5	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luc Longley	3	17.0	1.3	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	4.0	.167	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Marcus Smart	21	36.2	15.4	1.0	3.6	4.5	5.9	1.2	0.2	2.5	3.4	5.4	13.3	.405	2.3	6.5	.350	2.4	3.0	.806


Season 9
	Luc Longley	Marcus Smart
Season	1999-00	2022-23
Team	Phoenix Suns	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Luc Longley	72	19.7	6.3	1.4	3.1	4.5	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.9	3.1	2.6	5.5	.466	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.3	.825
Marcus Smart	61	32.1	11.5	0.8	2.4	3.1	6.3	1.5	0.4	2.3	2.8	4.1	9.9	.415	1.9	5.6	.336	1.4	1.9	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luc Longley	9	18.1	4.2	1.3	2.0	3.3	0.9	0.4	0.4	1.1	4.0	2.0	5.7	.353	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.667
Marcus Smart	20	34.0	14.9	1.1	3.0	4.0	5.1	1.3	0.3	2.3	1.9	5.1	11.2	.453	2.2	6.1	.361	2.6	3.3	.800


Season 10
	Luc Longley	Marcus Smart
Season	2000-01	2023-24
Team	New York Knicks	Memphis Grizzlies
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		%
Luc Longley	25	12.0	2.0	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.9	2.0	0.7	2.2	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.7	.765
Marcus Smart	20	30.3	14.5	0.3	2.4	2.7	4.3	2.1	0.3	3.1	2.7	5.1	11.9	.430	2.1	6.7	.313	2.2	2.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Luc Longley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marcus Smart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Luc Longley vs. Marcus Smart Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Marcus Smart and Luc Longley, 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