Malik Beasley vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Malik Beasley, 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.

Malik Beasley played 9 years in the NBA, 1 less than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Malik Beasley had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Malik Beasley	Kenny Smith
Season	2016-17	1987-88
Team	Denver Nuggets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	22	7.5	3.8	0.2	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.5	1.5	3.3	.452	0.4	1.3	.321	0.4	0.5	.800
difference:	+39	+28.1	+10.0	+0.5	+1.1	+1.5	+6.6	+1.2	+0.1	-2.6	-1.8	+3.9	+8.1	+.025	+0.2	+0.7	+.013	+2.3	+2.8	+.019
Kenny Smith	61	35.6	13.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.3	5.4	11.4	.477	0.2	0.6	.308	2.7	3.3	.819
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Malik Beasley nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 7
	Malik Beasley	Kenny Smith
Season	2022-23	1993-94
Team	Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	81	25.8	12.7	0.4	3.1	3.5	1.5	0.8	0.1	1.1	1.3	4.6	11.6	.395	2.9	8.1	.357	0.6	0.8	.769
difference:	+3	+2.5	+1.1	+0.1	+1.6	+1.7	+2.7			-0.5	-0.3	+0.2	+2.5	+.085	+1.8	+5.3	+.048	+1.1	+1.2	+.102
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	11	8.3	3.0	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	3.1	.294	0.6	2.4	.269	0.5	0.5	1.000
difference:	+12	+22.0	+7.8	+0.1	+1.6	+1.6	+3.9	+0.9	+0.2	-1.2	-1.2	+2.8	+5.1	+.161	+0.9	+0.9	+.178	+1.3	+1.8	+.192
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808

Season 8
	Malik Beasley	Kenny Smith
Season	2023-24	1994-95
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	79	29.6	11.3	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.4	0.7	0.1	0.7	2.0	4.1	9.1	.443	2.8	6.9	.413	0.3	0.4	.714
difference:	+2	+4.5	+0.9	+0.2	+1.6	+1.8	+2.6	+0.2		-0.8	-0.7	+0.6	+1.8	+.041	+1.0	+2.8	+.016	+1.3	+1.4	+.137
Kenny Smith	81	25.1	10.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.3	.484	1.8	4.1	.429	1.6	1.8	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Malik Beasley	6	21.8	8.8	0.2	2.3	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.5	1.5	3.5	6.8	.512	1.8	4.2	.440	0.0	0.0	-
difference:	+16	+7.8	+2.0	+0.1	+0.4	+0.3	+3.8	+0.1	+0.1	-0.9	-0.6		+1.3	+.074	+0.3	+0.5	+.002	+1.6	+1.8
Kenny Smith	22	29.6	10.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	8.1	.438	2.1	4.7	.442	1.6	1.8	.900