Marc Gasol vs. Naz Reid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Naz Reid and Marc Gasol, 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.

Marc Gasol played 13 years in the NBA, 7 more than Naz Reid, who played 6. Marc Gasol had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Naz Reid had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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
	Marc Gasol	Naz Reid
Season	2008-09	2019-20
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second 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		%
Marc Gasol	82	30.7	11.9	2.5	4.9	7.4	1.7	0.8	1.1	2.0	3.2	4.3	8.1	.530	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	4.6	.733
difference:	+52	+14.2	+2.9	+1.4	+1.9	+3.3	+0.5	+0.2	+0.4	-1.3	-0.4	+1.0		+.118	+1.1	+3.2		+2.2	+2.8	+.035
Naz Reid	30	16.5	9.0	1.1	3.0	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.7	0.7	2.8	3.3	8.1	.412	1.1	3.2	.330	1.2	1.8	.698
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Marc Gasol nor Naz Reid played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 4
	Marc Gasol	Naz Reid
Season	2011-12	2022-23
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	65	36.5	14.6	1.8	7.1	8.9	3.1	1.0	1.9	1.9	3.1	5.5	11.4	.482	0.0	0.2	.083	3.6	4.9	.748
difference:	+3	+18.1	+3.1	+0.7	+3.3	+4.0	+2.0	+0.4	+1.1	-0.5	-0.5	+0.9	+2.9	+.055	+1.1	+3.0	+.263	+2.3	+3.0	+.071
Naz Reid	68	18.4	11.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	1.1	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.6	4.6	8.5	.537	1.1	3.2	.346	1.3	1.9	.677
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	7	37.3	15.1	2.3	4.4	6.7	3.1	0.3	1.9	1.9	3.6	5.1	9.9	.522	0.0	0.1	.000	4.9	6.1	.791
Naz Reid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Marc Gasol	Naz Reid
Season	2012-13	2023-24
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Grizzlies Lost West Conf Finals	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	80	35.0	14.1	2.3	5.5	7.8	4.0	1.0	1.7	2.0	3.2	5.4	10.9	.494	0.0	0.2	.071	3.4	4.0	.848
difference:	+1	+10.8	+0.6	+1.4	+1.2	+2.6	+2.7	+0.2	+0.8	-0.6	-1.1	+0.4	+0.4	+.017	+2.1	+4.8	+.343	+2.1	+2.2	+.112
Naz Reid	81	24.2	13.5	0.9	4.3	5.2	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.5	.477	2.1	5.0	.414	1.3	1.8	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marc Gasol	15	40.6	17.2	1.7	6.8	8.5	3.2	0.9	2.2	1.2	3.5	6.2	13.7	.454	0.0	0.0	-	4.8	6.0	.800
difference:	+1	+18.0	+6.1	+1.1	+3.7	+4.8	+2.2	+0.4	+1.4	-0.3	-1.5	+2.1	+4.8	+.004	+1.6	+4.3		+3.4	+4.1	+.090
Naz Reid	16	22.6	11.1	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.9	2.0	4.1	8.9	.458	1.6	4.3	.362	1.4	1.9	.710

Additional Years
* Marc Gasol played 7 seasons more than Naz Reid in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 13, from 2015 to 2021—Marc Gasol played in 5 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Naz Reid, Marc Gasol got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 2 All-Star Game