Michael Adams vs. Norman Powell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norman Powell and Michael Adams, 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.

Michael Adams played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Norman Powell, who played 9. Michael Adams had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Norman Powell had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
Michael Adams	11	5	1985-86 to 1995-96
Norman Powell	9	8	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Adams	Norman Powell
Season	1985-86	2015-16
Team	Sacramento Kings	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Raptors 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		%
Michael Adams	18	7.7	2.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.2	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.5	0.9	2.4	.364	0.0	0.2	.000	0.4	0.7	.667
Norman Powell	49	14.8	5.6	0.3	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.2	2.0	4.7	.424	0.7	1.8	.404	0.9	1.1	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Powell	18	11.4	3.8	0.2	1.3	1.5	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.3	1.0	1.5	3.9	.386	0.4	1.4	.269	0.4	0.4	.875


Season 2
	Michael Adams	Norman Powell
Season	1986-87	2016-17
Team	Washington Bullets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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		%
Michael Adams	63	20.7	7.2	0.6	1.3	2.0	3.9	1.3	0.1	1.3	1.4	2.5	6.2	.407	0.4	1.6	.275	1.7	2.0	.847
Norman Powell	76	18.0	8.4	0.3	1.9	2.2	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.7	3.0	6.7	.449	0.7	2.3	.324	1.7	2.1	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	3	27.3	6.3	0.0	2.3	2.3	3.3	2.3	0.0	1.7	2.0	2.7	8.3	.320	0.7	3.0	.222	0.3	1.0	.333
Norman Powell	9	25.2	11.7	0.6	2.6	3.1	1.6	1.1	0.3	1.7	2.8	3.9	9.1	.427	1.7	3.8	.441	2.2	2.7	.833


Season 3
	Michael Adams	Norman Powell
Season	1987-88	2017-18
Team	Denver Nuggets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	Raptors 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		%
Michael Adams	82	33.9	13.9	0.5	2.2	2.7	6.1	2.0	0.2	1.8	1.7	5.1	11.3	.449	1.7	4.6	.367	2.0	2.4	.834
Norman Powell	70	15.2	5.5	0.2	1.5	1.7	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.9	1.6	2.1	5.3	.401	0.8	2.7	.285	0.5	0.6	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	11	36.9	13.4	0.8	2.5	3.3	5.8	1.6	0.2	2.1	1.7	4.3	11.8	.362	1.5	4.9	.315	3.3	3.7	.878
Norman Powell	6	6.7	2.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.2	1.2	.143	0.5	0.7	.750


Season 4
	Michael Adams	Norman Powell
Season	1988-89	2018-19
Team	Denver Nuggets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Michael Adams	77	36.2	18.5	0.9	2.8	3.7	6.4	2.2	0.1	2.3	1.9	6.1	14.1	.433	2.2	6.1	.356	4.2	5.1	.819
Norman Powell	60	18.8	8.6	0.3	2.1	2.3	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.1	1.6	3.2	6.7	.483	1.1	2.8	.400	1.0	1.3	.827

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	2	37.5	23.5	2.5	6.0	8.5	4.5	1.5	0.0	4.0	3.0	7.5	18.0	.417	5.0	11.0	.455	3.5	4.0	.875
Norman Powell	23	15.9	6.5	0.2	2.0	2.2	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.5	1.3	2.4	5.5	.444	1.0	2.7	.387	0.6	0.8	.737


Season 5
	Michael Adams	Norman Powell
Season	1989-90	2019-20
Team	Denver Nuggets	Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Raptors 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		%
Michael Adams	79	34.1	15.5	0.6	2.2	2.8	6.3	1.5	0.0	1.8	1.7	5.0	12.5	.402	2.0	5.5	.366	3.4	4.0	.850
Norman Powell	52	28.4	16.0	0.5	3.2	3.7	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.1	5.7	11.5	.495	2.1	5.3	.399	2.5	2.9	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	3	35.0	13.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	1.3	0.0	2.7	3.3	4.3	11.3	.382	2.0	6.7	.300	2.3	2.7	.875
Norman Powell	11	24.8	13.4	0.4	2.0	2.4	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.6	4.6	9.5	.490	2.0	4.7	.423	2.1	2.6	.793


Season 6
	Michael Adams	Norman Powell
Season	1990-91	2020-21
Team	Denver Nuggets	Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers Lost West 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		%
Michael Adams	66	35.5	26.5	0.9	3.0	3.9	10.5	2.2	0.1	3.6	2.5	8.5	21.5	.394	2.5	8.5	.296	7.0	8.0	.879
Norman Powell	69	32.0	18.6	0.6	2.5	3.1	1.9	1.2	0.3	1.7	2.3	6.3	13.3	.477	2.5	6.0	.411	3.4	3.9	.871

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Powell	6	36.0	17.0	0.5	1.7	2.2	2.0	0.8	1.0	1.2	2.8	6.3	12.7	.500	1.7	4.3	.385	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 7
	Michael Adams	Norman Powell
Season	1991-92	2021-22
Team	Washington Bullets	Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Michael Adams	78	35.8	18.1	0.7	3.2	4.0	7.6	1.9	0.1	2.7	2.1	6.2	15.8	.393	1.6	4.9	.324	4.0	4.6	.869
Norman Powell	45	32.4	19.0	0.4	2.8	3.2	2.1	0.9	0.5	1.5	2.4	6.2	13.4	.461	2.4	5.6	.419	4.2	5.2	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Michael Adams	Norman Powell
Season	1992-93	2022-23
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Michael Adams	70	35.7	14.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	7.5	1.4	0.1	2.5	2.1	5.2	11.9	.439	1.0	3.0	.321	3.4	4.0	.856
Norman Powell	60	26.1	17.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.8	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.1	5.7	11.8	.479	1.9	4.8	.397	3.8	4.6	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Powell	5	33.4	21.8	0.8	2.2	3.0	2.2	0.8	0.4	1.6	3.2	7.2	15.2	.474	2.6	6.4	.406	4.8	6.2	.774


Season 9
	Michael Adams	Norman Powell
Season	1993-94	2023-24
Team	Washington Bullets	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Michael Adams	70	33.4	12.1	0.5	2.1	2.6	6.9	1.4	0.1	2.4	2.0	4.1	10.0	.408	0.8	2.7	.288	3.2	3.9	.830
Norman Powell	76	26.2	13.9	0.2	2.4	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.3	0.9	1.8	4.9	10.1	.486	2.2	5.1	.435	1.9	2.3	.831

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Powell	6	29.8	12.8	0.5	2.3	2.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	1.2	3.3	4.3	10.2	.426	2.2	4.8	.448	2.0	2.5	.800


Season 10
	Michael Adams	Norman Powell
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Michael Adams	29	15.3	6.5	0.2	0.8	1.0	3.3	0.8	0.0	0.9	1.4	2.3	5.1	.453	1.0	2.8	.358	0.9	1.0	.833
Norman Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	1	11.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Norman Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Michael Adams	Norman Powell
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Michael Adams	21	15.7	5.4	0.2	0.8	1.0	3.2	1.0	0.2	1.2	1.2	1.8	4.0	.446	0.7	2.0	.341	1.2	1.7	.743
Norman Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norman Powell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Michael Adams vs. Norman Powell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Norman Powell and Michael Adams, 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

Season 11