Michael Finley vs. Lamar Odom Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Lamar Odom and Michael Finley, 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.

Michael Finley played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than Lamar Odom, who played 14. Michael Finley had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Lamar Odom had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
	Michael Finley	Lamar Odom
Season	1995-96	1999-00
Team	Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First Team
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 Finley	82	39.2	15.0	1.7	2.9	4.6	3.5	1.0	0.4	1.6	2.4	5.7	11.9	.476	0.7	2.3	.328	3.0	3.9	.749
Lamar Odom	76	36.4	16.6	2.1	5.7	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	3.4	3.8	5.9	13.5	.438	0.8	2.2	.360	4.0	5.5	.719
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Michael Finley	Lamar Odom
Season	1999-00	2003-04
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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 Finley	82	42.2	22.6	1.5	4.8	6.3	5.3	1.3	0.4	2.4	2.1	9.1	20.0	.457	1.2	3.0	.401	3.2	3.9	.820
Lamar Odom	80	37.5	17.1	2.0	7.7	9.7	4.1	1.1	0.9	3.0	3.4	6.1	14.1	.430	0.8	2.6	.298	4.3	5.7	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lamar Odom	13	39.2	16.8	2.5	5.8	8.3	2.8	1.2	0.8	3.2	4.5	6.2	14.0	.445	0.6	2.0	.308	3.8	5.5	.681

Season 6
	Michael Finley	Lamar Odom
Season	2000-01	2004-05
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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 Finley	82	42.0	21.5	1.3	3.9	5.2	4.4	1.4	0.4	2.3	2.1	8.7	18.9	.458	1.1	3.2	.346	3.1	4.0	.775
Lamar Odom	64	36.3	15.2	2.1	8.1	10.2	3.7	0.7	1.0	2.5	3.3	5.7	12.1	.473	0.6	1.8	.308	3.2	4.7	.695
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	10	43.4	19.7	1.3	4.0	5.3	4.4	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.3	7.2	20.0	.360	1.7	4.7	.362	3.6	4.4	.818
Lamar Odom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 10
	Michael Finley	Lamar Odom
Season	2004-05	2008-09
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf Semis	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 Finley	64	36.8	15.7	0.7	3.4	4.1	2.6	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.9	6.0	14.2	.427	1.8	4.5	.407	1.8	2.1	.831
Lamar Odom	78	29.7	11.3	2.3	5.9	8.2	2.6	1.0	1.3	1.8	3.0	4.4	9.0	.492	0.4	1.3	.320	2.1	3.3	.623
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	13	38.2	13.1	1.0	3.3	4.3	2.2	1.3	0.0	1.0	2.5	5.0	11.8	.425	1.8	4.7	.393	1.2	1.4	.889
Lamar Odom	23	32.0	12.3	2.8	6.3	9.1	1.8	0.7	1.3	1.7	3.3	4.7	9.0	.524	0.8	1.5	.514	2.1	3.5	.613

Season 11
	Michael Finley	Lamar Odom
Season	2005-06	2009-10
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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 Finley	77	26.5	10.1	0.4	2.8	3.2	1.5	0.5	0.1	0.8	1.3	3.7	9.0	.412	1.4	3.6	.394	1.3	1.5	.852
Lamar Odom	82	31.5	10.8	2.2	7.5	9.8	3.3	0.9	0.7	1.8	2.8	4.2	9.0	.463	0.7	2.2	.319	1.7	2.5	.693
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	13	31.6	10.5	0.1	3.7	3.8	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.5	3.8	8.1	.476	1.4	3.6	.383	1.4	1.5	.900
Lamar Odom	23	29.0	9.7	2.6	6.0	8.6	2.0	0.7	0.9	1.2	3.7	4.0	8.4	.469	0.4	1.8	.244	1.3	2.2	.600

Season 12
	Michael Finley	Lamar Odom
Season	2006-07	2010-11
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers Lost West 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 Finley	82	22.2	9.0	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.3	0.4	0.2	0.6	0.9	3.3	8.1	.412	1.3	3.5	.364	1.1	1.2	.918
Lamar Odom	82	32.2	14.4	2.1	6.5	8.7	3.0	0.6	0.7	1.7	2.4	5.8	10.9	.530	0.8	2.2	.382	2.0	3.0	.675
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Finley	20	26.9	11.3	0.4	2.5	2.9	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.7	1.4	3.7	8.9	.410	2.2	5.3	.419	1.8	2.0	.897
Lamar Odom	10	28.6	12.1	1.3	5.2	6.5	2.1	0.2	0.4	1.5	2.5	4.5	9.8	.459	0.4	2.0	.200	2.7	3.8	.711