Naz Reid vs. Tristan Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tristan Thompson and Naz Reid, 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.

Naz Reid played 7 years in the NBA, 7 less than Tristan Thompson, who played 14. Naz Reid had the first of his seasons in 2019-20, while Tristan Thompson had his rookie season in 2011-12. 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
	Naz Reid	Tristan Thompson
Season	2019-20	2011-12
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
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		%
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
difference:	+30	+7.2	+0.8	+2.0	+0.4	+2.4	+0.7	+0.1	+0.3	-0.7	-0.6	+0.1	+0.7	+.027	+1.1	+3.2		+0.6	+1.4	+.146
Tristan Thompson	60	23.7	8.2	3.1	3.4	6.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.4	2.2	3.2	7.4	.439	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.2	.552
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Naz Reid nor Tristan Thompson played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 5
	Naz Reid	Tristan Thompson
Season	2023-24	2015-16
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	Sixth Man of the Year	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+1	+3.5	+5.7	+2.4	+1.4	+3.8	+0.5	+0.3	+0.3	-0.7	-0.4	+2.0	+5.4	+.111	+2.1	+5.0		+0.5	+1.2	+.120
Tristan Thompson	82	27.7	7.8	3.3	5.7	9.0	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	2.5	3.0	5.1	.588	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	3.0	.616
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
difference:	+5	+7.0	+4.4	+3.5	+1.8	+5.3	+0.3	+0.1	+0.1	-0.1	-0.6	+1.8	+4.5	+.069	+1.6	+4.3		+0.6	+1.6	+.135
Tristan Thompson	21	29.6	6.7	4.1	4.9	9.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.8	2.6	2.3	4.4	.527	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.5	.575