Paolo Banchero vs. Bernard King Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bernard King and Paolo Banchero, 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.

Paolo Banchero played 3 years in the NBA, 11 less than Bernard King, who played 14. Paolo Banchero had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Bernard King had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
	Paolo Banchero	Bernard King
Season	2022-23	1977-78
Team	Orlando Magic	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	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		%
Paolo Banchero	72	33.8	20.0	1.2	5.7	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.8	2.2	6.7	15.6	.427	1.2	4.0	.298	5.5	7.4	.738
difference:	+7	+5.3	+4.2	+2.2	+0.5	+2.6	+1.3	+0.7		-1.1	-1.6	+3.4	+5.5	+.052				+1.5	+1.6	+.061
Bernard King	79	39.1	24.2	3.4	6.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9	3.8	10.1	21.1	.479	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	.677
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Paolo Banchero nor Bernard King played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Paolo Banchero	Bernard King
Season	2023-24	1978-79
Team	Orlando Magic	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	80	35.0	22.6	1.0	5.9	6.9	5.4	0.9	0.6	3.1	1.9	8.0	17.6	.455	1.5	4.4	.339	5.1	7.0	.725
difference:	+2	+0.1	+1.0	+2.1	+0.8	+1.3	+1.8	+0.5	+0.1	-0.8	-2.1	+0.7	+1.0	+.067				+0.8	+0.5	+.161
Bernard King	82	34.9	21.6	3.1	5.1	8.2	3.6	1.4	0.5	3.9	4.0	8.7	16.6	.522	-	-	-	4.3	7.5	.564
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paolo Banchero	7	37.4	27.0	2.0	6.6	8.6	4.0	1.1	0.6	4.6	2.0	9.7	21.3	.456	2.3	5.7	.400	5.3	7.0	.755
difference:	+5	+3.1	+1.0	+0.5	+3.6	+3.1	+0.5	+0.9	+0.6	-1.6	-3.0	+0.8	+0.3	+.044				+0.3	+5.0	+.338
Bernard King	2	40.5	26.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	3.5	2.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	10.5	21.0	.500	-	-	-	5.0	12.0	.417

Additional Years
* Bernard King played 11 seasons more than Paolo Banchero in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 14, from 1981 to 1993—Bernard King played in 4 Playoffs. In those 11 extra years over Paolo Banchero, Bernard King got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 1 Scoring Leader 4 All-Star Game