Patrick Ewing vs. Dereck Lively II Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dereck Lively II and Patrick Ewing, 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.
Patrick Ewing played 17 years in the NBA, 15 more than Dereck Lively II, who played 2. Patrick Ewing had the first of his seasons in 1985-86, while Dereck Lively II had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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.
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Patrick Ewing |
50 |
35.4 |
20.0 |
2.5 |
6.5 |
9.0 |
2.0 |
1.1 |
2.1 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
7.7 |
16.3 |
.474 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.5 |
6.1 |
.739 |
| difference: | +5 | +11.9 | +11.2 | | +2.1 | +2.1 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.7 | -2.5 | -1.2 | +3.7 | +10.9 | +.273 | | +0.1 | | +3.8 | +4.6 | +.233 |
| Dereck Lively II |
55 |
23.5 |
8.8 |
2.5 |
4.4 |
6.9 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
2.6 |
4.0 |
5.4 |
.747 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
1.5 |
.506 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Patrick Ewing |
DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dereck Lively II |
21 |
22.0 |
7.9 |
2.7 |
4.7 |
7.4 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
4.5 |
.674 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.7 |
2.9 |
.590 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Patrick Ewing |
63 |
35.0 |
21.5 |
2.5 |
6.3 |
8.8 |
1.7 |
1.4 |
2.3 |
3.6 |
3.9 |
8.4 |
16.7 |
.503 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
4.7 |
6.6 |
.713 |
| difference: | +27 | +11.9 | +12.8 | +0.4 | +1.7 | +1.3 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.7 | -2.5 | -1.1 | +4.7 | +11.4 | +.199 | | +0.1 | | +3.4 | +4.6 | +.083 |
| Dereck Lively II |
36 |
23.1 |
8.7 |
2.9 |
4.6 |
7.5 |
2.4 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
2.8 |
3.7 |
5.3 |
.702 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.3 |
2.0 |
.630 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Patrick Ewing nor Dereck Lively II played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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Additional Years |
* Patrick Ewing played 15 seasons more than Dereck Lively II in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 17, from 1988 to 2002—Patrick Ewing played in 14 Playoffs. In those 15 extra years over Dereck Lively II, Patrick Ewing got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-NBA First Team
6 All-NBA Second Team
3 All-Defensive Second Team
10 All-Star Game
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