Paul Seymour vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Paul Seymour, 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.

Paul Seymour played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Paul Seymour had the first of his seasons in 1947-48, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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
	Paul Seymour	Kenny Smith
Season	1947-48	1987-88
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
Paul Seymour	22	-	3.5	-	-	-	0.3	-	-	-	1.5	1.2	4.6	.267	-	-	-	1.0	1.7	.595
Kenny Smith	61	35.6	13.8	0.7	1.6	2.3	7.1	1.5	0.1	3.0	2.3	5.4	11.4	.477	0.2	0.6	.308	2.7	3.3	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Paul Seymour didn't play in 1948-49.

Season 5
	Paul Seymour	Kenny Smith
Season	1952-53	1991-92
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div 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		%
Paul Seymour	67	40.1	14.2	-	-	3.7	4.4	-	-	-	3.1	4.6	11.9	.383	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.817
Kenny Smith	81	33.8	14.0	0.4	1.8	2.2	6.9	1.3	0.1	2.8	1.4	5.3	11.2	.475	0.7	1.7	.394	2.7	3.1	.866
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	2	56.0	18.0	-	-	5.0	4.0	-	-	-	5.5	4.5	12.0	.375	-	-	-	9.0	9.5	.947
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	Paul Seymour	Kenny Smith
Season	1953-54	1992-93
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nationals Lost NBA Finals	Rockets 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		%
Paul Seymour	71	38.4	13.1	-	-	4.1	5.1	-	-	-	2.6	4.5	11.8	.377	-	-	-	4.2	5.2	.813
Kenny Smith	82	29.5	13.0	0.3	1.6	2.0	5.4	1.0	0.1	2.0	1.3	4.7	9.1	.520	1.2	2.7	.438	2.4	2.7	.878
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	13	43.0	14.9	-	-	2.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.0	4.5	11.0	.413	-	-	-	5.8	7.2	.809
Kenny Smith	12	32.6	14.8	0.2	1.8	2.0	4.2	0.8	0.1	2.2	1.5	5.3	10.7	.492	1.9	3.8	.500	2.3	3.0	.778

Season 7
	Paul Seymour	Kenny Smith
Season	1954-55	1993-94
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Paul Seymour	72	41.0	14.6	-	-	4.3	6.7	-	-	-	1.9	5.2	14.4	.362	-	-	-	4.2	5.1	.811
Kenny Smith	78	28.3	11.6	0.3	1.5	1.8	4.2	0.8	0.1	1.6	1.6	4.4	9.1	.480	1.1	2.8	.405	1.7	2.0	.871
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	11	37.3	12.5	-	-	3.9	6.8	-	-	-	1.9	4.2	13.5	.309	-	-	-	4.1	4.5	.900
Kenny Smith	23	30.3	10.8	0.2	2.1	2.3	4.1	1.0	0.2	1.4	1.7	3.7	8.2	.455	1.5	3.3	.447	1.8	2.3	.808

Season 8
	Paul Seymour	Kenny Smith
Season	1955-56	1994-95
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Paul Seymour	57	32.0	11.3	-	-	2.7	4.8	-	-	-	2.3	4.0	11.8	.339	-	-	-	3.3	4.1	.807
Kenny Smith	81	25.1	10.4	0.3	1.6	1.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	1.5	1.3	3.5	7.3	.484	1.8	4.1	.429	1.6	1.8	.851
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Paul Seymour	7	21.9	6.7	-	-	1.6	2.6	-	-	-	1.6	2.3	7.9	.291	-	-	-	2.1	2.9	.750
Kenny Smith	22	29.6	10.8	0.3	1.9	2.2	4.5	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.1	3.5	8.1	.438	2.1	4.7	.442	1.6	1.8	.900