Red Rocha vs. Latrell Sprewell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Latrell Sprewell and Red Rocha, 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.

Red Rocha played 9 years in the NBA, 4 less than Latrell Sprewell, who played 13. Red Rocha had the first of his seasons in 1947-48, while Latrell Sprewell had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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
	Red Rocha	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1947-48	1992-93
Team	St. Louis Bombers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Bombers Lost Semifinals	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		%
Red Rocha	48	-	12.7	-	-	-	0.8	-	-	-	4.4	4.8	15.4	.314	-	-	-	3.1	4.4	.690
Latrell Sprewell	77	35.6	15.4	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.8	1.6	0.7	2.6	2.2	5.8	12.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.369	2.7	3.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	7	-	11.4	-	-	-	0.9	-	-	-	4.3	4.1	16.9	.246	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.733
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Red Rocha	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1948-49	1993-94
Team	St. Louis Bombers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bombers Lost West Div Semis	Warriors Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	58	-	10.5	-	-	-	2.7	-	-	-	4.3	3.8	9.9	.389	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.768
Latrell Sprewell	82	43.1	21.0	1.0	3.9	4.9	4.7	2.2	0.9	2.8	1.9	7.5	17.3	.433	1.7	4.8	.361	4.3	5.6	.774
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	2	-	18.0	-	-	-	3.0	-	-	-	3.0	8.0	18.0	.444	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.800
Latrell Sprewell	3	40.7	22.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.0	0.7	1.0	3.0	5.0	8.7	20.0	.433	2.7	7.7	.348	2.7	4.0	.667

Season 3
	Red Rocha	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1949-50	1994-95
Team	St. Louis Bombers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Red Rocha	65	-	11.8	-	-	-	2.4	-	-	-	4.0	4.2	10.4	.405	-	-	-	3.4	4.8	.703
Latrell Sprewell	69	40.2	20.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.0	1.6	0.7	3.3	1.6	7.1	17.0	.418	1.3	4.7	.276	5.1	6.5	.781
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Red Rocha	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1950-51	1995-96
Team	Baltimore Bullets (1st)	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Red Rocha	64	-	13.1	-	-	8.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	4.6	13.2	.352	-	-	-	3.8	4.7	.809
Latrell Sprewell	78	39.3	18.9	1.6	3.3	4.9	4.2	1.6	0.6	2.8	1.9	6.6	15.4	.428	1.2	3.6	.323	4.5	5.7	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Red Rocha	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1951-52	1996-97
Team	Syracuse Nationals	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nationals Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Red Rocha	66	38.5	12.9	-	-	8.3	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	4.5	11.3	.401	-	-	-	3.8	5.0	.770
Latrell Sprewell	80	41.9	24.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	4.0	1.9	8.1	18.1	.449	1.8	5.2	.354	6.2	7.3	.843
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	7	39.4	17.0	-	-	6.9	1.4	-	-	-	5.1	5.9	13.6	.432	-	-	-	5.3	7.3	.725
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Red Rocha didn't play in 1953-54.

Season 7
	Red Rocha	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1954-55	1998-99
Team	Syracuse Nationals	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	72	34.3	11.3	-	-	6.8	2.5	-	-	-	3.4	4.1	11.1	.368	-	-	-	3.1	3.9	.782
Latrell Sprewell	37	33.3	16.4	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.8	5.8	14.0	.415	0.6	2.1	.273	4.2	5.2	.812
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	11	33.7	12.4	-	-	6.7	1.3	-	-	-	4.1	4.2	10.0	.418	-	-	-	4.0	5.3	.759
Latrell Sprewell	20	37.1	20.4	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.2	1.0	0.3	2.9	2.0	7.3	17.3	.419	0.2	1.3	.160	5.7	6.7	.850

Season 9
	Red Rocha	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1956-57	2000-01
Team	Fort Wayne Pistons	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	72	16.0	5.3	-	-	3.8	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	1.9	5.4	.349	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.757
Latrell Sprewell	77	39.2	17.7	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.5	1.4	0.4	2.8	2.1	6.8	15.8	.430	0.5	1.8	.304	3.6	4.6	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Red Rocha	2	9.0	2.0	-	-	3.0	0.0	-	-	-	2.0	0.0	2.5	.000	-	-	-	2.0	3.0	.667
Latrell Sprewell	5	42.4	18.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	3.4	1.0	0.2	4.0	3.4	7.0	17.2	.407	0.6	2.8	.214	3.8	5.0	.760