Rudy Gobert vs. Shaquille O'Neal Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Shaquille O'Neal and Rudy Gobert, 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.

Rudy Gobert played 12 years in the NBA, 7 less than Shaquille O'Neal, who played 19. Rudy Gobert had the first of his seasons in 2013-14, while Shaquille O'Neal 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 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
	Rudy Gobert	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2013-14	1992-93
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Rudy Gobert	45	9.6	2.3	1.1	2.3	3.4	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.7	1.3	0.8	1.6	.486	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.4	.492
difference:	+36	+28.3	+21.1	+3.1	+7.3	+10.5	+1.7	+0.5	+2.6	-3.1	-2.7	+8.2	+14.5	+.076				+4.6	+7.5	+.100
Shaquille O'Neal	81	37.9	23.4	4.2	9.6	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	3.8	4.0	9.0	16.1	.562	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	8.9	.592
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Rudy Gobert nor Shaquille O'Neal played in the postseason in their season 1

Season 2
	Rudy Gobert	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2014-15	1993-94
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic 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		%
Rudy Gobert	82	26.3	8.4	3.2	6.2	9.5	1.3	0.8	2.3	1.4	2.1	3.1	5.2	.604	0.0	0.0	-	2.1	3.3	.623
difference:	+1	+13.5	+20.9	+1.5	+2.3	+3.7	+1.1	+0.1	+0.6	-1.3	-1.4	+8.7	+14.4	+.005				+3.7	+7.2	+.069
Shaquille O'Neal	81	39.8	29.3	4.7	8.5	13.2	2.4	0.9	2.9	2.7	3.5	11.8	19.6	.599	0.0	0.0	-	5.8	10.5	.554
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	3	42.0	20.7	5.7	7.7	13.3	2.3	0.7	3.0	3.3	4.3	7.7	15.0	.511	0.0	0.0	-	5.3	11.3	.471

Season 3
	Rudy Gobert	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2015-16	1994-95
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Magic Lost NBA Finals

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	61	31.7	9.1	3.4	7.5	11.0	1.5	0.7	2.2	1.9	2.7	3.2	5.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	4.6	.569
difference:	+18	+5.3	+20.2	+0.8	+0.2	+0.4	+1.2	+0.2	+0.2	-0.7	-0.6	+8.6	+14.4	+.024		+0.1		+3.2	+6.2	+.036
Shaquille O'Neal	79	37.0	29.3	4.2	7.3	11.4	2.7	0.9	2.4	2.6	3.3	11.8	20.2	.583	0.0	0.1	.000	5.8	10.8	.533
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaquille O'Neal	21	38.3	25.7	4.5	7.4	11.9	3.3	0.9	1.9	3.5	4.0	9.3	16.1	.577	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	12.4	.571

Season 4
	Rudy Gobert	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2016-17	1995-96
Team	Utah Jazz	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Magic Lost East Conf Finals

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4th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	81	33.9	14.0	3.9	8.9	12.8	1.2	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.0	5.1	7.7	.661	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	5.9	.653
difference:	+27	+2.1	+12.6	+0.5	+1.2	+1.8	+1.7		+0.5	-1.1	-0.6	+5.9	+11.4	+.088				+0.8	+3.6	+.166
Shaquille O'Neal	54	36.0	26.6	3.4	7.7	11.0	2.9	0.6	2.1	2.9	3.6	11.0	19.1	.573	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	9.5	.487
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	9	27.3	11.6	2.4	7.4	9.9	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.0	3.3	4.4	7.0	.635	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	5.6	.480
difference:	+3	+11.0	+14.2	+1.7	+1.5	+0.1	+3.4	+0.2		-2.7		+6.5	+11.0	+.029				+1.3	+4.6	+.087
Shaquille O'Neal	12	38.3	25.8	4.1	5.9	10.0	4.6	0.8	1.3	3.7	3.3	10.9	18.0	.606	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	10.2	.393

Season 5
	Rudy Gobert	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2017-18	1996-97
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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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		%
Rudy Gobert	56	32.4	13.5	2.9	7.8	10.7	1.4	0.8	2.3	1.9	2.7	4.9	7.9	.622	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.3	.682
difference:	+5	+5.7	+12.7	+0.9	+0.9	+1.8	+1.7	+0.1	+0.6	-1.0	-0.8	+5.9	+11.5	+.065		+0.1		+0.9	+4.1	+.198
Shaquille O'Neal	51	38.1	26.2	3.8	8.7	12.5	3.1	0.9	2.9	2.9	3.5	10.8	19.4	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	9.4	.484
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	11	34.8	13.2	3.9	6.8	10.7	1.0	0.9	2.3	1.9	3.1	5.0	7.6	.655	0.0	0.0	-	3.2	5.3	.603
difference:	+2	+1.4	+13.7	+0.3	+0.5	+0.1	+2.2	+0.3	+0.4	-0.5	-1.0	+4.9	+11.6	+.141				+3.9	+6.4	+.007
Shaquille O'Neal	9	36.2	26.9	4.2	6.3	10.6	3.2	0.6	1.9	2.4	4.1	9.9	19.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	11.7	.610

Season 6
	Rudy Gobert	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2018-19	1997-98
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	81	31.8	15.9	3.8	9.0	12.9	2.0	0.8	2.3	1.6	2.9	5.9	8.8	.669	0.0	0.0	-	4.1	6.4	.636
difference:	+21	+4.5	+12.4	+0.3	+1.1	+1.5	+0.4	+0.1	+0.1	-1.3	-0.3	+5.3	+10.3	+.085				+1.9	+5.0	+.109
Shaquille O'Neal	60	36.3	28.3	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.4	0.7	2.4	2.9	3.2	11.2	19.1	.584	0.0	0.0	-	6.0	11.4	.527
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	5	30.4	11.2	4.6	5.6	10.2	1.4	0.6	2.6	1.8	3.2	3.8	6.4	.594	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	4.6	.783
difference:	+8	+8.1	+19.3	+0.9	+0.9		+1.5	+0.1		-1.5		+8.4	+13.4	+.018				+2.6	+7.6	+.280
Shaquille O'Neal	13	38.5	30.5	3.7	6.5	10.2	2.9	0.5	2.6	3.3	3.2	12.2	19.8	.612	0.0	0.0	-	6.2	12.2	.503

Season 7
	Rudy Gobert	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2019-20	1998-99
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	68	34.3	15.1	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.5	0.8	2.0	1.9	3.2	5.7	8.2	.693	0.0	0.0	-	3.7	5.9	.630
difference:	+19	+0.5	+11.2	+0.4	+3.2	+2.8	+0.8	+0.1	+0.3	-0.6		+4.7	+9.9	+.117				+1.8	+4.3	+.090
Shaquille O'Neal	49	34.8	26.3	3.8	6.9	10.7	2.3	0.7	1.7	2.5	3.2	10.4	18.1	.576	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	10.2	.540
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	7	38.6	16.9	3.4	8.0	11.4	1.1	0.6	1.4	1.3	3.7	6.9	10.6	.649	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	6.0	.524
difference:	+1	+0.8	+9.7	+2.1	+1.9	+0.2	+1.2	+0.3	+1.5	-1.0	-0.1	+3.0	+8.8	+.139				+3.8	+8.8	+.058
Shaquille O'Neal	8	39.4	26.6	5.5	6.1	11.6	2.3	0.9	2.9	2.3	3.6	9.9	19.4	.510	0.0	0.0	-	6.9	14.8	.466

Season 8
	Rudy Gobert	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2020-21	1999-00
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	Scoring Leader
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	71	30.8	14.3	3.4	10.1	13.5	1.3	0.6	2.7	1.7	2.3	5.5	8.2	.675	0.0	0.1	.000	3.3	5.3	.623
difference:	+8	+9.2	+15.4	+0.9	+0.7	+0.1	+2.5	+0.1	+0.3	-1.1	-0.9	+6.6	+12.9	+.101		+0.1		+2.2	+5.1	+.099
Shaquille O'Neal	79	40.0	29.7	4.3	9.4	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	2.8	3.2	12.1	21.1	.574	0.0	0.0	-	5.5	10.4	.524
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	11	34.2	14.7	3.9	8.4	12.3	0.8	0.5	2.1	1.5	4.2	5.5	7.4	.741	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	6.0	.636
difference:	+12	+9.3	+16.0	+1.3	+1.9	+3.1	+2.3	+0.1	+0.3	-0.9	-1.3	+6.9	+14.6	+.175		+0.1		+2.1	+6.9	+.180
Shaquille O'Neal	23	43.5	30.7	5.2	10.3	15.4	3.1	0.6	2.4	2.4	2.9	12.4	22.0	.566	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	12.9	.456

Season 9
	Rudy Gobert	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2021-22	2000-01
Team	Utah Jazz	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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9th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	66	32.1	15.6	3.7	11.0	14.7	1.1	0.7	2.1	1.8	2.7	5.5	7.7	.713	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.7	.690
difference:	+8	+7.4	+13.1	+0.2	+2.2	+2.0	+2.6	+0.1	+0.7	-1.1	-0.8	+5.5	+11.5	+.141		+0.1		+2.1	+6.4	+.177
Shaquille O'Neal	74	39.5	28.7	3.9	8.8	12.7	3.7	0.6	2.8	2.9	3.5	11.0	19.2	.572	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	13.1	.513
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	6	32.8	12.0	3.5	9.7	13.2	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.3	3.2	3.5	5.5	.636	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	7.3	.682
difference:	+10	+9.5	+18.4	+2.2	+0.1	+2.2	+2.7	+0.2	+1.4	-2.3	-0.2	+8.4	+16.0	+.081				+1.6	+5.2	+.157
Shaquille O'Neal	16	42.3	30.4	5.7	9.8	15.4	3.2	0.4	2.4	3.6	3.4	11.9	21.5	.555	0.0	0.0	-	6.6	12.5	.525

Season 10
	Rudy Gobert	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2022-23	2001-02
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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10th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	70	30.7	13.4	3.3	8.3	11.6	1.2	0.8	1.4	1.7	3.0	5.1	7.8	.659	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	4.9	.644
difference:	+3	+5.4	+13.8	+0.2	+1.1	+0.9	+1.8	+0.2	+0.6	-0.9		+5.5	+10.5	+.080				+2.8	+5.8	+.089
Shaquille O'Neal	67	36.1	27.2	3.5	7.2	10.7	3.0	0.6	2.0	2.6	3.0	10.6	18.3	.579	0.0	0.0	-	5.9	10.7	.555
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	5	35.4	15.0	3.6	8.6	12.2	2.0	0.4	1.0	1.6	4.8	5.8	9.2	.630	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.4	.630
difference:	+14	+5.4	+13.5	+0.1	+0.5	+0.4	+0.8	+0.1	+1.5	-1.7	-1.5	+4.9	+11.0	+.101				+3.7	+5.5	+.019
Shaquille O'Neal	19	40.8	28.5	3.5	9.1	12.6	2.8	0.5	2.5	3.3	3.3	10.7	20.2	.529	0.0	0.0	-	7.1	10.9	.649

Season 11
	Rudy Gobert	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2023-24	2002-03
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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11th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	76	34.1	14.0	3.8	9.2	12.9	1.3	0.7	2.1	1.6	3.1	5.3	8.1	.661	0.0	0.0	-	3.3	5.1	.638
difference:	+9	+3.7	+13.5	+0.1	+2.0	+1.8	+1.8	+0.1	+0.3	-1.3	-0.3	+5.1	+10.0	+.087				+3.4	+5.7	+.016
Shaquille O'Neal	67	37.8	27.5	3.9	7.2	11.1	3.1	0.6	2.4	2.9	3.4	10.4	18.1	.574	0.0	0.0	-	6.7	10.8	.622
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	15	34.1	12.1	2.7	7.1	9.8	1.6	0.9	1.0	1.5	3.7	4.3	6.9	.615	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.3	.671
difference:	+3	+6.0	+14.9	+2.6	+2.5	+5.0	+2.1	+0.3	+1.8	-1.4	-0.9	+5.8	+11.9	+.080				+3.3	+5.7	+.050
Shaquille O'Neal	12	40.1	27.0	5.3	9.6	14.8	3.7	0.6	2.8	2.9	2.8	10.1	18.8	.535	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	11.0	.621

Season 12
	Rudy Gobert	Shaquille O'Neal
Season	2024-25	2003-04
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game MVP
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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12th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	72	33.2	12.0	3.7	7.2	10.9	1.8	0.8	1.4	1.2	2.5	4.7	7.1	.669	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.8	.674
difference:	+5	+3.6	+9.5		+0.6	+0.6	+1.1	+0.3	+1.1	-1.7	-0.9	+3.6	+7.0	+.085				+2.3	+6.3	+.184
Shaquille O'Neal	67	36.8	21.5	3.7	7.8	11.5	2.9	0.5	2.5	2.9	3.4	8.3	14.1	.584	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	10.1	.490
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Rudy Gobert	15	27.4	7.9	3.1	5.5	8.6	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.9	2.5	3.1	5.3	.582	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	3.3	.520
difference:	+7	+14.5	+13.6	+1.0	+3.6	+4.6	+1.8	+0.2	+1.6	-1.6	-1.6	+5.2	+8.7	+.011				+3.3	+8.2	+.091
Shaquille O'Neal	22	41.9	21.5	4.1	9.1	13.2	2.5	0.3	2.8	2.5	4.1	8.3	14.0	.593	0.0	0.0	-	5.0	11.5	.429

Additional Years
* Shaquille O'Neal played 7 seasons more than Rudy Gobert in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 13 to 19, from 2005 to 2011—Shaquille O'Neal played in 6 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 7 extra years over Rudy Gobert, Shaquille O'Neal got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	2 All-NBA First Team 1 All-NBA Third Team 4 All-Star Game 1 All-Star Game MVP