Sam Jones vs. Naz Reid Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Naz Reid and Sam Jones, 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.

Sam Jones played 12 years in the NBA, 6 more than Naz Reid, who played 6. Sam Jones had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while Naz Reid had his rookie season in 2019-20. 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.

Season 2
	Sam Jones	Naz Reid
Season	1958-59	2020-21
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Sam Jones	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
difference:	+1	+1.4	+0.5			+1.4	+0.4				-1.2		+1.6	+.089				+0.5	+0.4	+.077
Naz Reid	70	19.2	11.2	1.2	3.4	4.6	1.0	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.6	4.3	8.3	.523	0.9	2.5	.351	1.6	2.4	.693
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	11	17.5	10.3	-	-	5.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.3	3.6	9.8	.370	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.846
Naz Reid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Sam Jones	Naz Reid
Season	1959-60	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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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		%
Sam Jones	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
difference:	+3	+4.6	+3.6			+1.2	+0.8				-0.8	+1.8	+4.4	+.035				+0.8	+1.1	+.001
Naz Reid	77	15.8	8.3	1.3	2.6	3.9	0.9	0.5	0.9	1.1	2.2	3.0	6.2	.489	0.7	2.2	.343	1.5	1.9	.765
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	13	15.2	8.2	-	-	3.2	1.4	-	-	-	1.2	3.5	9.0	.385	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.810
difference:	+8	+4.4	+3.4			+0.4	+1.4				-1.6	+2.1	+5.6	+.027				+0.1	+0.2	+.190
Naz Reid	5	10.8	4.8	0.4	2.4	2.8	0.0	0.2	1.2	1.0	2.8	1.4	3.4	.412	0.6	1.4	.429	1.4	1.4	1.000

Season 4
	Sam Jones	Naz Reid
Season	1960-61	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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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		%
Sam Jones	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
difference:	+10	+7.6	+3.5			+0.5	+1.7				-0.7	+1.6	+5.2	+.088				+1.4	+1.5	+.110
Naz Reid	68	18.4	11.5	1.1	3.8	4.9	1.1	0.6	0.8	1.4	2.6	4.6	8.5	.537	1.1	3.2	.346	1.3	1.9	.677
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	10	25.8	13.1	-	-	5.4	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	5.0	11.2	.446	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.886
Naz Reid	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Sam Jones	Naz Reid
Season	1961-62	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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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		%
Sam Jones	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
difference:	+3	+6.4	+4.9			+0.7	+1.7				-0.2	+2.6	+6.0	+.013				+1.8	+2.0	+.082
Naz Reid	81	24.2	13.5	0.9	4.3	5.2	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.4	2.1	5.0	10.5	.477	2.1	5.0	.414	1.3	1.8	.736
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	14	36.0	20.6	-	-	7.1	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.700
difference:	+2	+13.4	+9.5			+3.4	+2.1				-0.1	+4.7	+10.9	+.014				+1.6	+2.4	+.010
Naz Reid	16	22.6	11.1	0.6	3.1	3.7	1.0	0.5	0.8	0.9	2.0	4.1	8.9	.458	1.6	4.3	.362	1.4	1.9	.710

Season 6
	Sam Jones	Naz Reid
Season	1962-63	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Timberwolves 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		%
Sam Jones	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
difference:	+4	+3.1	+5.5			+0.8	+0.9				-0.3	+2.9	+5.7	+.014				+2.0	+2.5	+.017
Naz Reid	80	27.5	14.2	1.2	4.9	6.0	2.3	0.7	0.9	1.4	2.4	5.3	11.5	.462	2.2	5.8	.379	1.4	1.8	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Jones	13	34.6	23.8	-	-	6.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	9.2	19.1	.484	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.831
difference:	+2	+9.6	+13.4			+1.5	+0.8				-0.3	+5.5	+11.8	+.025				+4.0	+4.7	+.071
Naz Reid	15	25.0	10.4	1.1	3.7	4.7	1.7	0.7	0.9	1.9	2.9	3.7	7.3	.509	1.7	4.2	.397	1.3	1.7	.760

Additional Years
* Sam Jones played 6 seasons more than Naz Reid in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 7 to 12, from 1964 to 1969—Sam Jones played in 6 Playoffs and won 5 NBA Championships. In those 6 extra years over Naz Reid, Sam Jones got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 4 All-Star Game