Scot Pollard vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Scot Pollard, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Scot Pollard played 11 years in the NBA, 1 more than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Scot Pollard had the first of his seasons in 1997-98, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Scot Pollard	11	9	1997-98 to 2007-08
Kenny Smith	10	5	1987-88 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11


Rookie Season
	Scot Pollard	Kenny Smith
Season	1997-98	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	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		%
Scot Pollard	33	9.6	2.7	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	1.5	1.1	2.1	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.7	.826
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		%
Scot Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Scot Pollard	Kenny Smith
Season	1998-99	1988-89
Team	Sacramento Kings	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Scot Pollard	16	16.2	5.1	2.4	2.8	5.1	0.3	0.5	1.1	0.3	2.6	2.1	3.8	.541	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.4	.696
Kenny Smith	81	38.8	17.3	0.6	2.2	2.8	7.7	1.3	0.1	3.1	2.1	6.8	14.6	.462	0.6	1.6	.359	3.2	4.4	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scot Pollard	5	15.0	3.0	1.0	1.2	2.2	0.2	0.8	1.2	0.4	2.6	1.2	1.8	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.600
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Scot Pollard	Kenny Smith
Season	1999-00	1989-90
Team	Sacramento Kings	Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Scot Pollard	76	17.6	5.4	2.2	3.1	5.3	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.7	2.8	2.0	3.7	.527	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.717
Kenny Smith	79	30.6	11.9	0.2	1.8	2.0	5.6	1.0	0.1	2.1	1.8	4.8	10.3	.466	0.3	1.1	.313	2.0	2.5	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scot Pollard	5	14.0	4.0	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.6	3.6	1.8	3.2	.563	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.333
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Scot Pollard	Kenny Smith
Season	2000-01	1990-91
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	Rockets 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		%
Scot Pollard	77	21.5	6.5	2.2	3.8	6.0	0.6	0.6	1.3	0.9	2.7	2.4	5.1	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	1.7	2.2	.749
Kenny Smith	78	34.6	17.7	0.5	1.6	2.1	7.1	1.4	0.1	3.0	1.7	6.7	12.9	.520	0.6	1.7	.363	3.7	4.4	.844

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scot Pollard	8	17.8	6.0	2.9	4.0	6.9	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.8	3.8	2.4	3.8	.633	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	2.1	.588
Kenny Smith	3	37.7	15.3	1.3	1.3	2.7	8.0	1.3	0.3	2.0	1.7	6.0	12.7	.474	0.7	1.3	.500	2.7	3.0	.889


Season 5
	Scot Pollard	Kenny Smith
Season	2001-02	1991-92
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 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		%
Scot Pollard	80	23.5	6.4	2.4	4.7	7.1	0.7	0.9	1.0	0.9	2.5	2.5	4.5	.550	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.693
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		%
Scot Pollard	15	12.9	3.3	1.9	1.6	3.5	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.2	2.4	1.4	2.7	.525	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.667
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Scot Pollard	Kenny Smith
Season	2002-03	1992-93
Team	Sacramento Kings	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Scot Pollard	23	14.1	4.5	2.0	2.6	4.6	0.3	0.6	0.7	0.7	2.2	1.7	3.8	.460	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.605
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		%
Scot Pollard	8	11.4	3.0	2.1	1.6	3.8	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.9	1.9	0.9	3.0	.292	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.6	.769
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
	Scot Pollard	Kenny Smith
Season	2003-04	1993-94
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 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		%
Scot Pollard	61	11.1	1.7	1.1	1.6	2.7	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.8	0.8	1.9	.412	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.3	.571
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		%
Scot Pollard	3	4.0	0.7	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.3	.500
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
	Scot Pollard	Kenny Smith
Season	2004-05	1994-95
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Scot Pollard	49	17.7	3.9	1.7	2.4	4.2	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.6	2.5	1.6	3.4	.473	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.673
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		%
Scot Pollard	9	7.1	1.4	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500
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


Season 9
	Scot Pollard	Kenny Smith
Season	2005-06	1995-96
Team	Indiana Pacers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Scot Pollard	45	17.1	3.8	1.6	3.2	4.8	0.5	0.8	0.4	0.6	2.6	1.6	3.4	.455	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.763
Kenny Smith	68	23.8	8.5	0.3	1.1	1.4	3.6	0.7	0.0	1.5	1.7	3.0	6.8	.433	1.3	3.5	.382	1.3	1.6	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scot Pollard	4	3.8	0.0	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kenny Smith	8	23.9	8.9	0.5	1.0	1.5	4.8	0.6	0.0	1.0	1.8	2.9	6.6	.434	1.5	3.9	.387	1.6	1.6	1.000


Season 10
	Scot Pollard	Kenny Smith
Season	2006-07	1996-97
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA 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		%
Scot Pollard	24	4.5	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.1	0.5	1.1	.423	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.2	.500
Kenny Smith	48	15.9	6.3	0.1	0.8	0.9	2.4	0.4	0.0	1.5	0.6	2.1	5.0	.423	1.2	2.8	.437	0.8	0.9	.867

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scot Pollard	3	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Scot Pollard	Kenny Smith
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Boston Celtics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Scot Pollard	22	7.9	1.8	0.6	1.0	1.7	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	2.0	0.5	1.0	.522	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.682
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Scot Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kenny Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Scot Pollard vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Scot Pollard, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11