Shawn Kemp vs. Yves Missi Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Yves Missi and Shawn Kemp, 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.

Shawn Kemp played 14 years in the NBA, 13 more than Yves Missi, who played 1. Shawn Kemp had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Yves Missi had his rookie season in 2024-25. 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
	Shawn Kemp	Yves Missi
Season	1989-90	2024-25
Team	Seattle Supersonics	New Orleans Pelicans
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736
difference:	+8	+13.0	+2.6	+1.7	+2.2	+3.9	+1.1	+0.1	+0.4	-0.2	-0.5	+1.2	+1.5	+.068		+0.1		+0.3	+0.8	+.113
Yves Missi	73	26.8	9.1	3.5	4.7	8.2	1.4	0.5	1.3	1.1	2.0	3.7	6.7	.547	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.8	.623
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Shawn Kemp nor Yves Missi played in the postseason in their season 1

Additional Years
* Shawn Kemp played 13 seasons more than Yves Missi in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 2 to 14, from 1991 to 2003—Shawn Kemp played in 10 Playoffs. In those 13 extra years over Yves Missi, Shawn Kemp got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	3 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Star Game