Stephon Marbury vs. Robert Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Robert Smith and Stephon Marbury, 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.

Stephon Marbury played 13 years in the NBA, 6 more than Robert Smith, who played 7. Stephon Marbury had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Robert Smith had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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
	Stephon Marbury	Robert Smith
Season	1996-97	1977-78
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets Lost West Conf 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		%
Stephon Marbury	67	34.7	15.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.4	5.3	13.0	.408	1.5	4.3	.354	3.7	5.0	.727
Robert Smith	45	8.4	2.7	0.1	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.1	0.4	1.2	1.1	2.2	.515	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	.875
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	3	39.3	21.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	8.7	21.7	.400	2.0	6.7	.300	2.0	3.3	.600
Robert Smith	11	8.7	3.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	1.5	0.5	0.0	0.7	1.2	1.5	2.4	.654	-	-	-	0.5	0.6	.714

Season 4
	Stephon Marbury	Robert Smith
Season	1999-00	1980-81
Team	New Jersey Nets	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third 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		%
Stephon Marbury	74	38.9	22.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	8.4	1.5	0.2	3.6	2.6	7.7	17.8	.432	0.9	3.1	.283	5.9	7.2	.813
Robert Smith	1	20.0	8.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	4.0	1.000
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Stephon Marbury	Robert Smith
Season	2000-01	1981-82
Team	New Jersey Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks Lost East 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		%
Stephon Marbury	67	38.2	23.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.4	19.1	.441	1.6	5.0	.328	5.4	6.8	.790
Robert Smith	17	18.6	6.8	0.1	0.8	0.8	2.6	0.6	0.1	0.8	2.1	3.1	6.5	.473	0.1	0.6	.200	0.6	0.7	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Robert Smith	6	11.3	4.8	0.2	1.0	1.2	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	1.3	1.7	4.3	.385	0.3	1.2	.286	1.2	1.3	.875

Note: Robert Smith didn't play in 1983-84.

Season 7
	Stephon Marbury	Robert Smith
Season	2002-03	1984-85
Team	Phoenix Suns	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Suns 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		%
Stephon Marbury	81	40.0	22.3	0.7	2.6	3.2	8.1	1.3	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.3	18.9	.439	1.1	3.7	.301	4.6	5.8	.803
Robert Smith	7	6.9	2.3	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.6	2.4	.235	0.0	0.6	.000	1.1	1.4	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Stephon Marbury	6	45.3	22.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.7	1.2	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.5	22.7	.375	0.8	3.7	.227	4.2	5.5	.758
Robert Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-