Steve Kuberski vs. Ja Morant Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Ja Morant and Steve Kuberski, 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.

Steve Kuberski played 9 years in the NBA, 4 more than Ja Morant, who played 5. Steve Kuberski had the first of his seasons in 1969-70, while Ja Morant 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 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
	Steve Kuberski	Ja Morant
Season	1969-70	2019-20
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Steve Kuberski	51	15.6	6.4	-	-	5.0	0.6	-	-	-	1.7	2.5	6.6	.388	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.696
Ja Morant	67	31.0	17.8	0.8	3.1	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	3.3	1.6	6.7	14.0	.477	0.9	2.7	.335	3.6	4.6	.776
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kuberski	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Steve Kuberski	Ja Morant
Season	1971-72	2021-22
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Most Improved Player
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Grizzlies 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		%
Steve Kuberski	71	15.9	6.3	-	-	4.5	0.6	-	-	-	1.8	2.6	6.3	.417	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.784
Ja Morant	57	33.1	27.4	1.4	4.4	5.7	6.7	1.2	0.4	3.4	1.5	10.2	20.6	.493	1.5	4.5	.344	5.5	7.3	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kuberski	11	19.8	11.6	-	-	5.7	0.3	-	-	-	2.1	4.4	7.9	.552	-	-	-	2.9	3.5	.842
Ja Morant	9	37.6	27.1	1.4	6.6	8.0	9.8	2.0	0.4	3.6	2.4	9.0	20.4	.440	1.9	5.6	.340	7.2	9.7	.747

Season 4
	Steve Kuberski	Ja Morant
Season	1972-73	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Grizzlies 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		%
Steve Kuberski	78	9.8	4.4	-	-	2.5	0.3	-	-	-	1.2	1.8	4.4	.403	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.774
Ja Morant	61	31.9	26.2	1.0	4.9	5.9	8.1	1.1	0.3	3.4	1.6	9.3	19.9	.466	1.5	4.9	.307	6.1	8.1	.748
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kuberski	12	7.9	3.8	-	-	1.2	0.3	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	3.8	.413	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.700
Ja Morant	5	37.4	24.6	1.6	5.2	6.8	7.0	1.8	0.2	3.4	2.4	9.0	21.2	.425	2.6	6.2	.419	4.0	5.2	.769

Season 5
	Steve Kuberski	Ja Morant
Season	1973-74	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Steve Kuberski	78	12.6	5.1	1.2	1.8	3.0	0.5	0.1	0.1	-	1.6	2.0	4.7	.427	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.775
Ja Morant	9	35.3	25.1	0.7	4.9	5.6	8.1	0.8	0.6	3.0	2.1	8.9	18.9	.471	1.6	5.7	.275	5.8	7.1	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kuberski	9	7.7	1.7	0.9	1.3	2.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	-	1.0	0.6	2.8	.200	-	-	-	0.6	1.1	.500
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Steve Kuberski	Ja Morant
Season	1975-76	-
Team	Buffalo Braves, 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		%
Steve Kuberski	70	13.8	4.9	1.3	2.4	3.7	0.7	0.2	0.2	-	1.9	1.9	4.2	.464	-	-	-	1.0	1.1	.899
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Steve Kuberski	18	12.9	5.4	0.9	1.9	2.8	0.9	0.0	0.2	-	2.1	2.1	4.5	.469	-	-	-	1.2	1.4	.808
Ja Morant	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-