Thurl Bailey vs. Latrell Sprewell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Latrell Sprewell and Thurl Bailey, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Thurl Bailey played 12 years in the NBA, 1 less than Latrell Sprewell, who played 13. Thurl Bailey had the first of his seasons in 1983-84, while Latrell Sprewell had his rookie season in 1992-93. 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
Thurl Bailey	12	9	1983-84 to 1998-99
Latrell Sprewell	13	5	1992-93 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Thurl Bailey	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1983-84	1992-93
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Thurl Bailey	81	24.8	8.5	1.4	4.3	5.7	1.6	0.5	1.5	1.3	2.4	3.7	7.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.752
Latrell Sprewell	77	35.6	15.4	1.0	2.5	3.5	3.8	1.6	0.7	2.6	2.2	5.8	12.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.369	2.7	3.7	.746

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	11	30.9	10.6	1.4	4.2	5.5	0.9	0.2	1.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	8.8	.515	0.0	0.2	.000	1.5	1.9	.810
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Thurl Bailey	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1984-85	1993-94
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Warriors 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		%
Thurl Bailey	80	31.0	15.2	1.9	4.7	6.6	1.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	2.7	6.3	12.9	.490	0.0	0.0	1.000	2.5	2.9	.842
Latrell Sprewell	82	43.1	21.0	1.0	3.9	4.9	4.7	2.2	0.9	2.8	1.9	7.5	17.3	.433	1.7	4.8	.361	4.3	5.6	.774

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	10	37.5	16.9	2.1	7.1	9.2	2.7	0.5	1.8	2.1	3.0	6.2	15.2	.408	0.0	0.0	-	4.5	5.5	.818
Latrell Sprewell	3	40.7	22.7	0.3	2.7	3.0	7.0	0.7	1.0	3.0	5.0	8.7	20.0	.433	2.7	7.7	.348	2.7	4.0	.667


Season 3
	Thurl Bailey	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1985-86	1994-95
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Thurl Bailey	82	28.8	14.6	1.8	4.2	6.0	1.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	2.0	5.9	13.1	.448	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	3.4	.830
Latrell Sprewell	69	40.2	20.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.0	1.6	0.7	3.3	1.6	7.1	17.0	.418	1.3	4.7	.276	5.1	6.5	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	4	36.8	16.0	2.8	5.3	8.0	3.3	0.5	0.5	1.3	3.3	7.0	19.3	.364	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.8	.727
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Thurl Bailey	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1986-87	1995-96
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Thurl Bailey	81	26.6	13.8	1.8	3.5	5.3	1.3	0.5	1.1	1.5	1.9	5.7	12.8	.447	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	2.9	.805
Latrell Sprewell	78	39.3	18.9	1.6	3.3	4.9	4.2	1.6	0.6	2.8	1.9	6.6	15.4	.428	1.2	3.6	.323	4.5	5.7	.789

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	5	30.2	15.6	2.8	3.2	6.0	1.8	0.6	1.2	2.4	2.4	6.0	12.6	.476	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	3.6	1.000
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Thurl Bailey	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1987-88	1996-97
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Thurl Bailey	82	34.2	19.6	1.6	4.8	6.5	1.9	0.6	1.5	2.3	2.3	7.7	15.7	.492	0.0	0.0	.333	4.1	5.0	.826
Latrell Sprewell	80	41.9	24.2	0.7	3.9	4.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	4.0	1.9	8.1	18.1	.449	1.8	5.2	.354	6.2	7.3	.843

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	11	40.8	23.2	1.9	3.8	5.7	1.6	0.5	2.1	1.9	2.9	9.0	18.5	.488	0.0	0.1	.000	5.2	6.2	.838
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Thurl Bailey	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1988-89	1997-98
Team	Utah Jazz	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Thurl Bailey	82	33.9	19.5	1.4	4.0	5.5	1.7	0.6	1.1	2.5	2.3	7.5	15.5	.483	0.0	0.1	.400	4.4	5.4	.825
Latrell Sprewell	14	39.1	21.4	0.5	3.1	3.6	4.9	1.4	0.4	3.1	1.9	7.9	19.8	.397	0.6	3.4	.188	5.0	6.7	.745

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	3	40.7	12.0	3.3	5.0	8.3	1.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	3.7	4.0	11.3	.353	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.0	.800
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Thurl Bailey	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1989-90	1998-99
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
Thurl Bailey	82	31.5	14.2	1.4	3.6	5.0	1.7	0.4	1.2	1.7	2.1	5.7	11.9	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.7	3.5	.779
Latrell Sprewell	37	33.3	16.4	1.1	3.1	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.1	2.1	1.8	5.8	14.0	.415	0.6	2.1	.273	4.2	5.2	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	5	38.0	21.0	1.6	4.8	6.4	1.4	1.0	1.2	1.0	3.8	8.6	17.6	.489	0.0	0.0	-	3.8	4.8	.792
Latrell Sprewell	20	37.1	20.4	1.2	3.6	4.8	2.2	1.0	0.3	2.9	2.0	7.3	17.3	.419	0.2	1.3	.160	5.7	6.7	.850


Season 8
	Thurl Bailey	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1990-91	1999-00
Team	Utah Jazz	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Thurl Bailey	82	30.3	12.4	1.2	3.7	5.0	1.5	0.6	1.1	1.6	2.0	4.9	10.6	.458	0.0	0.0	.000	2.7	3.3	.808
Latrell Sprewell	82	40.0	18.6	0.6	3.7	4.3	4.0	1.3	0.3	2.8	2.2	6.9	15.9	.435	0.5	1.5	.346	4.2	4.8	.866

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	9	25.3	7.6	1.2	2.3	3.6	1.0	0.3	0.7	1.3	3.0	2.6	7.1	.359	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	2.8	.880
Latrell Sprewell	16	43.8	18.7	0.8	3.6	4.4	3.6	1.1	0.3	2.3	1.8	6.9	16.6	.414	0.6	1.9	.333	4.3	5.5	.784


Season 9
	Thurl Bailey	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1991-92	2000-01
Team	Utah Jazz, Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Thurl Bailey	84	25.0	11.3	1.5	4.3	5.8	0.9	0.4	1.4	1.3	1.9	4.4	10.0	.440	0.0	0.0	.000	2.6	3.2	.796
Latrell Sprewell	77	39.2	17.7	0.6	3.9	4.5	3.5	1.4	0.4	2.8	2.1	6.8	15.8	.430	0.5	1.8	.304	3.6	4.6	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	5	42.4	18.4	0.6	2.4	3.0	3.4	1.0	0.2	4.0	3.4	7.0	17.2	.407	0.6	2.8	.214	3.8	5.0	.760


Season 10
	Thurl Bailey	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1992-93	2001-02
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Thurl Bailey	70	18.2	7.5	0.8	2.3	3.1	0.9	0.3	0.7	0.9	1.3	2.9	6.4	.455	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.0	.838
Latrell Sprewell	81	41.1	19.4	0.7	3.0	3.7	3.9	1.2	0.2	2.8	2.0	7.1	17.5	.404	1.8	5.0	.360	3.5	4.3	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Thurl Bailey	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1993-94	2002-03
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
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		%
Thurl Bailey	79	16.4	7.4	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.7	0.3	0.7	0.7	1.2	2.9	5.8	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	1.9	.799
Latrell Sprewell	74	38.6	16.4	0.6	3.2	3.9	4.5	1.4	0.3	2.3	1.8	6.1	15.2	.403	1.8	4.9	.372	2.3	2.9	.794

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Thurl Bailey didn't play in 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97 and 1997-98.


Season 12
	Thurl Bailey	Latrell Sprewell
Season	1998-99	2003-04
Team	Utah Jazz	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf Semis	Timberwolves 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		%
Thurl Bailey	43	12.6	4.2	0.8	1.3	2.2	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.6	1.8	1.8	4.1	.446	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.8	.735
Latrell Sprewell	82	37.8	16.8	0.7	3.1	3.8	3.5	1.1	0.3	1.9	1.2	6.3	15.4	.409	1.2	3.6	.331	2.9	3.6	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	11	10.5	3.4	0.5	0.9	1.4	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.7	1.7	1.5	3.0	.515	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.750
Latrell Sprewell	18	42.8	19.8	0.6	3.8	4.4	4.0	1.6	0.7	2.6	1.9	7.2	17.2	.421	2.1	5.3	.385	3.3	4.3	.779


Season 13
	Thurl Bailey	Latrell Sprewell
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Thurl Bailey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	80	30.6	12.8	0.8	2.4	3.2	2.2	0.7	0.3	1.6	1.6	5.0	12.0	.414	0.9	2.6	.327	2.0	2.4	.830

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Thurl Bailey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Latrell Sprewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Thurl Bailey vs. Latrell Sprewell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Latrell Sprewell and Thurl Bailey, 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

Season 12

Season 13