Tom Heinsohn vs. Brandon Miller Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandon Miller and Tom Heinsohn, 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.

Tom Heinsohn played 9 years in the NBA, 6 more than Brandon Miller, who played 3. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Brandon Miller had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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
	Tom Heinsohn	Brandon Miller
Season	1956-57	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
difference:	+2	+2.3	+1.1			+5.5	+0.8				-1.7	+0.2	+1.0	+.043				+1.9	+2.5	+.037
Brandon Miller	74	32.2	17.3	0.8	3.4	4.3	2.4	0.9	0.6	1.8	2.5	6.4	14.6	.440	2.5	6.7	.373	1.9	2.3	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	37.0	22.9	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	23.1	.390	-	-	-	4.9	6.9	.710
Brandon Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Brandon Miller
Season	1958-59	2025-26
Team	Boston Celtics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
difference:	+56	+3.5	+1.4			+5.9	+1.0				-1.4	+1.0	+1.6	+.026				+1.8	+2.5	+.055
Brandon Miller	10	28.2	17.4	1.1	2.7	3.8	3.5	0.8	1.1	2.5	2.7	6.0	16.5	.364	2.5	8.1	.309	2.9	3.4	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.6	19.9	-	-	8.9	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.3	20.0	.414	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.661
Brandon Miller	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Tom Heinsohn played 6 seasons more than Brandon Miller in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 9, from 1960 to 1965—Tom Heinsohn played in 6 Playoffs and won 6 NBA Championships. In those 6 extra years over Brandon Miller, Tom Heinsohn got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	4 All-NBA Second Team 5 All-Star Game