Tree Rollins vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Tree Rollins, 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

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.

Tree Rollins played 18 years in the NBA, 5 more than Bill Russell, who played 13. Tree Rollins had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Bill Russell had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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
Tree Rollins	18	15	1977-78 to 1994-95
Bill Russell	13	13	1956-57 to 1968-69

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18


Rookie Season
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1977-78	1956-57
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tree Rollins	80	22.4	7.6	2.2	4.7	6.9	1.0	0.7	2.7	1.5	4.1	3.2	6.5	.487	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.703
Bill Russell	48	35.3	14.7	-	-	19.6	1.8	-	-	-	3.0	5.8	13.5	.427	-	-	-	3.2	6.4	.492

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	2	25.5	8.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.5	4.0	3.5	6.0	.583	-	-	-	1.0	4.0	.250
Bill Russell	10	40.9	13.9	-	-	24.4	3.2	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	14.8	.365	-	-	-	3.1	6.1	.508


Season 2
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1978-79	1957-58
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics 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		%
Tree Rollins	81	23.5	8.4	2.7	4.6	7.3	0.6	0.6	3.1	1.1	4.0	3.7	6.9	.535	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.631
Bill Russell	69	38.3	16.6	-	-	22.7	2.9	-	-	-	2.6	6.6	15.0	.442	-	-	-	3.3	6.4	.519

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	9	23.6	5.7	2.1	5.8	7.9	0.6	0.3	2.7	1.6	3.2	2.3	5.7	.412	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.692
Bill Russell	9	39.4	15.1	-	-	24.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.7	5.3	14.8	.361	-	-	-	4.4	7.3	.606


Season 3
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1979-80	1958-59
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tree Rollins	82	25.9	8.9	3.5	6.0	9.4	0.9	0.7	3.0	1.2	3.9	3.5	6.3	.558	0.0	0.0	-	1.9	2.7	.714
Bill Russell	70	42.6	16.7	-	-	23.0	3.2	-	-	-	2.3	6.5	14.2	.457	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.598

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	5	26.8	8.4	3.6	4.0	7.6	0.6	0.4	2.8	1.2	5.0	3.6	6.2	.581	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.0	.600
Bill Russell	11	45.1	15.5	-	-	27.7	3.6	-	-	-	2.5	5.9	14.5	.409	-	-	-	3.7	6.1	.612


Season 4
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1980-81	1959-60
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tree Rollins	40	26.1	7.0	2.6	4.6	7.2	0.9	0.7	2.9	1.4	3.8	2.9	5.3	.552	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.4	.807
Bill Russell	74	42.5	18.2	-	-	24.0	3.7	-	-	-	2.8	7.5	16.1	.467	-	-	-	3.2	5.3	.612

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	13	44.0	18.5	-	-	25.8	2.9	-	-	-	2.9	7.2	15.8	.456	-	-	-	4.1	5.8	.707


Season 5
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1981-82	1960-61
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tree Rollins	79	25.5	6.1	2.1	5.6	7.7	0.7	0.4	2.8	1.0	3.6	2.6	4.4	.584	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.612
Bill Russell	78	44.3	16.9	-	-	23.9	3.4	-	-	-	2.0	6.8	16.0	.426	-	-	-	3.3	6.0	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	2	32.5	3.5	2.5	1.5	4.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	2.5	4.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.0	.750
Bill Russell	10	46.2	19.1	-	-	29.9	4.8	-	-	-	2.4	7.3	17.1	.427	-	-	-	4.5	8.6	.523


Season 6
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1982-83	1961-62
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	All-Defensive Second Team	-
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tree Rollins	80	30.9	7.8	2.6	6.7	9.3	0.9	0.6	4.3	1.2	3.7	3.3	6.4	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.726
Bill Russell	76	45.2	18.9	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.7	7.6	16.6	.457	-	-	-	3.8	6.3	.595

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	3	39.3	9.7	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.0	0.3	3.3	2.0	4.0	4.3	9.0	.481	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	.333
Bill Russell	14	48.0	22.4	-	-	26.4	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	8.3	18.1	.458	-	-	-	5.9	8.1	.726


Season 7
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1983-84	1962-63
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tree Rollins	77	30.5	8.6	2.6	5.1	7.7	0.8	0.5	3.6	1.3	3.9	3.6	6.9	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.621
Bill Russell	78	44.9	16.8	-	-	23.6	4.5	-	-	-	2.4	6.6	15.2	.432	-	-	-	3.7	6.6	.555

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	5	30.4	5.0	2.0	4.8	6.8	0.2	0.4	2.0	2.2	4.6	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.625
Bill Russell	13	47.5	20.3	-	-	25.1	5.1	-	-	-	2.8	7.4	16.3	.453	-	-	-	5.5	8.4	.661


Season 8
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1984-85	1963-64
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Tree Rollins	70	25.0	6.3	1.6	4.7	6.3	0.7	0.5	2.4	1.1	3.0	2.7	4.8	.549	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.3	.720
Bill Russell	78	44.6	15.0	-	-	24.7	4.7	-	-	-	2.4	6.0	13.8	.433	-	-	-	3.0	5.5	.550

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	10	45.1	13.1	-	-	27.2	4.4	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	13.2	.356	-	-	-	3.7	6.7	.552


Season 9
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1985-86	1964-65
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tree Rollins	74	24.1	5.6	1.8	4.4	6.2	0.6	0.5	2.3	1.2	3.2	2.3	4.7	.499	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.2	.767
Bill Russell	78	44.4	14.1	-	-	24.1	5.3	-	-	-	2.6	5.5	12.6	.438	-	-	-	3.1	5.5	.573

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	9	27.6	6.6	2.0	6.7	8.7	0.3	0.2	1.7	1.3	3.6	2.9	5.2	.553	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.636
Bill Russell	12	46.8	16.5	-	-	25.2	6.3	-	-	-	3.6	6.6	12.5	.527	-	-	-	3.3	6.3	.526


Season 10
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1986-87	1965-66
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Tree Rollins	75	23.5	5.4	2.1	4.4	6.5	0.3	0.6	1.9	0.8	3.2	2.3	4.2	.546	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.724
Bill Russell	78	43.4	12.9	-	-	22.8	4.8	-	-	-	2.8	5.0	12.1	.415	-	-	-	2.9	5.2	.551

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	9	24.6	4.4	2.1	3.8	5.9	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.8	3.7	1.7	3.1	.536	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.714
Bill Russell	17	47.9	19.1	-	-	25.2	5.0	-	-	-	3.5	7.3	15.4	.475	-	-	-	4.5	7.2	.618


Season 11
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1987-88	1966-67
Team	Atlanta Hawks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Tree Rollins	76	23.2	4.4	1.9	4.2	6.0	0.3	0.4	1.7	0.7	3.0	1.8	3.4	.512	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.1	.875
Bill Russell	81	40.7	13.3	-	-	21.0	5.8	-	-	-	3.2	4.9	10.7	.454	-	-	-	3.5	5.8	.610

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	12	27.8	4.4	1.9	4.0	5.9	0.5	0.8	1.6	0.4	3.8	1.7	3.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.3	.867
Bill Russell	9	43.3	10.6	-	-	22.0	5.6	-	-	-	3.6	3.4	9.6	.360	-	-	-	3.7	5.8	.635


Season 12
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1988-89	1967-68
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tree Rollins	60	9.7	2.3	0.6	1.7	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.5	1.0	2.3	.449	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.632
Bill Russell	78	37.9	12.5	-	-	18.6	4.6	-	-	-	3.1	4.7	11.0	.425	-	-	-	3.2	5.9	.537

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	5	14.8	3.0	1.0	2.2	3.2	0.2	0.6	1.4	0.2	2.0	1.2	1.6	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.600
Bill Russell	19	45.7	14.4	-	-	22.8	5.2	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	12.7	.409	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	.585


Season 13
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1989-90	1968-69
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Tree Rollins	48	14.0	2.6	1.2	2.0	3.2	0.5	0.3	1.1	0.7	1.7	1.2	2.6	.456	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.688
Bill Russell	77	42.7	9.9	-	-	19.3	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	3.6	8.4	.433	-	-	-	2.6	5.0	.526

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	3	12.7	2.7	0.0	2.7	2.7	0.3	0.7	0.3	1.0	2.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750
Bill Russell	18	46.1	10.8	-	-	20.5	5.4	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.1	.423	-	-	-	2.3	4.5	.506


Season 14
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1990-91	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons 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		%
Tree Rollins	37	5.5	1.0	0.4	0.8	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.4	0.9	.424	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.571
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	6	5.3	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.3	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1991-92	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
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		%
Tree Rollins	59	11.8	2.0	1.0	1.9	2.9	0.3	0.2	1.1	0.3	1.4	0.8	1.5	.535	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.867
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1992-93	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Tree Rollins	42	5.9	0.7	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.2	1.0	0.3	1.0	.268	0.0	0.0	.000	0.2	0.3	.750
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	6	2.7	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Tree Rollins	45	8.5	1.7	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.8	0.3	1.2	0.6	1.2	.547	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.600
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	3	9.7	1.3	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	3.0	0.7	1.7	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
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Season 18
	Tree Rollins	Bill Russell
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Orlando Magic	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic 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		%
Tree Rollins	51	9.4	1.2	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.2	0.1	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.4	0.8	.476	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.6	.677
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tree Rollins	14	5.8	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.3	1.4	0.2	0.4	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.250
Bill Russell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tree Rollins vs. Bill Russell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bill Russell and Tree Rollins, 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

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18