Trevor Ariza vs. Dick McGuire Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dick McGuire and Trevor Ariza, 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.

Trevor Ariza played 18 years in the NBA, 7 more than Dick McGuire, who played 11. Trevor Ariza had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Dick McGuire had his rookie season in 1949-50. 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
	Trevor Ariza	Dick McGuire
Season	2004-05	1949-50
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Assists Leader
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
Trevor Ariza	80	17.3	5.9	1.1	1.9	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.2	0.9	1.9	2.2	4.9	.442	0.0	0.2	.231	1.5	2.2	.695
Dick McGuire	68	-	8.6	-	-	-	5.7	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	8.3	.337	-	-	-	3.0	4.6	.652
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick McGuire	5	-	12.6	-	-	-	5.4	-	-	-	4.2	4.4	10.4	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.2	.731

Season 2
	Trevor Ariza	Dick McGuire
Season	2005-06	1950-51
Team	New York Knicks, Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Trevor Ariza	57	17.5	4.6	1.4	2.5	3.8	1.1	1.0	0.2	1.1	1.8	1.6	4.0	.412	0.0	0.1	.200	1.4	2.2	.606
Dick McGuire	64	-	8.4	-	-	5.2	6.3	-	-	-	2.4	2.8	7.5	.371	-	-	-	2.8	4.3	.649
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick McGuire	14	-	5.3	-	-	5.9	5.6	-	-	-	3.6	1.8	5.7	.313	-	-	-	1.7	3.8	.453

Season 3
	Trevor Ariza	Dick McGuire
Season	2006-07	1951-52
Team	Orlando Magic	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Trevor Ariza	57	22.4	8.9	1.7	2.6	4.4	1.1	1.0	0.3	1.5	2.4	3.5	6.5	.539	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	3.0	.620
Dick McGuire	64	31.5	9.2	-	-	5.2	6.1	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	7.4	.430	-	-	-	2.9	4.5	.631
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	4	11.8	2.8	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	2.3	1.3	4.0	.313	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.250
Dick McGuire	14	39.0	10.4	-	-	5.1	6.4	-	-	-	3.3	3.4	7.6	.449	-	-	-	3.5	6.1	.570

Season 5
	Trevor Ariza	Dick McGuire
Season	2008-09	1953-54
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Knicks Lost E Div Round Robin

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	82	24.4	8.9	1.4	2.9	4.3	1.8	1.7	0.3	1.1	2.0	3.3	7.3	.460	0.7	2.3	.319	1.5	2.1	.710
Dick McGuire	68	34.5	9.1	-	-	4.6	5.2	-	-	-	2.9	3.0	7.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	5.1	.638
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	23	31.4	11.3	1.0	3.3	4.2	2.3	1.6	0.4	1.7	3.2	4.0	8.0	.497	1.7	3.7	.476	1.6	2.8	.563
Dick McGuire	4	17.0	2.8	-	-	1.0	1.3	-	-	-	3.0	1.0	4.0	.250	-	-	-	0.8	1.3	.600

Season 6
	Trevor Ariza	Dick McGuire
Season	2009-10	1954-55
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Div 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		%
Trevor Ariza	72	36.5	14.9	1.1	4.5	5.6	3.8	1.8	0.6	2.2	2.3	5.5	13.9	.394	1.9	5.7	.334	2.1	3.2	.649
Dick McGuire	71	32.5	9.1	-	-	4.5	7.6	-	-	-	2.0	3.2	8.2	.389	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	.644
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick McGuire	3	25.0	6.7	-	-	3.0	4.0	-	-	-	2.3	2.0	6.3	.316	-	-	-	2.7	4.0	.667

Season 7
	Trevor Ariza	Dick McGuire
Season	2010-11	1955-56
Team	New Orleans Hornets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets 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		%
Trevor Ariza	75	34.7	11.0	0.8	4.6	5.4	2.2	1.6	0.4	1.6	2.4	4.0	10.2	.398	1.1	3.6	.303	1.8	2.6	.701
Dick McGuire	62	27.2	6.9	-	-	3.5	5.8	-	-	-	2.4	2.5	7.1	.347	-	-	-	2.0	3.1	.627
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	6	40.2	15.5	1.2	5.3	6.5	3.3	1.3	0.5	1.2	2.7	5.8	14.2	.412	1.2	3.5	.333	2.7	3.7	.727
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Season 9
	Trevor Ariza	Dick McGuire
Season	2012-13	1957-58
Team	Washington Wizards	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons Lost West 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		%
Trevor Ariza	56	26.3	9.5	0.8	4.0	4.8	2.0	1.3	0.4	1.5	1.3	3.4	8.1	.417	1.4	3.7	.364	1.4	1.7	.821
Dick McGuire	69	33.5	8.1	-	-	4.2	6.6	-	-	-	2.6	2.9	7.9	.373	-	-	-	2.2	3.3	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dick McGuire	7	33.7	9.6	-	-	4.7	5.7	-	-	-	1.9	3.6	8.6	.417	-	-	-	2.4	3.4	.708

Season 10
	Trevor Ariza	Dick McGuire
Season	2013-14	1958-59
Team	Washington Wizards	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Wizards Lost East Conf Semis	Pistons Lost West Div 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		%
Trevor Ariza	77	35.4	14.4	1.3	4.9	6.2	2.5	1.6	0.3	1.7	2.3	5.1	11.1	.456	2.3	5.7	.407	1.9	2.5	.772
Dick McGuire	71	29.1	9.2	-	-	4.0	6.2	-	-	-	2.1	3.3	7.6	.427	-	-	-	2.7	3.6	.740
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Trevor Ariza	11	37.0	13.6	1.9	7.0	8.9	1.7	1.5	0.4	1.3	2.4	4.7	9.8	.481	2.3	5.1	.446	1.9	2.5	.778
Dick McGuire	3	36.3	15.7	-	-	5.7	6.3	-	-	-	3.3	6.7	10.7	.625	-	-	-	2.3	3.7	.636