Walt Bellamy vs. Otis Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Otis Smith and Walt Bellamy, 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.

Walt Bellamy played 14 years in the NBA, 8 more than Otis Smith, who played 6. Walt Bellamy had the first of his seasons in 1961-62, while Otis Smith had his rookie season in 1986-87. 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
	Walt Bellamy	Otis Smith
Season	1961-62	1986-87
Team	Chicago Packers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Walt Bellamy	79	42.3	31.6	-	-	19.0	2.7	-	-	-	3.6	12.3	23.7	.519	-	-	-	6.9	10.8	.644
Otis Smith	28	6.0	2.8	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.1	1.2	2.8	.418	0.0	0.1	.000	0.4	0.8	.571
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Smith	3	6.3	3.3	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.3	0.0	0.7	1.3	0.3	0.7	2.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.0	.667

Season 2
	Walt Bellamy	Otis Smith
Season	1962-63	1987-88
Team	Chicago Zephyrs	Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	27.9	-	-	16.4	2.9	-	-	-	3.5	10.5	19.9	.527	-	-	-	6.9	10.3	.674
Otis Smith	72	21.5	11.7	1.8	1.7	3.4	2.2	1.3	0.6	1.5	2.2	4.5	9.2	.491	0.2	0.6	.317	2.5	3.2	.777
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Walt Bellamy	Otis Smith
Season	1963-64	1988-89
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Warriors 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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	42.4	27.0	-	-	17.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.8	10.1	19.8	.513	-	-	-	6.7	10.3	.651
Otis Smith	80	20.0	10.0	1.6	2.5	4.1	1.8	1.1	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.9	8.9	.435	0.1	0.5	.189	2.2	2.7	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Otis Smith	4	12.3	4.8	1.5	1.8	3.3	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.3	2.3	6.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500

Season 4
	Walt Bellamy	Otis Smith
Season	1964-65	1989-90
Team	Baltimore Bullets	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost West Div Finals	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		%
Walt Bellamy	80	41.3	24.8	-	-	14.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	9.2	18.0	.509	-	-	-	6.4	9.4	.685
Otis Smith	65	25.3	13.5	1.8	2.8	4.6	2.3	1.2	0.9	1.6	2.7	5.4	10.9	.492	0.2	0.6	.250	2.6	3.4	.761
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Walt Bellamy	10	42.7	20.9	-	-	15.1	3.4	-	-	-	3.8	7.4	15.8	.468	-	-	-	6.1	9.2	.663
Otis Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-