Yves Missi vs. Kenny Smith Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kenny Smith and Yves Missi, 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.
Yves Missi played 2 years in the NBA, 8 less than Kenny Smith, who played 10. Yves Missi had the first of his seasons in 2024-25, while Kenny Smith had his rookie season in 1987-88. 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.
Their Careers |
| Player |
Total Seasons |
Playoffs Played |
NBA Years |
| Yves Missi |
2 |
0 |
2024-25 to 2025-26 |
| Kenny Smith |
10 |
5 |
1987-88 to 1996-97 |
Comparison Season by Season |
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Rookie Season |
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Yves Missi |
Kenny Smith |
| Season |
2024-25 | 1987-88 |
| Team |
New Orleans Pelicans | Sacramento Kings |
| Honors & Awards |
- |  All-Rookie First Team |
| All-Rookie Second Team | - |
| Playoffs |
Did Not Play | Did Not Play |
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Rookie Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Yves Missi |
73 |
26.8 |
9.1 |
3.5 |
4.7 |
8.2 |
1.4 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
2.0 |
3.7 |
6.7 |
.547 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.7 |
2.8 |
.623 |
| difference: | +12 | +8.8 | +4.7 | +2.8 | +3.1 | +5.9 | +5.7 | +1.0 | +1.2 | -1.9 | -0.3 | +1.7 | +4.7 | +.070 | +0.2 | +0.6 | | +1.0 | +0.5 | +.196 |
| Kenny Smith |
61 |
35.6 |
13.8 |
0.7 |
1.6 |
2.3 |
7.1 |
1.5 |
0.1 |
3.0 |
2.3 |
5.4 |
11.4 |
.477 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
.308 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
.819 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Yves Missi nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 1 |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO | PF |
FGM / A | % |
3PM / A | % |
FTM / A | % |
| Yves Missi |
16 |
20.4 |
6.1 |
3.3 |
2.4 |
5.8 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
4.8 |
.553 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.8 |
1.5 |
.542 |
| difference: | +65 | +18.4 | +11.2 | +2.7 | +0.2 | +3.0 | +6.4 | +1.1 | +1.0 | -2.0 | -0.1 | +4.2 | +9.8 | +.091 | +0.6 | +1.6 | | +2.4 | +2.9 | +.195 |
| Kenny Smith |
81 |
38.8 |
17.3 |
0.6 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
7.7 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
3.1 |
2.1 |
6.8 |
14.6 |
.462 |
0.6 |
1.6 |
.359 |
3.2 |
4.4 |
.737 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
| * Neiher Yves Missi nor Kenny Smith played in the postseason in their season 2 |
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Additional Years |
* Kenny Smith played 8 seasons more than Yves Missi in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 10, from 1990 to 1997—Kenny Smith played in 5 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. |