Zach LaVine vs. Bingo Smith Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bingo Smith and Zach LaVine, 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.

Zach LaVine played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Bingo Smith, who played 11. Zach LaVine had the first of his seasons in 2014-15, while Bingo Smith had his rookie season in 1969-70. 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
	Zach LaVine	Bingo Smith
Season	2014-15	1969-70
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	San Diego Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
Bingo Smith	75	16.0	7.3	-	-	4.4	1.0	-	-	-	1.6	3.2	7.6	.427	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	.688
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bingo Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Zach LaVine	Bingo Smith
Season	2020-21	1975-76
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Cavaliers 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		%
Zach LaVine	58	35.1	27.4	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.9	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.4	9.8	19.4	.507	3.4	8.2	.419	4.4	5.1	.849
Bingo Smith	81	28.9	13.6	1.0	3.2	4.2	1.9	0.7	0.4	-	2.9	6.1	13.8	.442	-	-	-	1.4	1.7	.816
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bingo Smith	13	29.2	12.6	0.8	2.5	3.3	2.3	0.8	0.2	-	3.2	5.5	12.6	.433	-	-	-	1.7	1.9	.880

Season 8
	Zach LaVine	Bingo Smith
Season	2021-22	1976-77
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Cavaliers 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		%
Zach LaVine	67	34.7	24.4	0.3	4.3	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.4	17.7	.476	2.8	7.1	.389	4.8	5.6	.853
Bingo Smith	81	26.4	14.5	1.1	2.8	3.9	1.9	0.8	0.4	-	2.6	6.3	14.2	.446	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zach LaVine	4	38.3	19.3	0.0	5.3	5.3	6.0	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.3	6.8	15.8	.429	2.3	6.0	.375	3.5	3.8	.933
Bingo Smith	3	19.0	7.0	1.0	1.7	2.7	1.3	1.0	0.3	-	1.7	3.0	13.0	.231	-	-	-	1.0	1.0	1.000