Zaid Abdul-Aziz vs. Bam Adebayo Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bam Adebayo and Zaid Abdul-Aziz, 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.

Zaid Abdul-Aziz played 10 years in the NBA, 3 more than Bam Adebayo, who played 7. Zaid Abdul-Aziz had the first of his seasons in 1968-69, while Bam Adebayo had his rookie season in 2017-18. 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.

Season 3
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Bam Adebayo
Season	1970-71	2019-20
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	61	20.9	10.9	-	-	7.7	0.7	-	-	-	1.9	4.3	9.8	.441	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.739
Bam Adebayo	72	33.6	15.9	2.4	7.8	10.2	5.1	1.1	1.3	2.8	2.5	6.1	11.0	.557	0.0	0.2	.143	3.7	5.3	.691
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bam Adebayo	19	36.2	17.8	2.5	7.8	10.3	4.4	1.0	0.8	2.5	3.1	6.5	11.6	.564	0.0	0.1	.000	4.7	6.1	.783

Season 4
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Bam Adebayo
Season	1971-72	2020-21
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	58	30.7	13.8	-	-	11.3	2.1	-	-	-	3.1	5.6	12.9	.429	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.720
Bam Adebayo	64	33.5	18.7	2.2	6.7	9.0	5.4	1.2	1.0	2.6	2.3	7.1	12.5	.570	0.0	0.1	.250	4.4	5.5	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bam Adebayo	4	34.0	15.5	3.5	5.8	9.3	4.3	1.3	0.5	2.8	2.8	6.5	14.3	.456	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.3	.769

Season 5
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Bam Adebayo
Season	1972-73	2021-22
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	48	18.8	8.7	-	-	6.3	1.1	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	7.8	.397	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.735
Bam Adebayo	56	32.6	19.1	2.4	7.6	10.1	3.4	1.4	0.8	2.6	3.1	7.3	13.0	.557	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.1	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bam Adebayo	18	34.1	14.8	2.1	5.9	8.0	2.7	1.0	0.7	2.1	3.1	5.8	9.7	.594	0.0	0.1	.000	3.2	4.2	.763

Season 6
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Bam Adebayo
Season	1973-74	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	79	31.1	10.9	3.3	8.4	11.7	2.1	1.0	1.3	-	2.9	4.3	9.3	.459	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.804
Bam Adebayo	75	34.6	20.4	2.5	6.7	9.2	3.2	1.2	0.8	2.5	2.8	8.0	14.9	.540	0.0	0.2	.083	4.3	5.4	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bam Adebayo	23	37.0	17.9	2.7	7.1	9.9	3.7	0.9	0.7	2.7	3.1	7.3	15.1	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	3.4	4.1	.821

Season 7
	Zaid Abdul-Aziz	Bam Adebayo
Season	1974-75	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Rockets Lost East Conf Semis	Heat 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		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	65	22.3	9.7	2.4	5.1	7.5	1.3	0.6	1.1	-	2.0	3.6	8.3	.437	-	-	-	2.4	3.1	.783
Bam Adebayo	71	34.0	19.3	2.2	8.1	10.4	3.9	1.1	0.9	2.3	2.2	7.5	14.3	.521	0.2	0.6	.357	4.1	5.5	.755
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Zaid Abdul-Aziz	6	11.3	4.3	1.2	1.7	2.8	0.5	0.2	0.5	-	0.8	2.0	5.2	.387	-	-	-	0.3	0.8	.400
Bam Adebayo	5	38.4	22.6	2.2	7.2	9.4	3.8	0.4	0.0	1.6	3.0	9.6	19.4	.495	0.4	2.0	.200	3.0	4.2	.714