Marcus Camby vs. Dave Cowens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Cowens and Marcus Camby, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Marcus Camby played 17 years in the NBA, 6 more than Dave Cowens, who played 11. Marcus Camby had the first of his seasons in 1996-97, while Dave Cowens had his rookie season in 1970-71. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Marcus Camby	17	11	1996-97 to 2012-13
Dave Cowens	11	7	1970-71 to 1982-83

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	1996-97	1970-71
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	All-Rookie First 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		%
Marcus Camby	63	30.1	14.8	2.1	4.2	6.3	1.5	1.0	2.1	2.1	3.4	6.0	12.3	.482	0.0	0.2	.143	2.9	4.2	.693
Dave Cowens	81	38.0	17.0	-	-	15.0	2.8	-	-	-	4.3	6.8	16.1	.422	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	1997-98	1971-72
Team	Toronto Raptors	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Marcus Camby	63	31.8	12.1	3.2	4.2	7.4	1.8	1.1	3.7	2.1	3.2	4.9	11.9	.412	0.0	0.0	.000	2.4	3.9	.611
Dave Cowens	79	40.3	18.8	-	-	15.2	3.1	-	-	-	4.0	8.3	17.2	.484	-	-	-	2.2	3.1	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Cowens	11	40.1	15.5	-	-	13.8	3.0	-	-	-	4.5	6.5	14.2	.455	-	-	-	2.5	4.3	.596


Season 3
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	1998-99	1972-73
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Season MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Celtics 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		%
Marcus Camby	46	20.5	7.2	2.2	3.3	5.5	0.3	0.6	1.6	0.8	2.8	3.0	5.7	.521	0.0	0.0	-	1.2	2.2	.553
Dave Cowens	82	41.8	20.5	-	-	16.2	4.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.0	20.0	.452	-	-	-	2.5	3.2	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	20	25.5	10.4	2.6	5.1	7.7	0.3	1.2	1.9	0.8	3.8	4.1	7.2	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.7	.616
Dave Cowens	13	46.0	21.9	-	-	16.6	3.7	-	-	-	4.2	9.9	21.0	.473	-	-	-	2.1	3.2	.659


Season 4
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	1999-00	1973-74
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	59	26.2	10.2	2.9	4.9	7.8	0.8	0.7	2.0	1.2	3.5	3.8	8.0	.480	0.0	0.0	.500	2.5	3.7	.670
Dave Cowens	80	41.9	19.0	3.3	12.4	15.7	4.4	1.2	1.3	-	3.7	8.1	18.4	.437	-	-	-	2.9	3.4	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	16	24.1	4.8	2.2	4.8	7.0	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.8	3.2	1.8	5.4	.337	0.0	0.1	.000	1.2	1.9	.613
Dave Cowens	18	42.9	20.5	3.3	10.0	13.3	3.7	1.2	0.9	-	4.7	8.9	20.6	.435	-	-	-	2.6	3.3	.797


Season 5
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	2000-01	1974-75
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Marcus Camby	63	33.8	12.0	3.1	8.4	11.5	0.8	1.0	2.2	1.0	3.3	4.8	9.2	.524	0.0	0.1	.125	2.4	3.6	.667
Dave Cowens	65	40.5	20.4	3.5	11.2	14.7	4.6	1.3	1.1	-	3.7	8.8	18.4	.475	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	.783

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	4	35.5	6.3	1.0	7.0	8.0	1.8	0.5	2.3	0.5	4.5	2.5	6.5	.385	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	3.3	.385
Dave Cowens	11	43.5	20.5	4.5	12.0	16.5	4.2	1.6	0.5	-	4.5	9.2	21.5	.428	-	-	-	2.1	2.4	.885


Season 6
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	2001-02	1975-76
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	29	34.7	11.1	3.1	8.0	11.1	1.1	1.2	1.7	1.4	3.7	4.5	10.0	.448	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.4	.626
Dave Cowens	78	39.8	19.0	4.3	11.7	16.0	4.2	1.2	0.9	-	4.0	7.8	16.7	.468	-	-	-	3.3	4.4	.756

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Cowens	18	44.3	21.0	4.8	11.6	16.4	4.6	1.2	0.7	-	4.7	8.7	18.9	.457	-	-	-	3.7	4.8	.759


Season 7
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	2002-03	1976-77
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Marcus Camby	29	21.2	7.6	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.6	0.7	1.4	0.9	2.4	3.2	7.8	.410	0.1	0.2	.400	1.1	1.7	.660
Dave Cowens	50	37.8	16.4	2.9	11.0	13.9	5.0	0.9	1.0	-	3.6	6.6	15.1	.434	-	-	-	3.2	4.0	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Cowens	9	42.1	16.6	3.2	11.7	14.9	4.0	0.9	1.4	-	4.1	7.3	16.4	.446	-	-	-	1.9	2.4	.773


Season 8
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	2003-04	1977-78
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Marcus Camby	72	30.0	8.6	2.9	7.2	10.1	1.8	1.2	2.6	1.4	3.3	3.6	7.6	.477	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.721
Dave Cowens	77	41.8	18.6	3.2	10.8	14.0	4.6	1.3	0.9	2.8	3.9	7.8	15.8	.490	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.842

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	5	39.0	12.6	2.8	8.6	11.4	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.2	4.2	5.4	11.0	.491	0.2	0.4	.500	1.6	2.8	.571
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	2004-05	1978-79
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Marcus Camby	66	30.5	10.3	2.0	8.0	10.0	2.3	0.9	3.0	1.6	2.7	4.2	9.1	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.6	.723
Dave Cowens	68	37.0	16.6	2.2	7.4	9.6	3.6	1.1	0.8	2.6	3.9	7.2	14.9	.483	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.807

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	5	37.4	10.2	0.8	10.4	11.2	1.8	0.6	3.2	2.2	3.6	3.4	8.2	.415	0.0	0.0	-	3.4	5.4	.630
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	2005-06	1979-80
Team	Denver Nuggets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	All-Defensive Second Team
	Blocks Leader	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Marcus Camby	56	33.2	12.8	2.4	9.6	11.9	2.1	1.4	3.3	1.6	2.8	5.4	11.6	.465	0.0	0.2	.091	2.0	2.8	.712
Dave Cowens	66	32.7	14.2	1.9	6.2	8.1	3.1	1.0	0.9	1.6	3.3	6.4	14.1	.453	0.0	0.2	.083	1.4	1.8	.779

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	5	35.0	11.4	2.6	8.4	11.0	2.2	0.8	2.8	0.8	2.8	5.2	12.4	.419	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.8	.556
Dave Cowens	9	33.4	12.0	2.0	5.3	7.3	2.3	1.0	0.8	0.9	4.1	5.4	11.4	.476	0.0	0.2	.000	1.1	1.2	.909

Note: Dave Cowens didn't play in 1980-81 and 1981-82.


Season 11
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	2006-07	1982-83
Team	Denver Nuggets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Nuggets 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		%
Marcus Camby	70	33.8	11.2	2.3	9.3	11.7	3.2	1.2	3.3	1.7	2.6	4.5	9.4	.473	0.0	0.0	.000	2.3	3.2	.729
Dave Cowens	40	25.4	8.1	1.8	5.0	6.9	2.1	0.8	0.4	1.1	3.4	3.4	7.7	.444	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.6	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	5	36.8	7.6	2.4	12.4	14.8	2.0	0.8	3.2	2.0	2.8	3.4	9.0	.378	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.2	.667
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	2007-08	-
Team	Denver Nuggets	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	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		%
Marcus Camby	79	34.9	9.1	2.9	10.2	13.1	3.3	1.1	3.6	1.5	2.7	3.6	8.0	.450	0.1	0.3	.300	1.8	2.6	.708
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	4	31.0	3.3	2.8	10.5	13.3	3.0	1.0	3.0	2.5	2.5	1.3	5.3	.238	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.5	1.5	.333
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	2008-09	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Marcus Camby	62	31.0	10.3	2.6	8.5	11.1	2.0	0.8	2.1	1.5	2.1	4.1	8.0	.512	0.0	0.1	.250	2.1	2.9	.725
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	2009-10	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Marcus Camby	74	31.3	7.5	3.4	8.4	11.8	2.5	1.3	2.0	1.2	2.2	3.2	6.8	.475	0.0	0.1	.286	1.1	1.6	.639
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	6	29.7	5.8	2.7	7.3	10.0	2.3	0.7	1.2	0.5	3.0	2.7	6.3	.421	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	1.0	.500
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	2010-11	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers 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		%
Marcus Camby	59	26.1	4.7	3.1	7.2	10.3	2.1	0.7	1.6	1.1	2.4	2.0	5.0	.398	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.2	.614
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	6	27.8	3.5	3.0	6.7	9.7	1.3	0.7	1.5	0.8	3.0	1.7	3.7	.455	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.3	.000
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Portland Trail Blazers, Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Marcus Camby	59	22.9	4.9	2.7	6.3	9.0	1.8	0.8	1.4	1.0	2.1	2.2	4.9	.446	0.0	0.1	.400	0.5	1.1	.453
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Marcus Camby	Dave Cowens
Season	2012-13	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Marcus Camby	24	10.4	1.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.6	1.2	0.7	2.2	.321	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.8	.421
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Marcus Camby	3	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Dave Cowens	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Marcus Camby vs. Dave Cowens Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Cowens and Marcus Camby, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17