McCoy McLemore vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and McCoy McLemore, 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.

McCoy McLemore played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than David Thompson, who played 8. McCoy McLemore had the first of his seasons in 1964-65, while David Thompson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
	McCoy McLemore	David Thompson
Season	1964-65	1976-77
Team	San Francisco Warriors	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
McCoy McLemore	78	22.2	8.3	-	-	6.3	1.0	-	-	-	2.9	3.1	9.3	.337	-	-	-	2.0	2.8	.714
David Thompson	82	36.6	25.9	1.7	2.4	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	-	2.9	10.0	19.8	.507	-	-	-	5.8	7.6	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
McCoy McLemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	6	39.5	24.7	2.2	3.0	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.7	-	3.7	9.3	20.2	.463	-	-	-	6.0	8.8	.679

Note: McCoy McLemore didn't play in 1965-66.

Season 2
	McCoy McLemore	David Thompson
Season	1966-67	1977-78
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Div Semis	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
McCoy McLemore	79	17.5	9.2	-	-	4.7	0.8	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	8.5	.385	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.772
David Thompson	80	37.8	27.2	2.0	2.9	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	3.1	2.7	10.3	19.8	.521	-	-	-	6.5	8.4	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
McCoy McLemore	3	15.0	12.3	-	-	3.0	1.3	-	-	-	1.7	4.0	10.0	.400	-	-	-	4.3	5.0	.867
David Thompson	13	37.0	25.2	1.4	2.7	4.1	4.0	0.7	1.6	3.0	2.6	10.1	22.4	.450	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.825

Season 3
	McCoy McLemore	David Thompson
Season	1967-68	1978-79
Team	Chicago Bulls	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Div Semis	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		%
McCoy McLemore	76	27.6	12.7	-	-	5.7	1.7	-	-	-	2.9	4.9	12.4	.398	-	-	-	2.8	3.6	.779
David Thompson	76	35.1	24.0	1.4	2.2	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.4	2.4	9.1	17.8	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.7	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
McCoy McLemore	5	28.4	10.8	-	-	4.8	1.0	-	-	-	3.6	3.8	9.8	.388	-	-	-	3.2	4.2	.762
David Thompson	3	40.7	28.0	2.3	4.7	7.0	4.0	1.3	0.3	4.0	4.0	12.7	23.0	.551	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.727

Season 6
	McCoy McLemore	David Thompson
Season	1970-71	1981-82
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
McCoy McLemore	86	26.2	9.4	-	-	6.6	2.4	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	9.2	.385	-	-	-	2.4	3.0	.782
David Thompson	61	20.4	14.9	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.3	2.4	5.1	10.6	.486	0.1	0.2	.286	4.5	5.6	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
McCoy McLemore	10	5.2	0.7	-	-	1.6	0.8	-	-	-	0.8	0.3	1.2	.250	-	-	-	0.1	0.2	.500
David Thompson	3	22.0	11.7	1.3	2.0	3.3	2.0	0.3	0.0	2.7	2.7	5.0	11.0	.455	0.3	1.0	.333	1.3	2.3	.571

Season 7
	McCoy McLemore	David Thompson
Season	1971-72	1982-83
Team	Milwaukee Bucks, Houston Rockets	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Supersonics 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		%
McCoy McLemore	27	9.1	2.8	-	-	2.7	0.8	-	-	-	1.2	1.0	2.6	.394	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.833
David Thompson	75	28.7	15.9	1.3	2.3	3.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.2	1.9	5.9	12.3	.481	0.0	0.1	.200	4.0	5.1	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
McCoy McLemore	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	2	32.5	12.0	0.0	0.0	0	3.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	3.5	4.5	12.5	.360	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	5.0	.600