Nick Collison vs. Tom Heinsohn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Heinsohn and Nick Collison, 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.

Nick Collison played 14 years in the NBA, 5 more than Tom Heinsohn, who played 9. Nick Collison had the first of his seasons in 2004-05, while Tom Heinsohn had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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
	Nick Collison	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2004-05	1956-57
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Nick Collison	82	17.0	5.6	1.9	2.7	4.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.8	3.1	2.3	4.3	.537	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.4	.703
Tom Heinsohn	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	11	19.7	8.4	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	3.6	3.4	5.5	.607	0.1	0.1	1.000	1.5	2.5	.630
Tom Heinsohn	10	37.0	22.9	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	23.1	.390	-	-	-	4.9	6.9	.710

Season 3
	Nick Collison	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2006-07	1958-59
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Nick Collison	82	29.0	9.6	2.8	5.3	8.1	1.0	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.5	3.9	7.8	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	1.9	2.4	.774
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.6	19.9	-	-	8.9	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.3	20.0	.414	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.661

Season 4
	Nick Collison	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2007-08	1959-60
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Nick Collison	78	28.5	9.8	3.3	6.1	9.4	1.4	0.6	0.8	1.5	3.2	4.1	8.2	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.1	.737
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Heinsohn	13	32.5	21.8	-	-	9.7	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	8.6	20.5	.419	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.750

Season 5
	Nick Collison	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2008-09	1960-61
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second 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		%
Nick Collison	71	25.8	8.2	2.5	4.3	6.9	0.9	0.7	0.7	1.0	3.4	3.4	6.0	.568	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	1.9	.721
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Heinsohn	10	29.1	19.7	-	-	9.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.2	20.1	.408	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.767

Season 6
	Nick Collison	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2009-10	1961-62
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Nick Collison	75	20.8	5.9	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.8	3.1	2.4	4.1	.589	0.0	0.1	.250	1.0	1.4	.692
Tom Heinsohn	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	6	21.5	3.2	2.0	2.7	4.7	0.3	0.8	0.2	0.7	3.3	1.3	4.0	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.5	1.2	.429
Tom Heinsohn	14	31.8	20.7	-	-	8.2	2.4	-	-	-	4.1	8.3	20.8	.399	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763

Season 7
	Nick Collison	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2010-11	1962-63
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West 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		%
Nick Collison	71	21.5	4.6	1.7	2.8	4.5	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	1.9	3.4	.566	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.753
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	17	24.3	6.7	2.8	3.0	5.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	3.7	2.8	4.5	.632	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.4	.783
Tom Heinsohn	13	31.8	24.7	-	-	8.9	1.2	-	-	-	4.2	9.5	20.8	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.765

Season 8
	Nick Collison	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2011-12	1963-64
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost NBA 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		%
Nick Collison	63	20.7	4.5	1.9	2.5	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.4	1.0	2.4	1.9	3.2	.597	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.710
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	20	16.6	3.5	1.5	1.9	3.4	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.6	1.7	2.6	.647	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.429
Tom Heinsohn	10	30.8	17.4	-	-	8.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.810

Season 9
	Nick Collison	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2012-13	1964-65
Team	Oklahoma City Thunder	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Thunder Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Nick Collison	81	19.5	5.1	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.4	0.9	2.4	2.2	3.7	.595	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.769
Tom Heinsohn	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Nick Collison	11	16.2	5.0	2.3	2.4	4.6	1.1	0.5	1.0	0.9	3.4	2.0	4.3	.468	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.1	.917
Tom Heinsohn	12	23.0	12.7	-	-	7.0	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	15.1	.365	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625