Coby Dietrick vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Coby Dietrick, 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.

Coby Dietrick played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than David Thompson, who played 8. Coby Dietrick had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, 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
	Coby Dietrick	David Thompson
Season	1976-77	1976-77
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Coby Dietrick	82	21.6	8.4	1.4	3.2	4.5	1.8	1.1	0.7	-	3.3	3.5	7.6	.460	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.717
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		%
Coby Dietrick	2	32.0	13.0	2.0	2.5	4.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	-	2.0	6.0	11.5	.522	-	-	-	1.0	3.0	.333
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

Season 2
	Coby Dietrick	David Thompson
Season	1977-78	1977-78
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 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		%
Coby Dietrick	79	23.7	7.5	0.9	3.6	4.5	2.7	1.0	0.7	1.8	2.9	3.2	6.9	.460	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.781
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		%
Coby Dietrick	6	16.0	4.8	1.3	2.8	4.2	0.7	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.0	2.3	4.5	.519	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.500
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
	Coby Dietrick	David Thompson
Season	1978-79	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Coby Dietrick	76	19.6	6.5	1.2	3.0	4.1	2.6	0.9	0.5	1.2	2.7	2.8	5.3	.523	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.798
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		%
Coby Dietrick	14	20.1	5.9	1.9	2.8	4.6	1.9	0.9	0.2	1.3	2.9	2.8	6.3	.443	-	-	-	0.3	0.6	.500
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 7
	Coby Dietrick	David Thompson
Season	1982-83	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	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		%
Coby Dietrick	8	4.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000
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		%
Coby Dietrick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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