Darwin Cook vs. Stephon Marbury Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Stephon Marbury and Darwin Cook, 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.

Darwin Cook played 8 years in the NBA, 5 less than Stephon Marbury, who played 13. Darwin Cook had the first of his seasons in 1980-81, while Stephon Marbury had his rookie season in 1996-97. 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
	Darwin Cook	Stephon Marbury
Season	1980-81	1996-97
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Timberwolves 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		%
Darwin Cook	81	24.4	11.2	1.2	1.7	2.9	3.7	1.7	0.4	2.2	2.4	4.7	10.1	.468	0.1	0.3	.240	1.6	2.2	.733
Stephon Marbury	67	34.7	15.8	0.8	1.9	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	3.1	2.4	5.3	13.0	.408	1.5	4.3	.354	3.7	5.0	.727
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephon Marbury	3	39.3	21.3	0.7	3.3	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	3.0	3.0	8.7	21.7	.400	2.0	6.7	.300	2.0	3.3	.600

Season 4
	Darwin Cook	Stephon Marbury
Season	1983-84	1999-00
Team	New Jersey Nets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Darwin Cook	82	22.8	8.7	0.6	1.3	1.9	4.3	2.0	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.7	8.4	.443	0.1	0.6	.239	1.2	1.5	.754
Stephon Marbury	74	38.9	22.2	0.8	2.4	3.2	8.4	1.5	0.2	3.6	2.6	7.7	17.8	.432	0.9	3.1	.283	5.9	7.2	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	11	16.8	7.4	0.7	0.9	1.6	2.8	1.4	0.0	1.9	2.4	2.7	7.5	.366	0.4	1.2	.308	1.5	2.2	.708
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Darwin Cook	Stephon Marbury
Season	1984-85	2000-01
Team	New Jersey Nets	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East 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		%
Darwin Cook	58	18.3	8.2	0.4	1.2	1.6	2.8	1.3	0.2	1.3	1.7	3.7	7.8	.468	0.0	0.4	.087	0.8	0.9	.870
Stephon Marbury	67	38.2	23.9	0.8	2.3	3.1	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.2	8.4	19.1	.441	1.6	5.0	.328	5.4	6.8	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	1	7.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	4.0	.750	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Stephon Marbury	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Darwin Cook	Stephon Marbury
Season	1986-87	2002-03
Team	Washington Bullets	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Suns 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		%
Darwin Cook	82	17.3	7.5	0.6	1.2	1.8	1.8	1.2	0.2	1.2	1.7	3.2	7.6	.426	0.0	0.3	.087	1.0	1.3	.796
Stephon Marbury	81	40.0	22.3	0.7	2.6	3.2	8.1	1.3	0.2	3.2	2.5	8.3	18.9	.439	1.1	3.7	.301	4.6	5.8	.803
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Darwin Cook	3	13.7	4.7	1.3	1.0	2.3	1.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	2.0	8.0	.250	0.3	0.7	.500	0.3	0.7	.500
Stephon Marbury	6	45.3	22.0	1.0	3.0	4.0	5.7	1.2	0.0	3.8	4.3	8.5	22.7	.375	0.8	3.7	.227	4.2	5.5	.758

Note: Darwin Cook didn't play in 1987-88.