Dave Bing vs. LaSalle Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of LaSalle Thompson and Dave Bing, 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.

Dave Bing played 12 years in the NBA, 3 less than LaSalle Thompson, who played 15. Dave Bing had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while LaSalle Thompson had his rookie season in 1982-83. 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
Dave Bing	12	5	1966-67 to 1977-78
LaSalle Thompson	15	7	1982-83 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	1966-67	1982-83
Team	Detroit Pistons	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	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		%
Dave Bing	80	34.5	20.0	-	-	4.5	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.0	.436	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.738
LaSalle Thompson	71	13.9	5.4	1.9	3.4	5.3	0.5	0.6	0.9	1.4	2.6	2.1	4.0	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.9	.650

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	1967-68	1983-84
Team	Detroit Pistons	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Kings 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		%
Dave Bing	79	40.6	27.1	-	-	4.7	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	24.0	.441	-	-	-	6.0	8.5	.707
LaSalle Thompson	80	23.9	10.3	3.3	5.6	8.9	1.1	0.9	1.8	2.1	4.1	4.2	8.0	.523	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.8	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	6	42.3	28.2	-	-	4.0	4.8	-	-	-	3.5	11.3	27.7	.410	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.733
LaSalle Thompson	3	31.0	15.0	3.7	6.3	10.0	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.7	4.7	6.0	13.3	.450	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	3.7	.818


Season 3
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	1968-69	1984-85
Team	Detroit Pistons	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Dave Bing	77	39.5	23.4	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	3.3	8.8	20.7	.425	-	-	-	5.8	8.1	.713
LaSalle Thompson	82	30.0	11.8	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.6	1.2	1.6	2.5	4.0	4.5	8.5	.531	0.0	0.0	-	2.8	3.8	.721

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	1969-70	1985-86
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Kings 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		%
Dave Bing	70	33.3	22.9	-	-	4.3	6.0	-	-	-	2.8	8.2	18.5	.444	-	-	-	6.5	8.3	.783
LaSalle Thompson	80	29.7	12.8	3.2	6.5	9.6	2.1	0.9	1.4	2.3	3.7	5.1	9.9	.518	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.5	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	3	33.0	9.7	4.7	7.0	11.7	0.7	0.7	2.0	1.3	2.7	3.7	10.7	.344	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	4.0	.583


Season 5
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	1970-71	1986-87
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Dave Bing	82	37.4	27.0	-	-	4.4	5.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.7	20.9	.467	-	-	-	7.5	9.4	.797
LaSalle Thompson	82	26.4	11.1	2.9	5.5	8.4	1.5	0.8	1.5	1.7	3.5	4.4	9.2	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	2.3	3.1	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	1971-72	1987-88
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
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		%
Dave Bing	45	43.0	22.6	-	-	4.1	7.0	-	-	-	3.1	8.2	19.8	.414	-	-	-	6.2	7.9	.785
LaSalle Thompson	69	18.2	8.0	2.0	4.2	6.2	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.6	3.1	3.1	6.6	.471	0.0	0.1	.400	1.7	2.4	.720

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	1972-73	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Dave Bing	82	41.0	22.4	-	-	3.6	7.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.4	18.8	.448	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.814
LaSalle Thompson	76	30.6	13.9	2.9	6.5	9.4	1.1	1.0	1.2	2.4	3.8	5.5	11.2	.489	0.0	0.0	.000	3.0	3.7	.808

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	1973-74	1989-90
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Dave Bing	81	38.6	18.8	1.3	2.1	3.5	6.9	1.3	0.2	-	2.7	7.2	16.5	.436	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.813
LaSalle Thompson	82	25.9	6.8	2.1	5.5	7.7	1.3	0.8	0.9	1.8	3.8	2.7	5.7	.473	0.0	0.1	.200	1.3	1.6	.799

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	7	44.6	18.9	0.9	2.9	3.7	6.0	0.4	0.1	-	2.9	7.9	18.7	.420	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.733
LaSalle Thompson	3	18.0	6.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	2.3	4.3	2.3	5.0	.467	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 9
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	1974-75	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Dave Bing	79	40.8	19.0	1.1	2.5	3.6	7.7	1.5	0.3	-	2.8	7.3	16.9	.434	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.809
LaSalle Thompson	82	23.7	7.6	1.9	5.0	6.9	1.8	0.8	0.8	2.0	3.2	3.4	6.9	.488	0.0	0.1	.200	0.9	1.3	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	3	44.7	16.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	9.7	1.7	0.0	-	4.0	6.7	15.7	.426	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	.615
LaSalle Thompson	5	25.2	9.0	1.2	5.0	6.2	1.6	0.8	1.4	2.0	3.0	3.8	7.8	.487	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.4	1.000


Season 10
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	1975-76	1991-92
Team	Washington Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Dave Bing	82	35.9	16.2	1.1	1.7	2.9	6.0	1.4	0.3	-	3.2	6.1	13.6	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
LaSalle Thompson	80	16.2	4.9	1.2	3.5	4.8	1.3	0.7	0.4	1.2	2.6	2.1	4.5	.468	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.9	.817

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	7	29.9	13.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.3	-	2.6	4.9	10.9	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800
LaSalle Thompson	3	21.0	5.3	0.7	3.7	4.3	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.0	3.7	2.3	3.7	.636	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.7	1.000


Season 11
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	1976-77	1992-93
Team	Washington Bullets	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bullets Lost East Conf Semis	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Dave Bing	64	23.7	10.6	0.8	1.4	2.2	4.3	1.0	0.1	-	2.3	4.2	9.3	.454	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.773
LaSalle Thompson	63	11.6	3.8	0.9	2.0	2.8	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.7	2.2	1.7	3.4	.488	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.744

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	8	6.9	4.0	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.1	-	0.6	1.8	4.0	.438	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
LaSalle Thompson	4	18.3	3.8	1.8	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.8	0.5	1.0	2.3	1.3	3.8	.333	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.5	.833


Season 12
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	1977-78	1993-94
Team	Boston Celtics	Indiana Pacers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pacers 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		%
Dave Bing	80	28.2	13.6	1.0	1.7	2.7	3.8	1.0	0.2	2.7	3.1	5.3	11.8	.449	-	-	-	3.1	3.7	.824
LaSalle Thompson	30	9.4	2.3	0.9	1.6	2.5	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.8	2.0	0.9	2.6	.351	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.0	.533

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	7	5.6	1.4	0.4	1.0	1.4	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.6	1.6	.364	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.4	.667


Season 13
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1994-95
Team	-	Indiana Pacers
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		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	38	11.9	2.9	0.7	1.6	2.3	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.9	2.0	1.3	3.1	.415	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.4	.875

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Philadelphia 76ers
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		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	44	17.6	1.9	1.4	3.1	4.5	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.8	2.8	0.8	1.9	.398	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.792

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Dave Bing	LaSalle Thompson
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers
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		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	26	5.4	0.4	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.3	1.3	0.1	0.7	.158	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LaSalle Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Dave Bing vs. LaSalle Thompson Season by Season Comparison

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

Their Careers

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