Dave DeBusschere vs. Brian Shaw Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brian Shaw and Dave DeBusschere, 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 DeBusschere played 12 years in the NBA, 2 less than Brian Shaw, who played 14. Dave DeBusschere had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Brian Shaw had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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 DeBusschere	12	8	1962-63 to 1973-74
Brian Shaw	14	11	1988-89 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	1962-63	1988-89
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Celtics 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 DeBusschere	80	29.4	12.7	-	-	8.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.1	11.8	.430	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.718
Brian Shaw	82	28.1	8.6	1.5	3.1	4.6	5.8	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.6	3.6	8.4	.433	0.0	0.2	.000	1.3	1.6	.826

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	4	39.8	20.0	-	-	15.8	1.5	-	-	-	3.5	6.3	14.8	.424	-	-	-	7.5	11.0	.682
Brian Shaw	3	41.3	17.0	0.7	5.0	5.7	6.3	1.0	0.0	2.0	3.7	7.3	14.3	.512	0.0	0.3	.000	2.3	3.0	.778

Note: Brian Shaw didn't play in 1989-90.


Season 2
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	1963-64	1990-91
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East 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		%
Dave DeBusschere	15	20.3	8.6	-	-	7.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.1	3.5	8.9	.391	-	-	-	1.7	2.9	.581
Brian Shaw	79	35.1	13.8	1.3	3.4	4.7	7.6	1.3	0.4	2.8	2.6	5.6	11.9	.469	0.0	0.3	.111	2.6	3.2	.819

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	11	28.7	11.0	0.7	2.7	3.5	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.3	3.1	4.3	9.1	.470	0.1	0.3	.333	2.4	2.7	.867


Season 3
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	1964-65	1991-92
Team	Detroit Pistons	Boston Celtics, Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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 DeBusschere	79	35.1	16.7	-	-	11.1	3.2	-	-	-	3.1	6.4	15.1	.425	-	-	-	3.9	5.5	.700
Brian Shaw	63	22.6	7.9	0.8	2.4	3.2	4.0	0.9	0.3	1.6	1.8	3.3	8.1	.407	0.1	0.4	.217	1.1	1.4	.791

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	3	28.3	12.0	0.7	3.7	4.3	4.0	0.7	0.0	2.3	4.3	4.7	10.0	.467	1.0	1.7	.600	1.7	2.7	.625


Season 4
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	1965-66	1992-93
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
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 DeBusschere	79	34.1	16.4	-	-	11.6	2.6	-	-	-	3.2	6.6	16.3	.408	-	-	-	3.2	4.8	.659
Brian Shaw	68	23.6	7.3	1.0	2.8	3.8	3.5	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.4	2.9	7.4	.393	0.6	1.9	.331	0.9	1.1	.782

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	1966-67	1993-94
Team	Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Heat 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 DeBusschere	78	37.1	18.2	-	-	11.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	16.4	.415	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.705
Brian Shaw	77	26.5	9.0	1.4	3.2	4.5	5.0	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.6	8.7	.417	0.9	2.8	.338	0.8	1.2	.719

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	5	22.4	7.8	0.6	3.4	4.0	1.8	0.8	0.2	2.6	1.6	3.2	8.2	.390	0.0	2.6	.000	1.4	2.4	.583


Season 6
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	1967-68	1994-95
Team	Detroit Pistons	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Magic Lost NBA 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 DeBusschere	80	39.1	17.9	-	-	13.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.442	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.664
Brian Shaw	78	23.5	6.4	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.2	0.9	0.2	2.4	2.4	2.5	6.3	.389	0.6	2.4	.261	0.9	1.2	.737

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	6	43.8	19.3	-	-	16.2	2.2	-	-	-	3.8	7.5	17.7	.425	-	-	-	4.3	7.5	.578
Brian Shaw	21	16.9	6.6	0.8	2.1	3.0	3.1	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.3	2.3	5.9	.390	1.0	2.7	.386	1.0	1.5	.625


Season 7
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	1968-69	1995-96
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Magic 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 DeBusschere	76	38.7	16.3	-	-	11.7	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.0	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.698
Brian Shaw	75	22.4	6.6	0.8	2.2	3.0	4.5	0.8	0.1	2.3	2.1	2.4	6.5	.374	0.5	1.9	.285	1.2	1.5	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	10	41.9	16.3	-	-	14.8	3.3	-	-	-	4.3	6.1	17.4	.351	-	-	-	4.1	5.0	.820
Brian Shaw	10	21.7	4.7	0.6	1.5	2.1	4.6	0.5	0.0	1.9	2.7	1.8	5.2	.346	0.8	2.2	.364	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 8
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	1969-70	1996-97
Team	New York Knicks	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Magic 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 DeBusschere	79	33.3	14.6	-	-	10.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	13.7	.451	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688
Brian Shaw	77	24.2	7.2	0.6	1.9	2.5	4.1	0.9	0.3	2.2	2.6	2.5	6.7	.366	0.8	2.5	.325	1.4	1.8	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	19	36.9	16.1	-	-	11.6	2.4	-	-	-	3.3	6.8	16.3	.421	-	-	-	2.4	3.6	.662
Brian Shaw	5	16.2	2.0	0.2	1.6	1.8	1.6	0.2	0.2	1.6	1.0	0.6	3.8	.158	0.4	1.2	.333	0.4	0.8	.500


Season 9
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	1970-71	1997-98
Team	New York Knicks	Golden State Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	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 DeBusschere	81	35.7	15.6	-	-	11.1	2.7	-	-	-	2.9	6.5	15.3	.421	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.696
Brian Shaw	59	25.9	6.3	0.6	3.0	3.6	4.4	0.8	0.3	1.7	2.5	2.6	7.6	.345	0.5	1.6	.295	0.6	0.9	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	12	40.7	16.4	-	-	13.0	1.8	-	-	-	3.3	7.0	16.8	.416	-	-	-	2.4	3.7	.659
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	1971-72	1998-99
Team	New York Knicks	Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	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 DeBusschere	80	38.4	15.4	-	-	11.3	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	15.2	.427	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728
Brian Shaw	1	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	16	38.5	16.6	-	-	12.1	2.3	-	-	-	3.2	6.8	15.1	.450	-	-	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Brian Shaw	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	1972-73	1999-00
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Dave DeBusschere	77	36.7	16.3	-	-	10.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.8	6.9	15.9	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.746
Brian Shaw	74	16.9	4.1	0.6	2.3	2.9	2.7	0.5	0.2	1.0	1.4	1.7	4.4	.382	0.2	0.8	.310	0.6	0.7	.759

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	17	37.2	15.6	-	-	10.5	3.4	-	-	-	3.4	6.9	15.6	.442	-	-	-	1.8	2.4	.775
Brian Shaw	22	18.4	5.4	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.0	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.1	2.0	4.9	.421	0.7	2.2	.333	0.6	0.7	.813


Season 12
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	1973-74	2000-01
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Dave DeBusschere	71	38.0	18.1	1.9	8.8	10.7	3.6	0.9	0.5	-	3.1	7.9	17.1	.461	-	-	-	2.3	3.1	.756
Brian Shaw	80	22.9	5.3	0.6	3.2	3.8	3.2	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.0	2.1	5.1	.399	0.5	1.7	.311	0.6	0.8	.797

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	12	33.7	12.0	2.1	6.2	8.3	3.2	0.6	0.3	-	3.0	5.3	13.8	.380	-	-	-	1.5	2.4	.621
Brian Shaw	16	18.1	4.4	0.6	2.8	3.4	2.7	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.3	1.7	4.5	.375	0.6	1.8	.345	0.4	0.6	.667


Season 13
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	58	10.9	2.9	0.3	1.6	1.9	1.5	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	3.0	.353	0.5	1.5	.330	0.3	0.4	.692

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	19	12.5	2.9	0.5	1.4	1.8	1.6	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.1	3.3	.333	0.5	1.7	.281	0.2	0.2	1.000


Season 14
	Dave DeBusschere	Brian Shaw
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	72	12.5	3.5	0.3	1.4	1.7	1.4	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.9	1.4	3.6	.387	0.5	1.5	.349	0.1	0.2	.667

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Shaw	12	18.0	3.2	0.1	3.1	3.2	2.0	0.3	0.4	0.8	1.5	1.3	4.1	.306	0.5	2.2	.231	0.2	0.3	.667

Dave DeBusschere vs. Brian Shaw Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brian Shaw and Dave DeBusschere, 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