Dave DeBusschere vs. Jake LaRavia Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jake LaRavia 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.

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, 8 more than Jake LaRavia, who played 4. Dave DeBusschere had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Jake LaRavia had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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 achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Dave DeBusschere	Jake LaRavia
Season	1962-63	2022-23
Team	Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+45	+17.6	+9.7			+6.9	+2.0				-1.7	+4.0	+9.1	+.041				+2.4	+3.3	+.060
Jake LaRavia	35	11.8	3.0	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.5	1.4	1.1	2.7	.389	0.7	2.0	.338	0.2	0.3	.778
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
Jake LaRavia	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dave DeBusschere	Jake LaRavia
Season	1965-66	2025-26
Team	Detroit Pistons	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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4th Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+62	+7.2	+6.5			+7.5	+0.4				-1.0	+3.0	+8.8	+.080				+1.7	+2.5	+.008
Jake LaRavia	17	26.9	9.9	1.2	2.9	4.1	2.2	1.4	0.3	1.1	2.2	3.6	7.5	.488	1.1	3.1	.346	1.5	2.3	.667
Playoffs Stats
* Neiher Dave DeBusschere nor Jake LaRavia played in the postseason in their season 4

Additional Years
* Dave DeBusschere played 8 seasons more than Jake LaRavia in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 5 to 12, from 1967 to 1974—Dave DeBusschere played in 7 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 8 extra years over Jake LaRavia, Dave DeBusschere got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 6 All-Defensive First Team 7 All-Star Game