Dave DeBusschere vs. Truck Robinson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Truck Robinson 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, 1 more than Truck Robinson, who played 11. Dave DeBusschere had the first of his seasons in 1962-63, while Truck Robinson had his rookie season in 1974-75. 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
	Dave DeBusschere	Truck Robinson
Season	1962-63	1974-75
Team	Detroit Pistons	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Div Semis	Bullets 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	29.4	12.7	-	-	8.7	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	5.1	11.8	.430	-	-	-	2.6	3.6	.718
Truck Robinson	76	13.1	5.8	1.2	2.7	4.0	0.5	0.5	0.4	-	1.7	2.5	5.2	.486	-	-	-	0.8	1.5	.522
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
Truck Robinson	17	7.6	2.1	0.6	1.7	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.6	-	1.2	0.8	2.5	.333	-	-	-	0.4	0.8	.500

Season 4
	Dave DeBusschere	Truck Robinson
Season	1965-66	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Jazz
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Rebounds Leader
	All-Star Game	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
Truck Robinson	82	44.4	22.7	3.6	12.1	15.7	2.1	0.9	1.0	3.7	3.2	9.1	20.5	.444	-	-	-	4.5	7.0	.640
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Truck Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Dave DeBusschere	Truck Robinson
Season	1966-67	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Orleans Jazz, Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Suns 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		%
Dave DeBusschere	78	37.1	18.2	-	-	11.8	2.8	-	-	-	3.8	6.8	16.4	.415	-	-	-	4.6	6.6	.705
Truck Robinson	69	36.8	21.1	2.8	8.8	11.6	1.6	0.7	1.1	3.4	3.0	8.2	16.7	.491	-	-	-	4.7	6.7	.701
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dave DeBusschere	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Truck Robinson	15	26.1	10.5	2.5	5.5	8.1	0.7	0.4	0.8	2.1	3.5	3.7	9.3	.403	-	-	-	3.0	4.6	.652

Season 6
	Dave DeBusschere	Truck Robinson
Season	1967-68	1979-80
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Div Semis	Suns 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	80	39.1	17.9	-	-	13.5	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	7.2	16.2	.442	-	-	-	3.6	5.4	.664
Truck Robinson	82	33.0	17.3	2.6	6.8	9.4	1.7	0.7	0.7	3.1	3.2	6.6	13.0	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.9	.667
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
Truck Robinson	3	21.3	5.7	1.7	5.0	6.7	1.3	1.0	0.7	2.7	2.0	2.0	5.3	.375	0.0	0.0	-	1.7	2.3	.714

Season 7
	Dave DeBusschere	Truck Robinson
Season	1968-69	1980-81
Team	Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Defensive First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Div Finals	Suns 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	76	38.7	16.3	-	-	11.7	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	6.7	15.0	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.698
Truck Robinson	82	37.7	18.8	2.6	7.0	9.6	2.5	0.8	0.5	3.0	2.7	7.9	15.6	.505	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.8	.629
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
Truck Robinson	7	33.3	10.6	3.3	7.4	10.7	1.9	0.7	0.3	1.9	2.1	3.9	11.0	.351	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.9	.588

Season 8
	Dave DeBusschere	Truck Robinson
Season	1969-70	1981-82
Team	New York Knicks	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Suns 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	79	33.3	14.6	-	-	10.0	2.5	-	-	-	3.1	6.2	13.7	.451	-	-	-	2.2	3.2	.688
Truck Robinson	74	37.1	19.1	2.7	7.0	9.7	2.4	0.6	0.4	2.7	2.9	7.8	15.2	.513	0.0	0.0	1.000	3.4	5.0	.687
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
Truck Robinson	7	30.4	13.3	2.0	5.6	7.6	2.7	0.7	0.1	1.4	2.4	6.4	11.4	.563	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.4	.300

Season 9
	Dave DeBusschere	Truck Robinson
Season	1970-71	1982-83
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks 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	81	35.7	15.6	-	-	11.1	2.7	-	-	-	2.9	6.5	15.3	.421	-	-	-	2.7	3.9	.696
Truck Robinson	81	30.0	9.5	2.5	5.7	8.1	1.8	0.7	0.3	2.3	3.0	4.0	8.7	.462	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.587
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
Truck Robinson	6	34.2	15.7	3.5	7.5	11.0	2.2	1.7	0.3	2.3	4.2	6.5	12.2	.534	0.0	0.0	-	2.7	4.7	.571

Season 10
	Dave DeBusschere	Truck Robinson
Season	1971-72	1983-84
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost NBA Finals	Knicks 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	80	38.4	15.4	-	-	11.3	3.6	-	-	-	2.7	6.5	15.2	.427	-	-	-	2.4	3.3	.728
Truck Robinson	65	32.8	10.8	2.6	5.8	8.4	1.4	0.7	0.4	2.5	3.3	4.4	8.9	.489	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.646
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
Truck Robinson	12	30.2	7.1	2.6	5.5	8.1	0.6	0.6	0.8	2.3	3.4	3.2	6.2	.514	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.3	.600

Season 11
	Dave DeBusschere	Truck Robinson
Season	1972-73	1984-85
Team	New York Knicks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	77	36.7	16.3	-	-	10.2	3.4	-	-	-	2.8	6.9	15.9	.435	-	-	-	2.5	3.4	.746
Truck Robinson	2	17.5	2.0	3.0	1.5	4.5	1.5	1.0	1.5	2.5	1.5	1.0	2.5	.400	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	1.0	.000
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
Truck Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 12
	Dave DeBusschere	Truck Robinson
Season	1973-74	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks 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	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
Truck Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
Truck Robinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-