Derrick Coleman vs. Sam Jones Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Jones and Derrick Coleman, 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.

Derrick Coleman played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than Sam Jones, who played 12. Derrick Coleman had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Sam Jones had his rookie season in 1957-58. 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
	Derrick Coleman	Sam Jones
Season	1990-91	1957-58
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
Derrick Coleman	74	35.2	18.4	3.6	6.6	10.3	2.2	1.0	1.3	2.9	2.9	6.9	14.9	.467	0.2	0.5	.342	4.4	6.0	.731
Sam Jones	56	10.6	4.6	-	-	2.9	0.7	-	-	-	0.8	1.8	4.2	.429	-	-	-	1.1	1.5	.714
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	8	9.4	3.9	-	-	3.0	0.5	-	-	-	0.9	1.3	2.8	.455	-	-	-	1.4	2.0	.688

Season 2
	Derrick Coleman	Sam Jones
Season	1991-92	1958-59
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Derrick Coleman	65	34.0	19.8	3.1	6.4	9.5	3.2	0.8	1.5	3.8	2.6	7.4	14.7	.504	0.4	1.2	.303	4.6	6.0	.763
Sam Jones	71	20.6	10.7	-	-	6.0	1.4	-	-	-	1.4	4.3	9.9	.434	-	-	-	2.1	2.8	.770
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	4	40.5	22.3	3.3	8.0	11.3	5.3	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.0	9.0	18.5	.486	0.3	1.5	.167	4.0	5.3	.762
Sam Jones	11	17.5	10.3	-	-	5.7	1.5	-	-	-	1.3	3.6	9.8	.370	-	-	-	3.0	3.5	.846

Season 3
	Derrick Coleman	Sam Jones
Season	1992-93	1959-60
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Derrick Coleman	76	36.3	20.7	3.3	8.0	11.2	3.6	1.2	1.7	3.2	2.8	7.4	16.1	.460	0.3	1.3	.232	5.5	6.9	.808
Sam Jones	74	20.4	11.9	-	-	5.1	1.7	-	-	-	1.4	4.8	10.6	.454	-	-	-	2.3	3.0	.764
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	5	45.0	26.8	2.6	10.8	13.4	4.6	1.2	2.6	2.6	3.6	10.0	18.8	.532	1.0	2.4	.417	5.8	7.2	.806
Sam Jones	13	15.2	8.2	-	-	3.2	1.4	-	-	-	1.2	3.5	9.0	.385	-	-	-	1.3	1.6	.810

Season 4
	Derrick Coleman	Sam Jones
Season	1993-94	1960-61
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Derrick Coleman	77	36.1	20.2	3.4	7.9	11.3	3.4	0.9	1.8	2.7	2.7	7.0	15.7	.447	0.5	1.6	.314	5.7	7.4	.774
Sam Jones	78	26.0	15.0	-	-	5.4	2.8	-	-	-	1.9	6.2	13.7	.449	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	4	43.3	24.5	4.8	9.5	14.3	2.5	0.5	1.3	4.5	3.0	6.8	17.0	.397	1.3	2.3	.556	9.8	12.5	.780
Sam Jones	10	25.8	13.1	-	-	5.4	2.2	-	-	-	2.2	5.0	11.2	.446	-	-	-	3.1	3.5	.886

Season 5
	Derrick Coleman	Sam Jones
Season	1994-95	1961-62
Team	New Jersey Nets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derrick Coleman	56	37.6	20.5	3.0	7.6	10.6	3.3	0.6	1.7	3.1	2.9	6.6	15.6	.424	0.5	2.1	.233	6.7	8.8	.767
Sam Jones	78	30.6	18.4	-	-	5.9	3.0	-	-	-	1.9	7.6	16.5	.464	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.818
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	14	36.0	20.6	-	-	7.1	3.1	-	-	-	2.1	8.8	19.8	.444	-	-	-	3.0	4.3	.700

Season 6
	Derrick Coleman	Sam Jones
Season	1995-96	1962-63
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derrick Coleman	11	26.7	11.2	1.2	5.4	6.5	2.8	0.4	0.9	2.5	2.7	4.4	10.7	.407	0.6	1.9	.333	1.8	2.9	.625
Sam Jones	76	30.6	19.7	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.1	8.2	17.2	.476	-	-	-	3.4	4.3	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	13	34.6	23.8	-	-	6.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.2	9.2	19.1	.484	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.831

Season 7
	Derrick Coleman	Sam Jones
Season	1996-97	1963-64
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derrick Coleman	57	36.9	18.1	2.8	7.3	10.1	3.4	0.9	1.3	3.2	2.9	6.4	14.7	.435	0.6	2.1	.269	4.8	6.4	.745
Sam Jones	76	31.3	19.4	-	-	4.6	2.7	-	-	-	2.5	8.1	17.9	.450	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	10	35.6	23.2	-	-	4.7	2.3	-	-	-	2.4	9.1	18.0	.506	-	-	-	5.0	6.8	.735

Season 8
	Derrick Coleman	Sam Jones
Season	1997-98	1964-65
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derrick Coleman	59	36.2	17.6	2.5	7.4	9.9	2.5	0.8	1.2	2.7	2.4	6.0	14.7	.411	0.4	1.7	.265	5.1	6.6	.772
Sam Jones	80	36.1	25.9	-	-	5.1	2.8	-	-	-	2.2	10.3	22.7	.452	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.820
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	12	41.3	28.6	-	-	4.6	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	11.3	24.5	.459	-	-	-	6.1	7.0	.869

Season 9
	Derrick Coleman	Sam Jones
Season	1998-99	1965-66
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Derrick Coleman	37	31.8	13.1	2.1	6.8	8.9	2.1	0.6	1.1	2.4	2.6	4.5	11.0	.414	0.2	0.9	.212	3.9	5.1	.753
Sam Jones	67	32.2	23.5	-	-	5.2	3.2	-	-	-	2.5	9.3	19.9	.469	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.799
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Jones	17	35.4	24.8	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.8	9.1	20.2	.449	-	-	-	6.7	8.0	.838

Season 10
	Derrick Coleman	Sam Jones
Season	1999-00	1966-67
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Derrick Coleman	74	31.7	16.7	1.7	6.9	8.5	2.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.6	6.0	13.2	.456	0.7	1.9	.362	4.0	5.1	.785
Sam Jones	72	32.3	22.1	-	-	4.7	3.0	-	-	-	2.7	8.9	19.5	.454	-	-	-	4.4	5.2	.857
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	4	42.0	20.3	2.5	10.0	12.5	3.5	0.8	3.0	3.3	2.8	6.8	14.3	.474	1.3	4.0	.313	5.5	7.0	.786
Sam Jones	9	36.2	26.7	-	-	5.1	3.1	-	-	-	3.3	10.6	23.0	.459	-	-	-	5.6	6.4	.862

Season 11
	Derrick Coleman	Sam Jones
Season	2000-01	1967-68
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	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		%
Derrick Coleman	34	20.1	8.1	1.4	4.1	5.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.6	2.9	7.5	.380	0.6	1.5	.392	1.9	2.7	.685
Sam Jones	73	33.0	21.3	-	-	4.9	3.0	-	-	-	2.5	8.5	18.5	.461	-	-	-	4.3	5.2	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	5	17.6	5.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	1.2	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.4	1.8	6.8	.265	0.4	1.6	.250	1.4	1.8	.778
Sam Jones	19	36.1	20.5	-	-	3.4	2.6	-	-	-	3.1	8.5	19.3	.441	-	-	-	3.5	4.4	.786

Season 12
	Derrick Coleman	Sam Jones
Season	2001-02	1968-69
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Derrick Coleman	58	35.9	15.1	2.9	5.9	8.8	1.7	0.7	0.9	2.1	2.7	5.7	12.7	.450	0.5	1.4	.337	3.2	3.9	.815
Sam Jones	70	26.0	16.3	-	-	3.8	2.6	-	-	-	1.7	7.1	15.8	.450	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	5	38.6	12.8	3.0	6.2	9.2	2.0	0.2	1.4	1.0	2.0	4.4	8.4	.524	0.8	2.6	.308	3.2	4.0	.800
Sam Jones	18	28.6	16.8	-	-	3.2	2.1	-	-	-	2.5	6.9	16.4	.419	-	-	-	3.1	3.8	.797