Devean George vs. Tom Heinsohn Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Heinsohn and Devean George, 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.

Devean George played 11 years in the NBA, 2 more than Tom Heinsohn, who played 9. Devean George had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Tom Heinsohn had his rookie season in 1956-57. 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
	Devean George	Tom Heinsohn
Season	1999-00	1956-57
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	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		%
Devean George	49	7.0	3.2	0.6	0.9	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	1.1	1.1	2.9	.389	0.3	1.0	.340	0.6	0.8	.659
Tom Heinsohn	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devean George	9	4.9	2.4	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.8	2.1	.368	0.2	1.1	.200	0.7	1.2	.545
Tom Heinsohn	10	37.0	22.9	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	23.1	.390	-	-	-	4.9	6.9	.710

Season 2
	Devean George	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2000-01	1957-58
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Devean George	59	10.1	3.1	0.6	1.3	1.9	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	1.5	1.1	3.5	.309	0.3	1.2	.221	0.7	0.9	.709
Tom Heinsohn	69	32.0	17.8	-	-	10.2	1.8	-	-	-	4.0	6.8	17.8	.382	-	-	-	4.3	5.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devean George	7	3.9	2.0	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.9	0.9	1.7	.500	0.1	0.3	.500	0.1	0.3	.500
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.7	17.5	-	-	10.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.7	6.2	17.6	.351	-	-	-	5.1	6.5	.778

Season 3
	Devean George	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2001-02	1958-59
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
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		%
Devean George	82	21.5	7.1	1.0	2.7	3.7	1.4	0.9	0.5	0.8	2.3	2.6	6.4	.411	0.8	2.2	.371	1.0	1.5	.675
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devean George	19	17.2	5.0	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	2.7	2.0	5.5	.365	0.4	1.8	.229	0.6	0.8	.733
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.6	19.9	-	-	8.9	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.3	20.0	.414	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.661

Season 4
	Devean George	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2002-03	1959-60
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Devean George	71	22.7	6.9	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.9	2.5	2.5	6.5	.390	0.7	1.9	.371	1.2	1.5	.790
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devean George	11	29.0	8.0	1.0	3.5	4.5	2.2	1.0	0.4	1.1	2.6	3.2	7.1	.449	0.9	2.7	.333	0.7	0.8	.889
Tom Heinsohn	13	32.5	21.8	-	-	9.7	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	8.6	20.5	.419	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.750

Season 5
	Devean George	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2003-04	1960-61
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA 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		%
Devean George	82	23.8	7.4	1.1	3.0	4.0	1.4	1.0	0.5	1.1	2.3	2.8	7.0	.408	0.8	2.3	.349	0.9	1.2	.760
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devean George	22	21.4	5.5	0.5	1.8	2.3	0.5	1.0	0.4	0.5	2.0	2.0	4.5	.430	1.0	2.7	.373	0.6	0.9	.650
Tom Heinsohn	10	29.1	19.7	-	-	9.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.2	20.1	.408	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.767

Season 6
	Devean George	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2004-05	1961-62
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	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		%
Devean George	15	20.4	7.3	0.9	2.7	3.5	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.8	2.1	2.5	6.9	.356	1.4	3.9	.362	1.0	1.3	.750
Tom Heinsohn	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devean George	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Heinsohn	14	31.8	20.7	-	-	8.2	2.4	-	-	-	4.1	8.3	20.8	.399	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763

Season 7
	Devean George	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2005-06	1962-63
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West 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		%
Devean George	71	21.7	6.3	1.2	2.7	3.9	1.0	0.9	0.5	0.8	2.2	2.4	6.0	.400	0.7	2.3	.313	0.8	1.2	.674
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devean George	7	17.3	5.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	1.9	1.9	4.9	.382	1.3	3.0	.429	0.3	0.7	.400
Tom Heinsohn	13	31.8	24.7	-	-	8.9	1.2	-	-	-	4.2	9.5	20.8	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.765

Season 8
	Devean George	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2006-07	1963-64
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Devean George	60	21.4	6.4	1.0	2.6	3.6	0.6	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.4	2.4	6.2	.395	0.9	2.5	.353	0.6	0.8	.750
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devean George	6	18.2	3.5	0.7	2.3	3.0	0.7	1.0	0.3	1.2	2.0	0.8	4.2	.200	0.5	2.0	.250	1.3	1.7	.800
Tom Heinsohn	10	30.8	17.4	-	-	8.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.810

Season 9
	Devean George	Tom Heinsohn
Season	2007-08	1964-65
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West 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		%
Devean George	53	15.5	3.7	0.5	2.1	2.6	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.5	1.7	1.4	3.9	.357	0.4	1.3	.324	0.5	0.6	.706
Tom Heinsohn	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Devean George	5	12.4	5.8	0.8	2.2	3.0	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.6	1.4	2.2	5.6	.393	0.8	2.4	.333	0.6	1.0	.600
Tom Heinsohn	12	23.0	12.7	-	-	7.0	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	15.1	.365	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625