Don Reid vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Don Reid, 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.

Don Reid and David Thompson both played 8 years in the NBA. Don Reid had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while David Thompson had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
	Don Reid	David Thompson
Season	1995-96	1976-77
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Don Reid	69	14.4	3.8	1.1	1.8	2.9	0.2	0.7	0.6	0.6	2.9	1.5	2.7	.567	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.1	.662
David Thompson	82	36.6	25.9	1.7	2.4	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	-	2.9	10.0	19.8	.507	-	-	-	5.8	7.6	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Reid	3	8.7	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.3	2.7	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	1.0	.333
David Thompson	6	39.5	24.7	2.2	3.0	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.7	-	3.7	9.3	20.2	.463	-	-	-	6.0	8.8	.679

Season 2
	Don Reid	David Thompson
Season	1996-97	1977-78
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nuggets 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		%
Don Reid	47	9.8	2.8	0.8	1.4	2.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	2.2	1.1	2.4	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.750
David Thompson	80	37.8	27.2	2.0	2.9	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	3.1	2.7	10.3	19.8	.521	-	-	-	6.5	8.4	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Reid	1	3.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	4.0	1.000
David Thompson	13	37.0	25.2	1.4	2.7	4.1	4.0	0.7	1.6	3.0	2.6	10.1	22.4	.450	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.825

Season 3
	Don Reid	David Thompson
Season	1997-98	1978-79
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
Don Reid	68	14.6	3.5	1.1	1.4	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.4	2.7	1.4	2.6	.534	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	1.0	.704
David Thompson	76	35.1	24.0	1.4	2.2	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.4	2.4	9.1	17.8	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.7	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Reid	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	3	40.7	28.0	2.3	4.7	7.0	4.0	1.3	0.3	4.0	4.0	12.7	23.0	.551	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.727

Season 7
	Don Reid	David Thompson
Season	2001-02	1982-83
Team	Orlando Magic	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Magic Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Don Reid	68	10.5	3.3	1.0	1.6	2.6	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.8	2.6	1.3	2.8	.474	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.647
David Thompson	75	28.7	15.9	1.3	2.3	3.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.2	1.9	5.9	12.3	.481	0.0	0.1	.200	4.0	5.1	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Reid	4	9.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	1.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.0	3.8	1.0	1.5	.667	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.5	.500
David Thompson	2	32.5	12.0	0.0	0.0	0	3.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	3.5	4.5	12.5	.360	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	5.0	.600