Jake LaRavia vs. Kevin McHale Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Kevin McHale and Jake LaRavia, 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.

Jake LaRavia played 3 years in the NBA, 10 less than Kevin McHale, who played 13. Jake LaRavia had the first of his seasons in 2022-23, while Kevin McHale had his rookie season in 1980-81. 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
	Jake LaRavia	Kevin McHale
Season	2022-23	1980-81
Team	Memphis Grizzlies	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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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		%
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
difference:	+47	+8.3	+7.0	+1.4	+1.2	+2.6	+0.1		+1.7	-0.8	-1.8	+3.2	+5.4	+.144	+0.7	+2.0		+1.1	+1.6	+.099
Kevin McHale	82	20.1	10.0	1.9	2.5	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	1.3	3.2	4.3	8.1	.533	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.9	.679
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jake LaRavia	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	17	17.4	8.5	1.7	1.8	3.5	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	3.0	3.6	6.6	.540	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	2.1	.639

Season 3
	Jake LaRavia	Kevin McHale
Season	2024-25	1982-83
Team	Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics Lost East Conf Semis

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3rd Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jake LaRavia	66	20.4	6.9	1.4	2.6	3.9	2.4	0.9	0.3	1.3	2.0	2.4	5.1	.475	0.9	2.2	.423	1.2	1.7	.678
difference:	+16	+8.2	+7.2	+1.2	+1.5	+2.8	+1.1	+0.5	+2.0	-0.6	-0.9	+3.5	+5.8	+.066	+0.9	+2.2		+1.2	+1.6	+.039
Kevin McHale	82	28.6	14.1	2.6	4.1	6.7	1.3	0.4	2.3	1.9	2.9	5.9	10.9	.541	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.3	.717
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jake LaRavia	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin McHale	7	25.3	11.1	2.1	3.9	6.0	0.7	0.4	1.0	1.4	2.3	4.9	8.9	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	2.6	.556

Additional Years
* Kevin McHale played 10 seasons more than Jake LaRavia in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 13, from 1984 to 1993—Kevin McHale played in 10 Playoffs and won two NBA Championships. In those 10 extra years over Jake LaRavia, Kevin McHale got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA First Team 3 All-Defensive First Team 2 All-Defensive Second Team 2 Sixth Man of the Year 7 All-Star Game