Jeff Cook vs. Zach LaVine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach LaVine and Jeff Cook, 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.

Jeff Cook played 8 years in the NBA, 2 less than Zach LaVine, who played 10. Jeff Cook had the first of his seasons in 1979-80, while Zach LaVine had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
	Jeff Cook	Zach LaVine
Season	1979-80	2014-15
Team	Phoenix Suns	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Suns Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Jeff Cook	66	13.7	5.5	1.4	2.3	3.7	1.3	0.4	0.3	1.1	1.5	2.0	4.2	.469	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.806
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	7	14.0	7.7	0.7	2.3	3.0	1.0	0.6	0.3	0.7	1.4	2.3	3.4	.667	0.0	0.0	-	3.1	3.7	.846
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Jeff Cook	Zach LaVine
Season	1985-86	2020-21
Team	San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Jazz Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Jeff Cook	36	10.4	2.5	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.8	0.9	2.0	.425	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.643
Zach LaVine	58	35.1	27.4	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.9	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.4	9.8	19.4	.507	3.4	8.2	.419	4.4	5.1	.849
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	4	5.3	1.3	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.3	1.0	.250	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.0	.750
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jeff Cook didn't play in 1986-87.

Season 8
	Jeff Cook	Zach LaVine
Season	1987-88	2021-22
Team	Phoenix Suns	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East 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		%
Jeff Cook	33	10.9	1.5	1.1	2.1	3.2	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.9	0.4	1.8	.237	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	0.8	.821
Zach LaVine	67	34.7	24.4	0.3	4.3	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.4	17.7	.476	2.8	7.1	.389	4.8	5.6	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jeff Cook	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach LaVine	4	38.3	19.3	0.0	5.3	5.3	6.0	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.3	6.8	15.8	.429	2.3	6.0	.375	3.5	3.8	.933