Joe Graboski vs. Zach LaVine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach LaVine and Joe Graboski, 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.

Joe Graboski played 13 years in the NBA, 3 more than Zach LaVine, who played 10. Joe Graboski had the first of his seasons in 1948-49, 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
	Joe Graboski	Zach LaVine
Season	1948-49	2014-15
Team	Chicago Stags	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
Playoffs	Stags Lost West Div 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		%
Joe Graboski	45	-	2.8	-	-	-	0.4	-	-	-	1.9	1.2	3.5	.344	-	-	-	0.4	1.1	.347
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		%
Joe Graboski	1	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	1.0	0.0	6.0	.000	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Joe Graboski didn't play in 1950-51.

Season 7
	Joe Graboski	Zach LaVine
Season	1955-56	2020-21
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Joe Graboski	72	33.0	14.4	-	-	8.9	2.6	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	14.9	.369	-	-	-	3.3	4.7	.706
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		%
Joe Graboski	10	31.3	13.2	-	-	9.4	2.7	-	-	-	3.7	5.3	15.4	.344	-	-	-	2.6	3.5	.743
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Joe Graboski	Zach LaVine
Season	1956-57	2021-22
Team	Philadelphia Warriors	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Warriors Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Joe Graboski	72	34.7	14.3	-	-	8.5	1.9	-	-	-	3.4	5.4	15.5	.349	-	-	-	3.5	4.5	.783
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		%
Joe Graboski	2	45.5	17.5	-	-	11.0	2.0	-	-	-	3.5	6.5	20.0	.325	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.818
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