Kevin Love vs. Mike McGee Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Mike McGee and Kevin Love, 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.

Kevin Love played 16 years in the NBA, 7 more than Mike McGee, who played 9. Kevin Love had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Mike McGee had his rookie season in 1981-82. 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
	Kevin Love	Mike McGee
Season	2008-09	1981-82
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
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		%
Kevin Love	81	25.3	11.1	3.4	5.7	9.1	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.5	2.5	3.9	8.5	.459	0.0	0.2	.105	3.3	4.1	.789
Mike McGee	39	9.0	4.9	0.9	0.4	1.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.9	1.5	2.1	4.4	.465	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.4	.585
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike McGee	4	2.5	3.0	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.5	3.3	.462	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	Kevin Love	Mike McGee
Season	2010-11	1983-84
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Most Improved Player	-
	Rebounds Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers 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		%
Kevin Love	73	35.8	20.2	4.5	10.7	15.2	2.5	0.6	0.4	2.1	2.0	6.6	14.1	.470	1.2	2.9	.417	5.8	6.8	.850
Mike McGee	77	18.5	9.8	1.5	1.0	2.5	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.3	4.5	7.6	.594	0.0	0.2	.167	0.8	1.5	.540
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike McGee	17	21.8	12.4	1.3	0.7	2.0	1.4	0.6	0.1	1.6	3.1	5.3	9.2	.573	0.4	1.0	.353	1.5	2.3	.641

Season 4
	Kevin Love	Mike McGee
Season	2011-12	1984-85
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Los Angeles Lakers
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		%
Kevin Love	55	39.0	26.0	4.1	9.2	13.3	2.0	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	8.6	19.3	.448	1.9	5.1	.372	6.9	8.4	.824
Mike McGee	76	15.4	10.2	1.3	0.9	2.2	0.9	0.5	0.1	1.1	1.9	4.3	8.1	.538	0.3	0.8	.361	1.2	2.1	.588
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike McGee	17	15.3	11.2	1.2	0.9	2.1	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	4.5	8.4	.535	0.5	1.1	.500	1.7	2.5	.690

Season 6
	Kevin Love	Mike McGee
Season	2013-14	1986-87
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hawks Lost East 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		%
Kevin Love	77	36.3	26.1	2.9	9.6	12.5	4.4	0.8	0.5	2.5	1.8	8.4	18.5	.457	2.5	6.6	.376	6.8	8.2	.821
Mike McGee	76	18.7	10.4	0.9	1.2	2.1	2.0	0.8	0.0	1.4	2.1	4.1	8.9	.459	1.1	3.0	.376	1.1	1.8	.584
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike McGee	8	12.6	3.4	1.1	1.4	2.5	1.9	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.9	1.3	4.9	.256	0.3	1.8	.143	0.6	1.3	.500

Season 8
	Kevin Love	Mike McGee
Season	2015-16	1988-89
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Kevin Love	77	31.5	16.0	1.9	8.0	9.9	2.4	0.8	0.5	1.8	2.1	5.3	12.7	.419	2.1	5.7	.360	3.4	4.1	.822
Mike McGee	80	25.3	13.0	0.9	1.5	2.4	1.5	1.0	0.2	1.6	2.3	5.4	11.5	.473	1.2	3.2	.365	1.0	1.8	.535
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	20	30.7	14.7	1.7	7.1	8.8	2.1	0.5	0.4	1.4	1.7	4.6	12.0	.385	2.3	5.6	.414	3.2	3.8	.840
Mike McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Kevin Love	Mike McGee
Season	2016-17	1989-90
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost NBA Finals	Suns 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		%
Kevin Love	60	31.4	19.0	2.5	8.6	11.1	1.9	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.1	6.2	14.5	.427	2.4	6.5	.373	4.3	4.9	.871
Mike McGee	14	20.0	7.3	0.8	1.8	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.1	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.2	.483	0.6	1.6	.348	0.7	1.5	.476
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	18	32.1	16.8	2.0	8.6	10.6	1.7	1.2	0.9	1.7	2.6	5.3	12.1	.436	2.8	6.2	.450	3.5	4.2	.840
Mike McGee	10	4.4	1.8	0.1	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.6	0.7	2.0	.350	0.3	0.7	.429	0.1	0.4	.250

Season 10
	Kevin Love	Mike McGee
Season	2017-18	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Kevin Love	59	28.0	17.6	1.7	7.5	9.3	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.0	5.7	12.4	.458	2.3	5.6	.415	4.0	4.5	.880
Mike McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Kevin Love	21	31.4	14.9	2.3	7.9	10.2	1.6	0.7	0.4	2.0	2.8	5.2	13.2	.392	1.7	5.0	.340	2.8	3.0	.922
Mike McGee	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-