Matt Guokas vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Matt Guokas, 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.

Matt Guokas played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than David Thompson, who played 8. Matt Guokas had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, 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
	Matt Guokas	David Thompson
Season	1966-67	1976-77
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Matt Guokas	69	11.7	3.0	-	-	1.2	1.5	-	-	-	1.2	1.1	2.9	.389	-	-	-	0.7	1.2	.605
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		%
Matt Guokas	15	16.8	4.3	-	-	2.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.2	1.7	4.3	.406	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.765
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
	Matt Guokas	David Thompson
Season	1967-68	1977-78
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Finals	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		%
Matt Guokas	82	19.7	6.1	-	-	2.3	2.3	-	-	-	2.1	2.3	4.8	.483	-	-	-	1.4	1.9	.776
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		%
Matt Guokas	13	25.2	6.2	-	-	3.3	2.3	-	-	-	3.0	2.3	6.1	.380	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.741
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
	Matt Guokas	David Thompson
Season	1968-69	1978-79
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	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		%
Matt Guokas	72	11.6	3.3	-	-	1.3	1.4	-	-	-	1.7	1.3	3.0	.426	-	-	-	0.8	1.1	.667
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		%
Matt Guokas	5	20.0	5.2	-	-	2.4	1.6	-	-	-	2.4	2.2	5.4	.407	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.800
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
	Matt Guokas	David Thompson
Season	1972-73	1982-83
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Matt Guokas	79	36.0	9.1	-	-	3.1	5.1	-	-	-	2.4	4.1	7.2	.570	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.822
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		%
Matt Guokas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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