Michael Cooper vs. Jack Nichols Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jack Nichols and Michael Cooper, 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.

Michael Cooper played 12 years in the NBA, 3 more than Jack Nichols, who played 9. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Jack Nichols had his rookie season in 1948-49. 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.

Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Jack Nichols
Season	1979-80	1949-50
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Washington Capitols, Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Blackhawks Lost West Div 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		%
Michael Cooper	82	24.1	8.8	1.2	1.6	2.8	2.7	1.0	0.5	1.7	2.6	3.7	7.0	.524	0.1	0.2	.250	1.4	1.7	.776
Jack Nichols	67	-	13.1	-	-	-	2.1	-	-	-	2.7	4.6	12.7	.366	-	-	-	3.9	5.1	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	16	29.0	9.1	1.8	1.9	3.7	3.6	1.5	0.7	1.8	3.4	3.6	8.8	.407	0.0	0.1	.000	1.9	2.3	.861
Jack Nichols	3	-	19.7	-	-	-	3.7	-	-	-	3.7	6.0	20.0	.300	-	-	-	7.7	10.3	.742

Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Jack Nichols
Season	1980-81	1950-51
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers 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		%
Michael Cooper	81	32.4	9.4	1.5	2.7	4.1	4.1	1.6	1.0	2.0	3.1	4.0	8.1	.491	0.0	0.2	.211	1.4	1.8	.785
Jack Nichols	6	-	11.7	-	-	10.5	2.5	-	-	-	3.8	4.5	13.2	.342	-	-	-	2.7	3.5	.762
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	3	34.0	10.7	0.7	2.7	3.3	2.3	2.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	3.7	6.7	.550	0.0	1.0	.000	3.3	4.7	.714
Jack Nichols	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Jack Nichols didn't play in 1951-52.

Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Jack Nichols
Season	1981-82	1952-53
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
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		%
Michael Cooper	76	28.9	11.9	1.1	2.4	3.5	3.0	1.6	0.8	2.0	2.8	5.0	9.8	.517	0.0	0.2	.118	1.8	2.3	.813
Jack Nichols	69	38.1	15.8	-	-	7.7	2.8	-	-	-	3.4	6.2	17.0	.363	-	-	-	3.5	4.9	.708
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	14	27.4	11.9	1.4	3.0	4.4	4.4	1.7	0.8	2.1	3.4	5.0	8.9	.565	0.1	0.1	.500	1.8	2.4	.735
Jack Nichols	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Jack Nichols
Season	1982-83	1953-54
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Milwaukee Hawks, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Michael Cooper	82	26.2	7.8	1.0	2.3	3.3	3.8	1.4	0.6	1.6	2.5	3.2	6.1	.535	0.1	0.3	.238	1.2	1.6	.785
Jack Nichols	75	21.4	5.9	-	-	4.8	1.4	-	-	-	2.5	2.2	7.0	.309	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.743
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	15	30.2	9.4	0.8	3.1	3.9	2.9	1.7	0.4	1.3	3.6	3.5	7.6	.465	0.1	0.5	.143	2.3	2.7	.829
Jack Nichols	6	35.2	16.7	-	-	10.3	5.2	-	-	-	4.0	5.8	12.0	.486	-	-	-	5.0	6.3	.789

Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Jack Nichols
Season	1983-84	1954-55
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Michael Cooper	82	29.1	9.0	0.6	2.5	3.2	5.9	1.4	0.8	1.8	3.3	3.3	6.7	.497	0.5	1.5	.314	1.9	2.3	.838
Jack Nichols	64	29.8	9.9	-	-	8.3	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	3.9	10.3	.380	-	-	-	2.2	2.8	.780
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	21	34.4	11.3	1.0	3.0	3.9	5.7	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.8	4.2	9.1	.461	0.6	1.7	.333	2.4	3.0	.806
Jack Nichols	7	33.0	10.4	-	-	7.0	3.3	-	-	-	4.0	4.3	11.6	.370	-	-	-	1.9	2.3	.813

Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Jack Nichols
Season	1984-85	1955-56
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics Lost East Div 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		%
Michael Cooper	82	26.7	8.6	0.7	2.4	3.1	5.2	1.1	0.6	1.9	2.5	3.4	7.2	.465	0.4	1.5	.285	1.4	1.6	.865
Jack Nichols	60	32.7	14.3	-	-	10.4	2.7	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	13.3	.413	-	-	-	3.3	4.2	.791
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	19	26.4	10.4	0.6	3.4	4.0	4.9	1.1	0.5	1.9	2.4	3.7	6.6	.563	0.4	1.4	.308	2.5	2.7	.923
Jack Nichols	3	33.3	13.7	-	-	12.0	3.3	-	-	-	4.3	5.3	14.3	.372	-	-	-	3.0	3.3	.900

Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Jack Nichols
Season	1985-86	1956-57
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
Michael Cooper	82	27.7	9.2	0.5	2.4	3.0	5.7	1.1	0.5	1.8	2.9	3.3	7.4	.452	0.8	2.0	.387	1.8	2.1	.865
Jack Nichols	61	22.5	8.2	-	-	6.1	1.4	-	-	-	3.0	3.2	8.8	.363	-	-	-	1.8	2.2	.794
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	14	30.1	9.7	1.1	2.1	3.3	4.9	1.3	0.3	1.5	1.7	3.9	8.2	.470	1.4	2.9	.463	0.6	0.8	.818
Jack Nichols	10	11.7	3.5	-	-	1.7	0.7	-	-	-	2.3	1.6	4.0	.400	-	-	-	0.3	0.5	.600

Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Jack Nichols
Season	1986-87	1957-58
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Michael Cooper	82	27.5	10.5	0.7	2.4	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.5	1.2	2.4	3.9	9.0	.438	1.1	2.8	.385	1.5	1.8	.851
Jack Nichols	69	17.7	5.8	-	-	4.4	0.9	-	-	-	1.8	2.5	7.0	.351	-	-	-	0.9	1.2	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	18	29.0	13.0	0.4	2.8	3.3	5.0	1.4	0.8	2.1	2.6	4.3	8.8	.484	1.9	3.9	.486	2.6	3.0	.852
Jack Nichols	11	13.5	4.8	-	-	4.1	0.7	-	-	-	1.9	2.1	6.0	.348	-	-	-	0.6	0.9	.700

Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Jack Nichols
Season	1987-88	-
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	-
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	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		%
Michael Cooper	61	29.4	8.7	0.8	2.9	3.7	4.7	1.1	0.4	1.7	2.2	3.1	7.9	.392	0.9	2.9	.320	1.6	1.9	.858
Jack Nichols	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	24	24.5	6.4	0.6	1.8	2.4	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.9	2.4	2.3	5.5	.412	1.0	2.6	.403	0.8	1.1	.741
Jack Nichols	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-