Michael Cooper vs. Sedale Threatt Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sedale Threatt 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 2 less than Sedale Threatt, who played 14. Michael Cooper had the first of his seasons in 1978-79, while Sedale Threatt had his rookie season in 1983-84. 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Michael Cooper	12	11	1978-79 to 1989-90
Sedale Threatt	14	12	1983-84 to 1996-97

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	1978-79	1983-84
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	76ers 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		%
Michael Cooper	3	2.3	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.0	.500	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-
Sedale Threatt	45	10.3	3.3	0.4	0.5	0.9	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.7	1.4	1.4	3.3	.419	0.0	0.2	.125	0.5	0.6	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sedale Threatt	3	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 2
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	1979-80	1984-85
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	76ers Lost East 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		%
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
Sedale Threatt	82	15.9	5.4	0.3	1.0	1.2	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.2	2.1	2.3	5.1	.452	0.0	0.3	.182	0.8	1.1	.733

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
Sedale Threatt	4	7.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	1.8	.286	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	1980-81	1985-86
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	76ers 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		%
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
Sedale Threatt	70	25.1	9.9	0.3	1.4	1.7	2.8	1.3	0.1	1.5	2.2	4.4	9.8	.453	0.0	0.3	.042	1.1	1.3	.833

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
Sedale Threatt	12	26.0	13.3	0.5	1.6	2.1	3.5	1.9	0.2	1.3	2.9	5.6	11.9	.469	0.0	0.2	.000	2.2	2.8	.788


Season 4
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	1981-82	1986-87
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
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
Sedale Threatt	68	21.3	8.5	0.4	1.2	1.6	3.8	1.1	0.2	1.3	2.4	3.5	7.9	.448	0.1	0.5	.219	1.4	1.8	.798

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
Sedale Threatt	3	23.3	6.7	0.7	1.0	1.7	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.7	3.7	2.7	5.7	.471	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.3	1.000


Season 5
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	1982-83	1987-88
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Chicago Bulls, Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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		%
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
Sedale Threatt	71	14.9	6.9	0.3	0.9	1.2	2.3	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.4	3.0	6.0	.508	0.0	0.4	.111	0.8	1.0	.803

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
Sedale Threatt	5	16.0	6.4	0.4	1.8	2.2	2.2	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.4	2.8	6.8	.412	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	0.8	1.000


Season 6
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	1983-84	1988-89
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Supersonics 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		%
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
Sedale Threatt	63	19.4	8.6	0.5	1.4	1.9	3.8	1.3	0.1	1.2	2.5	3.7	7.6	.494	0.2	0.5	.367	1.0	1.2	.818

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
Sedale Threatt	8	25.1	12.0	0.4	1.3	1.6	6.1	2.1	0.0	1.4	2.8	4.9	10.3	.476	0.1	0.5	.250	2.1	2.5	.850


Season 7
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	1984-85	1989-90
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
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	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
Sedale Threatt	65	22.8	11.4	0.7	1.1	1.8	3.3	1.0	0.1	1.2	2.5	4.7	9.2	.506	0.1	0.5	.250	2.0	2.4	.828

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
Sedale Threatt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	1985-86	1990-91
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive Second Team	-
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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
Sedale Threatt	80	25.8	12.7	0.3	0.9	1.2	3.4	1.4	0.1	1.7	2.4	5.4	10.4	.519	0.1	0.4	.286	1.7	2.2	.792

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
Sedale Threatt	5	27.2	14.6	0.2	1.4	1.6	3.4	1.0	0.0	1.6	2.8	6.0	11.2	.536	0.8	2.2	.364	1.8	2.0	.900


Season 9
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	1986-87	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Honors & Awards	Defensive Player of the Year	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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		%
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
Sedale Threatt	82	37.4	15.1	0.5	2.6	3.1	7.2	2.0	0.2	2.2	2.8	6.2	12.7	.489	0.2	0.8	.323	2.5	3.0	.831

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
Sedale Threatt	4	40.5	14.8	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.3	0.5	0.0	2.8	2.8	6.0	11.5	.522	0.5	0.8	.667	2.3	3.0	.750


Season 10
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	1987-88	1992-93
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Defensive First Team	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Lakers 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		%
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
Sedale Threatt	82	35.3	15.1	0.6	2.8	3.3	6.9	1.7	0.1	2.1	3.0	6.4	12.5	.508	0.2	0.6	.264	2.2	2.6	.823

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
Sedale Threatt	5	41.0	18.0	0.6	2.8	3.4	8.0	2.6	0.2	2.4	3.8	7.8	17.8	.438	0.6	2.6	.231	1.8	2.4	.750


Season 11
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	1988-89	1993-94
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	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	80	24.3	7.3	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.9	0.9	0.4	1.2	2.3	2.7	6.2	.431	1.0	2.6	.381	1.0	1.2	.871
Sedale Threatt	81	28.1	11.9	0.3	1.5	1.9	4.2	1.4	0.2	1.3	2.3	5.1	10.5	.482	0.1	0.4	.152	1.7	1.9	.890

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	15	27.6	7.7	0.6	2.1	2.7	4.7	0.6	0.5	1.1	2.5	2.5	5.9	.416	1.4	3.7	.382	1.3	1.6	.833
Sedale Threatt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	1989-90	1994-95
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis	Lakers 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		%
Michael Cooper	80	23.1	6.4	0.7	2.1	2.8	2.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	2.6	2.4	6.2	.387	0.6	2.0	.318	1.0	1.2	.883
Sedale Threatt	59	23.5	9.5	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.2	0.9	0.2	1.2	2.4	3.7	7.4	.497	0.6	1.6	.379	1.5	1.9	.793

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	9	19.2	2.6	1.2	1.4	2.7	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.8	2.3	1.1	3.9	.286	0.3	1.3	.250	0.0	0.0	-
Sedale Threatt	1	11.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-


Season 13
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	-	1995-96
Team	-	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Lakers 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		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sedale Threatt	82	20.6	7.3	0.2	0.9	1.2	3.3	0.8	0.1	0.9	2.2	2.9	6.4	.458	0.7	2.1	.355	0.7	0.9	.761

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sedale Threatt	4	14.3	2.5	0.3	0.5	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.0	1.0	4.5	.222	0.5	2.8	.182	0.0	0.0	-


Season 14
	Michael Cooper	Sedale Threatt
Season	-	1996-97
Team	-	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Rockets 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		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sedale Threatt	21	15.9	3.3	0.2	0.9	1.1	1.9	0.7	0.1	0.6	1.4	1.3	3.5	.378	0.4	1.0	.400	0.3	0.4	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cooper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sedale Threatt	16	16.5	3.7	0.1	0.9	1.1	3.0	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.2	1.4	3.5	.393	0.6	1.9	.300	0.4	0.5	.750

Michael Cooper vs. Sedale Threatt Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sedale Threatt 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.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14