Otis Thorpe vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young and Otis Thorpe, 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

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.

Otis Thorpe played 17 years in the NBA, 5 more than Nick Young, who played 12. Otis Thorpe had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Nick Young had his rookie season in 2007-08. 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
Otis Thorpe	17	11	1984-85 to 2000-01
Nick Young	12	3	2007-08 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1984-85	2007-08
Team	Kansas City Kings	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Wizards Lost East Conf 1st Rd

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	82	23.4	12.8	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.4	0.4	0.5	2.3	3.1	5.0	8.4	.600	0.0	0.0	.000	2.8	4.5	.620
Nick Young	75	15.4	7.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.7	2.8	6.4	.439	0.5	1.3	.400	1.3	1.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	4	4.3	1.3	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.3	.111	0.0	0.5	.000	0.8	1.0	.750


Season 2
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1985-86	2008-09
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	75	22.3	9.9	1.8	3.8	5.6	1.1	0.5	0.5	1.6	3.1	3.9	6.6	.587	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.3	.661
Nick Young	82	22.4	10.9	0.4	1.5	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.7	4.1	9.2	.444	0.7	2.0	.341	2.0	2.4	.850

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	3	11.7	4.0	2.7	1.3	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	1.0	4.3	.231	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	4.3	.462
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1986-87	2009-10
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	82	36.0	18.9	3.2	6.8	10.0	2.5	0.6	0.7	2.3	3.6	6.9	12.8	.540	0.0	0.0	.000	5.0	6.6	.761
Nick Young	74	19.2	8.6	0.3	1.1	1.4	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.8	2.0	3.1	7.5	.418	0.9	2.3	.406	1.4	1.8	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1987-88	2010-11
Team	Sacramento Kings	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	82	37.5	20.8	3.4	6.8	10.2	3.2	0.8	0.7	2.8	3.2	7.6	15.0	.507	0.0	0.1	.000	5.6	7.4	.755
Nick Young	64	31.8	17.4	0.4	2.3	2.7	1.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	2.3	6.4	14.6	.441	1.6	4.2	.387	2.9	3.6	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1988-89	2011-12
Team	Houston Rockets	Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Clippers Lost West Conf Semis

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	82	38.2	16.7	3.3	6.3	9.6	2.5	1.0	0.5	2.7	3.2	6.4	11.7	.542	0.0	0.0	.000	4.0	5.5	.729
Nick Young	62	27.9	14.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.3	2.3	5.1	12.6	.403	1.7	4.5	.365	2.3	2.7	.852

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	4	38.0	16.0	1.5	3.5	5.0	3.0	1.3	0.3	3.8	4.3	6.0	9.3	.649	0.0	0.0	-	4.0	5.3	.762
Nick Young	11	18.2	8.3	0.1	1.0	1.1	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.6	1.8	2.6	6.1	.433	1.5	3.0	.515	1.5	1.6	.889


Season 6
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1989-90	2012-13
Team	Houston Rockets	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	82	35.9	17.1	3.1	5.8	9.0	3.2	0.8	0.3	2.8	3.3	6.7	12.2	.548	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.4	.688
Nick Young	59	23.9	10.6	0.4	1.8	2.2	1.4	0.6	0.2	0.8	1.4	3.8	9.2	.413	1.3	3.6	.357	1.8	2.2	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	4	41.0	20.0	3.5	4.8	8.3	1.8	1.3	0.0	2.3	3.0	6.8	11.3	.600	0.0	0.0	-	6.5	9.5	.684
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1990-91	2013-14
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	82	37.1	17.5	3.5	6.8	10.3	2.4	0.9	0.2	2.6	3.4	6.7	12.0	.556	0.0	0.1	.429	4.1	5.9	.696
Nick Young	64	28.3	17.9	0.5	2.1	2.6	1.5	0.7	0.2	1.5	2.4	6.0	13.9	.435	2.1	5.5	.386	3.7	4.5	.825

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	3	38.7	15.7	2.3	6.0	8.3	2.7	0.7	0.0	2.0	2.7	7.3	12.7	.579	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1991-92	2014-15
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	82	37.3	17.3	3.5	7.0	10.5	3.0	0.6	0.5	2.9	3.7	6.8	11.5	.592	0.0	0.1	.000	3.7	5.6	.657
Nick Young	42	23.8	13.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.0	2.0	4.1	11.3	.366	2.0	5.4	.369	3.1	3.5	.892

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1992-93	2015-16
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	72	32.7	12.8	3.0	5.1	8.2	2.5	0.6	0.3	2.1	3.3	5.3	9.6	.558	0.0	0.0	.000	2.1	3.6	.598
Nick Young	54	19.1	7.3	0.3	1.5	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.9	2.3	6.9	.339	1.4	4.4	.325	1.2	1.4	.829

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	12	34.9	14.5	3.0	5.6	8.6	2.6	0.5	0.1	1.4	2.9	6.1	9.6	.635	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.6	.651
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1993-94	2016-17
Team	Houston Rockets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	82	35.5	14.0	3.3	7.3	10.6	2.3	0.8	0.3	2.3	3.1	5.5	9.8	.561	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.7	.657
Nick Young	60	25.9	13.2	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.0	0.6	0.2	0.6	2.3	4.5	10.6	.430	2.8	7.0	.404	1.3	1.5	.856

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	23	37.1	11.3	3.0	7.0	9.9	2.3	0.6	0.4	1.6	3.7	4.8	8.4	.572	0.0	0.1	.500	1.7	2.9	.567
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1994-95	2017-18
Team	Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	70	29.9	13.4	2.9	5.1	8.0	1.6	0.6	0.4	1.9	3.2	5.5	9.7	.565	0.0	0.1	.000	2.4	4.0	.594
Nick Young	80	17.4	7.3	0.3	1.3	1.6	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.3	2.5	6.1	.412	1.5	4.1	.377	0.7	0.8	.862

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	3	22.0	10.3	1.7	2.7	4.3	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	7.0	.571	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.3	.700
Nick Young	20	10.3	2.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.8	2.7	.302	0.7	2.4	.298	0.3	0.4	.750


Season 12
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1995-96	2018-19
Team	Detroit Pistons	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	82	34.6	14.2	2.6	5.8	8.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	2.4	3.7	5.5	10.4	.530	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	4.4	.710
Nick Young	4	9.3	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.8	2.3	.333	0.8	2.0	.375	0.0	0.0	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	3	33.7	11.7	4.7	7.0	11.7	2.3	0.0	0.0	2.3	3.0	4.3	8.0	.542	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost East Conf 1st Rd	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	79	33.7	13.1	2.9	5.0	7.9	1.7	0.7	0.2	1.8	3.8	5.3	10.0	.532	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.8	.653
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	5	30.2	9.8	2.4	4.0	6.4	0.8	0.4	0.0	1.8	4.2	4.2	8.2	.512	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.8	.778
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Vancouver Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	74	29.7	10.2	2.0	5.2	7.3	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.1	3.2	4.0	8.4	.471	0.0	0.1	.000	2.2	3.2	.683
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Washington Wizards	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	49	31.4	11.3	2.0	4.9	6.8	2.1	0.9	0.4	1.8	4.0	4.9	9.0	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.2	.698
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Miami Heat	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Heat Lost East Conf Semis	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	51	15.2	5.5	1.1	2.2	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.7	2.5	4.8	.514	0.0	0.1	.000	0.6	0.9	.604
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	10	13.6	3.3	0.6	2.3	2.9	0.3	0.0	0.2	1.1	2.9	1.3	2.7	.481	0.0	0.1	.000	0.7	1.4	.500
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Otis Thorpe	Nick Young
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Charlotte Hornets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	-

more >>

Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	49	13.2	2.8	1.0	1.9	3.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.7	2.2	1.2	2.7	.450	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.833
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Otis Thorpe	8	7.3	0.5	0.8	1.4	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	1.1	.222	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Nick Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Otis Thorpe vs. Nick Young Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Young and Otis Thorpe, 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

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17