Shawn Kemp vs. Otis Thorpe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Otis Thorpe and Shawn Kemp, 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.

Shawn Kemp played 14 years in the NBA, 3 less than Otis Thorpe, who played 17. Shawn Kemp had the first of his seasons in 1989-90, while Otis Thorpe had his rookie season in 1984-85. 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
Shawn Kemp	14	10	1989-90 to 2002-03
Otis Thorpe	17	11	1984-85 to 2000-01

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
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	1989-90	1984-85
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Kansas City Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Shawn Kemp	81	13.8	6.5	1.8	2.5	4.3	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.3	2.5	2.5	5.2	.479	0.0	0.1	.167	1.4	2.0	.736
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

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


Season 2
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	1990-91	1985-86
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Kings 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		%
Shawn Kemp	81	30.1	15.0	3.3	5.1	8.4	1.8	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.9	5.7	11.2	.508	0.0	0.1	.167	3.6	5.4	.661
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	5	29.8	13.2	2.6	4.6	7.2	1.2	0.6	0.8	3.2	4.0	4.4	11.4	.386	0.0	0.2	.000	4.4	5.4	.815
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


Season 3
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	1991-92	1986-87
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shawn Kemp	64	28.3	15.5	4.1	6.3	10.4	1.3	1.1	1.9	2.4	4.1	5.7	11.2	.504	0.0	0.0	.000	4.2	5.6	.748
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	9	37.6	17.4	5.2	7.0	12.2	0.4	0.6	1.6	3.0	4.6	5.3	11.2	.475	0.0	0.0	-	6.8	8.9	.763
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	1992-93	1987-88
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 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		%
Shawn Kemp	78	33.1	17.8	3.7	7.0	10.7	2.0	1.5	1.9	2.8	4.2	6.6	13.4	.492	0.0	0.1	.000	4.6	6.4	.712
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	19	34.9	16.5	4.2	5.8	10.0	2.6	1.5	2.1	2.8	4.1	5.8	11.3	.512	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.1	.809
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	1993-94	1988-89
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Shawn Kemp	79	32.9	18.1	3.9	6.8	10.8	2.6	1.8	2.1	3.3	3.9	6.7	12.5	.538	0.0	0.1	.250	4.6	6.2	.741
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	5	41.2	14.8	4.0	5.8	9.8	3.4	2.0	2.4	2.8	3.6	5.2	14.0	.371	0.0	0.0	-	4.4	6.6	.667
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


Season 6
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	1994-95	1989-90
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Shawn Kemp	82	32.7	18.7	3.9	7.0	10.9	1.8	1.2	1.5	3.2	4.1	6.6	12.2	.547	0.0	0.1	.286	5.3	7.1	.749
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	4	40.0	24.8	4.3	7.8	12.0	2.8	2.0	1.8	3.8	4.3	8.3	14.3	.579	0.3	0.3	1.000	8.0	9.8	.821
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


Season 7
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	1995-96	1990-91
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost NBA Finals	Rockets 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		%
Shawn Kemp	79	33.3	19.6	3.5	7.9	11.4	2.2	1.2	1.6	4.0	3.8	6.7	11.9	.561	0.1	0.2	.417	6.2	8.4	.742
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	20	36.0	20.9	3.3	7.1	10.4	1.5	1.2	2.0	4.0	4.2	7.4	12.9	.570	0.0	0.2	.000	6.2	7.8	.795
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


Season 8
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	1996-97	1991-92
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Shawn Kemp	81	34.0	18.7	3.4	6.6	10.0	1.9	1.5	1.0	3.5	4.0	6.5	12.7	.510	0.1	0.4	.364	5.6	7.5	.742
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	12	36.8	21.6	4.3	8.0	12.3	3.0	1.2	1.3	3.9	4.6	7.1	14.6	.486	0.2	0.8	.200	7.3	8.8	.829
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	1997-98	1992-93
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Cavaliers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Rockets 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		%
Shawn Kemp	80	34.6	18.0	2.7	6.6	9.3	2.5	1.4	1.1	3.4	3.9	6.5	14.6	.445	0.0	0.1	.250	5.1	7.0	.727
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	4	38.0	26.0	4.0	6.3	10.3	2.0	1.3	1.0	4.0	3.0	8.3	17.8	.465	0.0	0.0	-	9.5	11.3	.844
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


Season 10
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	1998-99	1993-94
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
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		%
Shawn Kemp	42	35.1	20.5	3.1	6.1	9.2	2.4	1.1	1.1	3.0	3.8	6.6	13.7	.482	0.0	0.0	.500	7.3	9.3	.789
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 11
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	1999-00	1994-95
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Trail Blazers 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		%
Shawn Kemp	82	30.4	17.8	2.8	6.0	8.8	1.7	1.2	1.2	3.5	4.5	5.9	14.1	.417	0.0	0.1	.333	6.0	7.7	.776
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	2000-01	1995-96
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Shawn Kemp	68	15.9	6.5	0.9	2.9	3.8	1.0	0.7	0.3	1.5	2.7	2.5	6.1	.407	0.1	0.2	.364	1.5	1.9	.771
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 13
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	2001-02	1996-97
Team	Portland Trail Blazers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Trail Blazers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Pistons 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		%
Shawn Kemp	75	16.4	6.1	1.2	2.6	3.8	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.1	2.5	2.3	5.4	.430	0.0	0.1	.000	1.4	1.7	.794
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	3	12.0	3.7	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	2.7	0.7	2.3	.286	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	3.3	.700
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


Season 14
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	2002-03	1997-98
Team	Orlando Magic	Vancouver Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Magic Lost East 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		%
Shawn Kemp	79	20.7	6.8	1.9	3.8	5.7	0.7	0.8	0.4	1.3	3.0	2.7	6.4	.418	0.0	0.0	.000	1.5	2.0	.742
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	7	10.4	3.0	0.1	2.0	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.9	1.1	3.0	.381	0.0	0.0	-	0.7	0.9	.833
Otis Thorpe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1998-99
Team	-	Washington Wizards
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

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


Season 16
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Heat 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		%
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 17
	Shawn Kemp	Otis Thorpe
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Hornets 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		%
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Shawn Kemp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-

Shawn Kemp vs. Otis Thorpe Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Otis Thorpe and Shawn Kemp, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

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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