Travis Best vs. Dave Bing Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Dave Bing and Travis Best, 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.

Travis Best played 10 years in the NBA, 2 less than Dave Bing, who played 12. Travis Best had the first of his seasons in 1995-96, while Dave Bing had his rookie season in 1966-67. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12
Rookie Season
	Travis Best	Dave Bing
Season	1995-96	1966-67
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	Rookie of the Year
	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Travis Best	59	9.7	3.7	0.2	0.6	0.7	1.6	0.3	0.1	1.1	1.4	1.2	2.8	.423	0.1	0.4	.320	1.3	1.5	.833
Dave Bing	80	34.5	20.0	-	-	4.5	4.1	-	-	-	2.7	8.3	19.0	.436	-	-	-	3.4	4.6	.738
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Travis Best	5	16.8	5.8	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.8	1.2	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.2	4.4	.500	0.2	1.2	.167	1.2	1.4	.857
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Travis Best	Dave Bing
Season	1996-97	1967-68
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Travis Best	76	27.2	9.9	0.5	1.7	2.2	4.2	1.3	0.1	2.0	2.9	3.6	8.2	.442	0.8	2.0	.368	2.0	2.6	.756
Dave Bing	79	40.6	27.1	-	-	4.7	6.4	-	-	-	3.2	10.6	24.0	.441	-	-	-	6.0	8.5	.707
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Travis Best	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Bing	6	42.3	28.2	-	-	4.0	4.8	-	-	-	3.5	11.3	27.7	.410	-	-	-	5.5	7.5	.733

Season 3
	Travis Best	Dave Bing
Season	1997-98	1968-69
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East 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		%
Travis Best	82	18.9	6.5	0.3	1.1	1.5	3.4	1.0	0.1	1.4	2.4	2.5	5.9	.419	0.3	0.9	.300	1.4	1.6	.855
Dave Bing	77	39.5	23.4	-	-	5.0	7.1	-	-	-	3.3	8.8	20.7	.425	-	-	-	5.8	8.1	.713
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Travis Best	16	17.4	6.1	0.1	0.9	1.0	1.9	0.7	0.2	1.2	2.3	1.7	4.5	.375	0.3	1.1	.278	2.4	2.7	.884
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Travis Best	Dave Bing
Season	1999-00	1970-71
Team	Indiana Pacers	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Travis Best	82	20.6	8.9	0.2	1.5	1.7	3.3	0.9	0.1	1.3	2.5	3.3	6.8	.483	0.4	1.1	.376	1.9	2.3	.821
Dave Bing	82	37.4	27.0	-	-	4.4	5.0	-	-	-	2.8	9.7	20.9	.467	-	-	-	7.5	9.4	.797
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Travis Best	23	20.2	8.9	0.7	1.8	2.5	2.9	0.8	0.2	1.1	2.7	3.3	7.8	.430	0.6	1.3	.433	1.6	1.9	.841
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Travis Best	Dave Bing
Season	2001-02	1972-73
Team	Indiana Pacers, Chicago Bulls	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Travis Best	74	23.6	7.9	0.3	1.8	2.0	4.4	1.2	0.1	1.3	2.3	3.1	7.0	.440	0.3	0.8	.356	1.4	1.6	.897
Dave Bing	82	41.0	22.4	-	-	3.6	7.8	-	-	-	2.8	8.4	18.8	.448	-	-	-	5.6	6.8	.814
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Travis Best	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Bing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Travis Best	Dave Bing
Season	2002-03	1973-74
Team	Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Travis Best	72	25.1	8.4	0.4	1.7	2.0	3.5	0.6	0.1	1.5	2.4	3.2	8.1	.396	0.5	1.5	.330	1.5	1.7	.854
Dave Bing	81	38.6	18.8	1.3	2.1	3.5	6.9	1.3	0.2	-	2.7	7.2	16.5	.436	-	-	-	4.4	5.4	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Travis Best	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Bing	7	44.6	18.9	0.9	2.9	3.7	6.0	0.4	0.1	-	2.9	7.9	18.7	.420	-	-	-	3.1	4.3	.733

Season 9
	Travis Best	Dave Bing
Season	2003-04	1974-75
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Detroit Pistons
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Pistons 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		%
Travis Best	61	12.5	2.8	0.3	0.8	1.1	1.8	0.5	0.1	0.5	1.1	1.0	2.8	.372	0.0	0.3	.150	0.7	0.8	.870
Dave Bing	79	40.8	19.0	1.1	2.5	3.6	7.7	1.5	0.3	-	2.8	7.3	16.9	.434	-	-	-	4.3	5.4	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Travis Best	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dave Bing	3	44.7	16.0	1.0	2.7	3.7	9.7	1.7	0.0	-	4.0	6.7	15.7	.426	-	-	-	2.7	4.3	.615

Season 10
	Travis Best	Dave Bing
Season	2004-05	1975-76
Team	New Jersey Nets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Bullets 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		%
Travis Best	76	19.2	6.8	0.3	1.2	1.4	1.9	0.9	0.1	0.9	1.9	2.5	5.9	.420	0.3	1.1	.306	1.4	1.6	.885
Dave Bing	82	35.9	16.2	1.1	1.7	2.9	6.0	1.4	0.3	-	3.2	6.1	13.6	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.1	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Travis Best	4	20.3	6.8	0.5	1.0	1.5	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.3	2.3	5.5	.409	0.3	2.3	.111	2.0	2.3	.889
Dave Bing	7	29.9	13.7	0.9	1.7	2.6	4.0	1.0	0.3	-	2.6	4.9	10.9	.447	-	-	-	4.0	5.0	.800