Coby Dietrick vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin and Coby Dietrick, 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.

Coby Dietrick played 7 years in the NBA, 3 less than George Gervin, who played 10. Coby Dietrick had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while George Gervin had his rookie season in 1976-77. 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
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Rookie Season
	Coby Dietrick	George Gervin
Season	1976-77	1976-77
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Spurs 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		%
Coby Dietrick	82	21.6	8.4	1.4	3.2	4.5	1.8	1.1	0.7	-	3.3	3.5	7.6	.460	-	-	-	1.5	2.0	.717
George Gervin	82	33.0	23.1	1.6	3.9	5.5	2.9	1.3	1.3	-	3.5	8.9	16.3	.544	-	-	-	5.4	6.5	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Coby Dietrick	2	32.0	13.0	2.0	2.5	4.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	-	2.0	6.0	11.5	.522	-	-	-	1.0	3.0	.333
George Gervin	2	31.0	25.0	2.5	3.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	-	4.5	9.5	22.0	.432	-	-	-	6.0	7.5	.800

Season 2
	Coby Dietrick	George Gervin
Season	1977-78	1977-78
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Coby Dietrick	79	23.7	7.5	0.9	3.6	4.5	2.7	1.0	0.7	1.8	2.9	3.2	6.9	.460	-	-	-	1.1	1.4	.781
George Gervin	82	34.8	27.2	1.4	3.7	5.1	3.7	1.7	1.3	3.7	3.1	10.5	19.6	.536	-	-	-	6.1	7.4	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Coby Dietrick	6	16.0	4.8	1.3	2.8	4.2	0.7	0.8	0.8	1.5	3.0	2.3	4.5	.519	-	-	-	0.2	0.3	.500
George Gervin	6	37.8	33.2	1.8	3.8	5.7	3.2	1.0	2.7	3.2	3.8	13.0	23.7	.549	-	-	-	7.2	9.3	.768

Season 3
	Coby Dietrick	George Gervin
Season	1978-79	1978-79
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Spurs 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		%
Coby Dietrick	76	19.6	6.5	1.2	3.0	4.1	2.6	0.9	0.5	1.2	2.7	2.8	5.3	.523	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.798
George Gervin	80	36.1	29.6	1.8	3.2	5.0	2.7	1.7	1.1	3.6	3.4	11.8	21.9	.541	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Coby Dietrick	14	20.1	5.9	1.9	2.8	4.6	1.9	0.9	0.2	1.3	2.9	2.8	6.3	.443	-	-	-	0.3	0.6	.500
George Gervin	14	36.6	28.6	2.4	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.9	1.1	2.9	3.6	11.3	21.1	.536	-	-	-	6.0	7.4	.808

Season 4
	Coby Dietrick	George Gervin
Season	1979-80	1979-80
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Coby Dietrick	79	23.2	6.9	1.3	3.3	4.6	2.7	1.1	0.6	1.4	2.9	2.9	6.3	.454	0.0	0.1	.111	1.1	1.5	.763
George Gervin	78	37.6	33.1	2.0	3.2	5.2	2.6	1.4	1.0	3.3	2.7	13.1	24.9	.528	0.4	1.3	.314	6.5	7.6	.852
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Coby Dietrick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	3	40.7	33.3	3.0	3.7	6.7	4.0	1.7	1.0	3.0	2.7	12.3	24.7	.500	0.0	0.7	.000	8.7	10.0	.867

Season 5
	Coby Dietrick	George Gervin
Season	1980-81	1980-81
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis	Spurs 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		%
Coby Dietrick	82	15.2	4.5	1.0	2.3	3.2	1.4	0.6	0.6	1.1	2.1	1.8	3.9	.456	0.0	0.1	.333	0.9	1.4	.694
George Gervin	82	33.7	27.1	1.5	3.6	5.1	3.2	1.1	0.7	3.1	2.6	10.4	21.1	.492	0.1	0.4	.257	6.2	7.6	.826
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Coby Dietrick	6	13.5	3.2	0.5	2.0	2.5	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.3	3.2	1.3	4.3	.308	0.0	0.5	.000	0.5	0.7	.750
George Gervin	7	39.1	27.1	1.3	3.7	5.0	3.4	0.7	0.7	2.9	2.7	11.0	22.0	.500	0.0	0.4	.000	5.1	6.4	.800

Season 6
	Coby Dietrick	George Gervin
Season	1981-82	1981-82
Team	Chicago Bulls	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Coby Dietrick	74	13.5	3.0	0.9	1.7	2.5	1.2	0.7	0.4	0.6	1.8	1.2	2.7	.460	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.7	.704
George Gervin	79	35.7	32.3	1.7	3.2	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	2.7	2.7	12.6	25.2	.500	0.1	0.5	.278	7.0	8.1	.864
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Coby Dietrick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	9	41.4	29.4	2.1	5.2	7.3	4.6	1.1	0.4	3.4	4.0	11.4	25.3	.452	0.0	0.3	.000	6.6	7.9	.831

Season 7
	Coby Dietrick	George Gervin
Season	1982-83	1982-83
Team	San Antonio Spurs	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Spurs 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		%
Coby Dietrick	8	4.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.6	.200	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.3	.000
George Gervin	78	36.3	26.2	1.4	3.2	4.6	3.4	1.1	0.9	3.2	3.1	9.7	19.9	.487	0.2	0.4	.364	6.6	7.8	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Coby Dietrick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	11	39.7	25.2	1.9	4.8	6.7	3.4	1.1	0.4	4.2	3.5	9.8	18.9	.519	0.0	0.2	.000	5.5	6.3	.884

Season 8
	Coby Dietrick	George Gervin
Season	-	1983-84
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
Coby Dietrick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	76	34.0	25.9	1.4	2.7	4.1	2.9	1.0	0.6	2.9	2.9	10.1	20.5	.490	0.1	0.3	.417	5.6	6.7	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Coby Dietrick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Coby Dietrick	George Gervin
Season	-	1984-85
Team	-	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Spurs 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		%
Coby Dietrick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	72	29.0	21.2	1.1	2.2	3.3	2.5	0.9	0.7	2.8	2.9	8.3	16.4	.508	0.0	0.1	.000	4.5	5.3	.844
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Coby Dietrick	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	5	36.6	22.2	0.6	3.0	3.6	2.8	0.6	0.6	4.0	3.8	8.4	15.8	.532	0.0	0.6	.000	5.4	6.8	.794