David Thompson vs. Nick Weatherspoon Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Nick Weatherspoon and David Thompson, 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.

David Thompson played 8 years in the NBA, 1 more than Nick Weatherspoon, who played 7. David Thompson had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Nick Weatherspoon had his rookie season in 1973-74. 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
	David Thompson	Nick Weatherspoon
Season	1976-77	1973-74
Team	Denver Nuggets	Capital Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	-	All-Rookie First Team
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
David Thompson	82	36.6	25.9	1.7	2.4	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	-	2.9	10.0	19.8	.507	-	-	-	5.8	7.6	.766
Nick Weatherspoon	65	18.7	7.6	2.0	4.1	6.1	0.6	0.7	0.2	-	2.8	3.1	7.4	.412	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.691
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	6	39.5	24.7	2.2	3.0	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.7	-	3.7	9.3	20.2	.463	-	-	-	6.0	8.8	.679
Nick Weatherspoon	7	12.4	2.9	1.6	2.3	3.9	0.0	0.3	0.3	-	1.6	1.3	2.7	.474	-	-	-	0.3	0.7	.400

Season 2
	David Thompson	Nick Weatherspoon
Season	1977-78	1974-75
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	Bullets Lost NBA 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		%
David Thompson	80	37.8	27.2	2.0	2.9	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	3.1	2.7	10.3	19.8	.521	-	-	-	6.5	8.4	.778
Nick Weatherspoon	82	16.4	7.5	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.6	0.8	0.3	-	2.6	3.1	6.9	.456	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.746
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	13	37.0	25.2	1.4	2.7	4.1	4.0	0.7	1.6	3.0	2.6	10.1	22.4	.450	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.825
Nick Weatherspoon	17	23.8	10.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	0.9	0.8	0.1	-	3.3	4.1	8.0	.515	-	-	-	2.1	2.5	.814

Season 3
	David Thompson	Nick Weatherspoon
Season	1978-79	1975-76
Team	Denver Nuggets	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West 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		%
David Thompson	76	35.1	24.0	1.4	2.2	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.4	2.4	9.1	17.8	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.7	.753
Nick Weatherspoon	64	16.9	8.3	1.3	3.0	4.3	0.9	0.7	0.3	-	2.7	3.4	7.2	.476	-	-	-	1.5	2.1	.701
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	3	40.7	28.0	2.3	4.7	7.0	4.0	1.3	0.3	4.0	4.0	12.7	23.0	.551	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.727
Nick Weatherspoon	7	32.0	12.3	1.4	4.6	6.0	1.4	0.3	0.6	-	4.0	5.1	11.4	.450	-	-	-	2.0	3.6	.560

Season 7
	David Thompson	Nick Weatherspoon
Season	1982-83	1979-80
Team	Seattle Supersonics	San Diego Clippers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
David Thompson	75	28.7	15.9	1.3	2.3	3.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.2	1.9	5.9	12.3	.481	0.0	0.1	.200	4.0	5.1	.784
Nick Weatherspoon	57	19.7	6.9	1.5	2.2	3.6	0.9	0.6	0.3	1.5	2.4	2.9	6.6	.434	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.6	.692
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
David Thompson	2	32.5	12.0	0.0	0.0	0	3.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	3.5	4.5	12.5	.360	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	5.0	.600
Nick Weatherspoon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-