Dennis Hopson vs. Zach LaVine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Zach LaVine and Dennis Hopson, 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.

Dennis Hopson played 5 years in the NBA, 5 less than Zach LaVine, who played 10. Dennis Hopson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Zach LaVine had his rookie season in 2014-15. 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
	Dennis Hopson	Zach LaVine
Season	1987-88	2014-15
Team	New Jersey Nets	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie Second Team
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		%
Dennis Hopson	61	22.4	9.6	1.0	1.3	2.3	1.9	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.4	3.6	9.0	.404	0.2	0.7	.267	2.1	2.9	.740
Zach LaVine	77	24.7	10.1	0.4	2.4	2.8	3.6	0.7	0.1	2.5	2.1	3.7	8.8	.422	0.7	2.2	.341	1.9	2.3	.842
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Dennis Hopson	Zach LaVine
Season	1990-91	2017-18
Team	Chicago Bulls	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Dennis Hopson	61	11.9	4.3	0.8	1.0	1.8	1.1	0.4	0.2	1.0	1.3	1.7	4.0	.426	0.0	0.1	.200	0.9	1.4	.663
Zach LaVine	24	27.3	16.7	0.4	3.5	3.9	3.0	1.0	0.2	1.8	2.3	5.7	14.8	.383	1.8	5.1	.341	3.6	4.5	.813
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Hopson	5	3.6	1.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.2	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.8	.444
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	Dennis Hopson	Zach LaVine
Season	-	2020-21
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
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		%
Dennis Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach LaVine	58	35.1	27.4	0.6	4.4	5.0	4.9	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.4	9.8	19.4	.507	3.4	8.2	.419	4.4	5.1	.849
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach LaVine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Dennis Hopson	Zach LaVine
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Bulls 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		%
Dennis Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach LaVine	67	34.7	24.4	0.3	4.3	4.6	4.5	0.6	0.3	2.6	1.8	8.4	17.7	.476	2.8	7.1	.389	4.8	5.6	.853
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Dennis Hopson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Zach LaVine	4	38.3	19.3	0.0	5.3	5.3	6.0	0.8	0.3	3.0	2.3	6.8	15.8	.429	2.3	6.0	.375	3.5	3.8	.933