Derrick Rose vs. Whitey Skoog Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Whitey Skoog and Derrick Rose, 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.

Derrick Rose played 15 years in the NBA, 9 more than Whitey Skoog, who played 6. Derrick Rose had the first of his seasons in 2008-09, while Whitey Skoog had his rookie season in 1951-52. 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
	Derrick Rose	Whitey Skoog
Season	2008-09	1951-52
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Derrick Rose	81	37.0	16.8	1.2	2.7	3.9	6.3	0.8	0.2	2.5	1.5	7.1	14.9	.475	0.2	0.9	.222	2.4	3.1	.788
Whitey Skoog	35	28.2	6.7	-	-	3.5	1.7	-	-	-	2.7	2.9	8.5	.345	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.789
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	7	44.7	19.7	1.7	4.6	6.3	6.4	0.6	0.7	5.0	3.6	8.4	17.1	.492	0.0	0.6	.000	2.9	3.6	.800
Whitey Skoog	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 2
	Derrick Rose	Whitey Skoog
Season	2009-10	1952-53
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Derrick Rose	78	36.8	20.8	0.8	2.9	3.8	6.0	0.7	0.3	2.8	1.2	8.6	17.6	.489	0.2	0.8	.267	3.3	4.3	.766
Whitey Skoog	68	14.6	3.7	-	-	1.8	1.2	-	-	-	2.0	1.5	3.9	.386	-	-	-	0.7	0.9	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	5	42.4	26.8	0.8	2.6	3.4	7.2	0.8	0.0	2.6	1.6	11.4	25.0	.456	0.4	1.2	.333	3.6	4.4	.818
Whitey Skoog	11	18.0	5.8	-	-	2.1	1.2	-	-	-	2.6	2.2	5.1	.429	-	-	-	1.5	1.8	.800

Season 3
	Derrick Rose	Whitey Skoog
Season	2010-11	1953-54
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	Season MVP	-
	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf Finals	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		%
Derrick Rose	81	37.4	25.0	1.0	3.1	4.1	7.7	1.0	0.6	3.4	1.7	8.8	19.7	.445	1.6	4.8	.332	5.9	6.9	.858
Whitey Skoog	71	26.4	7.0	-	-	3.2	2.5	-	-	-	3.3	3.0	7.5	.400	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.742
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	16	40.6	27.1	1.3	3.1	4.3	7.7	1.4	0.7	3.7	2.1	9.3	23.5	.396	1.6	6.3	.248	6.9	8.4	.828
Whitey Skoog	13	30.9	7.4	-	-	3.6	1.8	-	-	-	4.6	3.2	8.2	.393	-	-	-	0.9	1.6	.571

Season 4
	Derrick Rose	Whitey Skoog
Season	2011-12	1954-55
Team	Chicago Bulls	Minneapolis Lakers
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Bulls Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Div 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		%
Derrick Rose	39	35.3	21.8	0.7	2.7	3.4	7.9	0.9	0.7	3.1	1.3	7.7	17.8	.435	1.4	4.4	.312	5.0	6.1	.812
Whitey Skoog	72	32.8	10.9	-	-	4.2	3.5	-	-	-	3.7	4.6	11.6	.395	-	-	-	1.7	2.2	.806
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Rose	1	37.0	23.0	3.0	6.0	9.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	9.0	23.0	.391	3.0	6.0	.500	2.0	2.0	1.000
Whitey Skoog	7	34.4	13.0	-	-	5.3	2.3	-	-	-	4.3	5.1	13.1	.391	-	-	-	2.7	3.0	.905

Note: Derrick Rose didn't play in 2012-13.