DeSagana Diop vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin and DeSagana Diop, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

DeSagana Diop played 12 years in the NBA, 2 more than George Gervin, who played 10. DeSagana Diop had the first of his seasons in 2001-02, 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.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
DeSagana Diop	12	2	2001-02 to 2012-13
George Gervin	10	9	1976-77 to 1985-86

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	DeSagana Diop	George Gervin
Season	2001-02	1976-77
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
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		%
DeSagana Diop	18	6.1	1.4	0.3	0.7	0.9	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.7	1.6	.414	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.200
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		%
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeSagana Diop	George Gervin
Season	2002-03	1977-78
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeSagana Diop	80	11.8	1.5	0.8	1.9	2.7	0.5	0.4	1.0	0.7	1.9	0.7	1.9	.351	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.4	.367
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		%
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeSagana Diop	George Gervin
Season	2003-04	1978-79
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeSagana Diop	56	13.0	2.3	1.3	2.3	3.6	0.6	0.5	0.9	0.5	2.1	1.0	2.6	.388	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.4	.600
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		%
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeSagana Diop	George Gervin
Season	2004-05	1979-80
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	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		%
DeSagana Diop	39	7.8	1.0	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.4	0.2	0.7	0.3	1.4	0.5	1.8	.290	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.1	.000
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		%
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeSagana Diop	George Gervin
Season	2005-06	1980-81
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost NBA Finals	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		%
DeSagana Diop	81	18.6	2.3	1.8	2.8	4.6	0.3	0.5	1.8	0.4	3.1	0.9	1.9	.487	0.0	0.0	.500	0.5	0.9	.542
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		%
DeSagana Diop	22	18.5	2.7	1.8	3.1	5.0	0.1	0.6	1.3	0.5	3.7	1.1	1.8	.615	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.8	.611
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
	DeSagana Diop	George Gervin
Season	2006-07	1981-82
Team	Dallas Mavericks	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd	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		%
DeSagana Diop	81	18.3	2.3	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.4	0.5	1.4	0.8	3.0	0.9	1.9	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.558
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		%
DeSagana Diop	6	23.3	3.5	2.7	4.2	6.8	0.3	0.5	1.7	0.7	3.5	1.5	2.5	.600	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	1.2	.429
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
	DeSagana Diop	George Gervin
Season	2007-08	1982-83
Team	Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	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		%
DeSagana Diop	79	16.4	2.9	2.0	2.9	5.0	0.5	0.3	1.1	0.7	1.8	1.2	2.3	.522	0.0	0.0	-	0.5	0.9	.543
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		%
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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
	DeSagana Diop	George Gervin
Season	2008-09	1983-84
Team	Dallas Mavericks, Charlotte Bobcats	San Antonio Spurs
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		%
DeSagana Diop	75	13.8	2.3	1.5	2.1	3.6	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.5	1.7	1.0	2.3	.433	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.9	.333
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		%
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	DeSagana Diop	George Gervin
Season	2009-10	1984-85
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	San Antonio Spurs
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeSagana Diop	27	9.7	1.2	0.9	1.5	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.4	1.1	0.6	1.1	.517	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.3	.222
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		%
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 10
	DeSagana Diop	George Gervin
Season	2010-11	1985-86
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
DeSagana Diop	16	11.3	1.3	0.8	1.8	2.5	0.4	0.3	0.9	0.7	1.6	0.5	1.5	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.7	.364
George Gervin	82	25.2	16.2	1.0	1.7	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	2.0	2.6	6.3	13.4	.472	0.0	0.2	.211	3.5	3.9	.879

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	2	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	0.5	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 11
	DeSagana Diop	George Gervin
Season	2011-12	-
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
DeSagana Diop	27	12.0	1.1	1.2	1.9	3.1	0.9	0.2	0.5	0.7	1.3	0.6	1.6	.357	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.2	.167
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	DeSagana Diop	George Gervin
Season	2012-13	-
Team	Charlotte Bobcats	-
Honors & Awards
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		%
DeSagana Diop	22	10.3	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.3	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.4	1.2	.296	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.0	.000
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
DeSagana Diop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

DeSagana Diop vs. George Gervin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of George Gervin and DeSagana Diop, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12