Elton Brand vs. Tom Thacker Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tom Thacker and Elton Brand, 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.

Elton Brand played 17 years in the NBA, 13 more than Tom Thacker, who played 4. Elton Brand had the first of his seasons in 1999-00, while Tom Thacker had his rookie season in 1963-64. 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
	Elton Brand	Tom Thacker
Season	1999-00	1963-64
Team	Chicago Bulls	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East 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		%
Elton Brand	81	37.0	20.1	4.3	5.7	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	2.8	3.2	7.8	16.1	.482	0.0	0.0	.000	4.5	6.6	.685
Tom Thacker	48	9.5	2.8	-	-	2.4	1.1	-	-	-	1.1	1.1	3.8	.293	-	-	-	0.5	1.1	.491
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Thacker	6	7.2	2.2	-	-	2.2	0.5	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	3.8	.261	-	-	-	0.2	0.7	.250

Season 3
	Elton Brand	Tom Thacker
Season	2001-02	1965-66
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Cincinnati Royals
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Royals Lost East Div 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		%
Elton Brand	80	37.8	18.2	5.0	6.6	11.6	2.4	1.0	2.0	2.2	3.2	6.7	12.6	.527	0.0	0.0	-	4.9	6.6	.742
Tom Thacker	50	9.6	3.7	-	-	2.4	1.2	-	-	-	1.7	1.7	4.1	.406	-	-	-	0.3	0.8	.395
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Thacker	4	11.5	4.3	-	-	2.3	1.3	-	-	-	2.8	1.8	5.5	.318	-	-	-	0.8	1.0	.750

Note: Tom Thacker didn't play in 1966-67.

Season 4
	Elton Brand	Tom Thacker
Season	2002-03	1967-68
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	Blocks Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Elton Brand	62	39.6	18.5	4.6	6.8	11.3	2.5	1.1	2.5	2.6	3.3	7.3	14.5	.502	0.0	0.0	.000	3.9	5.7	.685
Tom Thacker	65	12.0	4.2	-	-	2.5	1.1	-	-	-	2.5	1.8	4.2	.419	-	-	-	0.7	1.3	.512
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tom Thacker	17	4.8	0.9	-	-	1.0	0.5	-	-	-	1.4	0.4	1.4	.292	-	-	-	0.1	0.4	.286

Season 7
	Elton Brand	Tom Thacker
Season	2005-06	-
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	-
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Clippers 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		%
Elton Brand	79	39.2	24.7	3.0	7.0	10.0	2.6	1.0	2.5	2.2	2.9	9.6	18.2	.527	0.0	0.0	.333	5.6	7.2	.775
Tom Thacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Elton Brand	12	43.1	25.4	4.3	6.0	10.3	4.0	0.9	2.6	2.4	2.8	10.3	18.8	.551	0.0	0.1	.000	4.8	6.3	.750
Tom Thacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-