George Gervin vs. Brian Scalabrine Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brian Scalabrine and George Gervin, 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.

George Gervin played 10 years in the NBA, 1 less than Brian Scalabrine, who played 11. George Gervin had the first of his seasons in 1976-77, while Brian Scalabrine had his rookie season in 2001-02. 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
	George Gervin	Brian Scalabrine
Season	1976-77	2001-02
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	28	10.4	2.1	0.4	1.4	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.4	0.8	2.4	.343	0.1	0.4	.300	0.4	0.5	.733
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	6	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	.333	0.0	0.2	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 2
	George Gervin	Brian Scalabrine
Season	1977-78	2002-03
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Semis	Nets 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		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	59	12.3	3.1	0.7	1.7	2.4	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.8	1.3	1.2	2.9	.402	0.2	0.7	.359	0.5	0.6	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	7	2.9	0.6	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.6	.500	0.0	0.1	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 3
	George Gervin	Brian Scalabrine
Season	1978-79	2003-04
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf Finals	Nets 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		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	69	13.4	3.5	0.6	1.9	2.5	0.9	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.6	1.2	3.2	.394	0.1	0.6	.244	0.8	1.0	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	9	8.0	3.3	0.8	0.6	1.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.4	1.7	1.2	1.9	.647	0.6	0.7	.833	0.3	0.7	.500

Season 4
	George Gervin	Brian Scalabrine
Season	1979-80	2004-05
Team	San Antonio Spurs	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
	All-Star Game NVP	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Nets 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		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	54	21.6	6.3	1.5	3.0	4.5	1.6	0.6	0.3	1.2	2.1	2.4	6.1	.398	0.4	1.3	.324	1.0	1.3	.768
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	4	15.0	2.3	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.5	0.5	2.8	.182	0.3	1.0	.250	1.0	1.0	1.000

Season 5
	George Gervin	Brian Scalabrine
Season	1980-81	2005-06
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	71	13.2	2.9	0.4	1.2	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.7	1.8	1.0	2.7	.383	0.4	1.2	.356	0.4	0.5	.722
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 6
	George Gervin	Brian Scalabrine
Season	1981-82	2006-07
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA First Team	-
	Scoring Leader	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf Finals	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		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	54	19.0	4.0	0.4	1.5	1.9	1.1	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.4	1.4	3.5	.403	0.8	2.0	.400	0.3	0.4	.783
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 7
	George Gervin	Brian Scalabrine
Season	1982-83	2007-08
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West 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		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	48	10.7	1.8	0.5	1.2	1.6	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.3	0.6	2.0	.309	0.3	1.0	.326	0.3	0.4	.750
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	George Gervin	Brian Scalabrine
Season	1983-84	2008-09
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Celtics 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		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	39	12.9	3.5	0.2	1.1	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.9	1.2	2.9	.421	0.6	1.6	.393	0.4	0.5	.889
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
George Gervin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Scalabrine	12	20.5	5.1	0.6	1.6	2.2	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.4	3.6	1.8	4.3	.423	1.1	2.4	.448	0.3	0.3	1.000

Season 9
	George Gervin	Brian Scalabrine
Season	1984-85	2009-10
Team	San Antonio Spurs	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Spurs Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	52	9.1	1.5	0.2	0.8	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.1	0.6	1.6	.341	0.3	0.9	.327	0.1	0.1	.667
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
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
Brian Scalabrine	1	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-