Jim Krebs vs. David Thompson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Thompson and Jim Krebs, 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.

Jim Krebs played 7 years in the NBA, 1 less than David Thompson, who played 8. Jim Krebs had the first of his seasons in 1957-58, while David Thompson 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Jim Krebs	David Thompson
Season	1957-58	1976-77
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nuggets 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		%
Jim Krebs	68	18.5	7.8	-	-	7.4	0.4	-	-	-	2.7	2.9	7.8	.378	-	-	-	2.0	2.6	.767
David Thompson	82	36.6	25.9	1.7	2.4	4.1	4.1	1.4	0.6	-	2.9	10.0	19.8	.507	-	-	-	5.8	7.6	.766
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Krebs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Thompson	6	39.5	24.7	2.2	3.0	5.2	4.0	1.5	0.7	-	3.7	9.3	20.2	.463	-	-	-	6.0	8.8	.679

Season 2
	Jim Krebs	David Thompson
Season	1958-59	1977-78
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost NBA Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Jim Krebs	72	21.9	8.8	-	-	6.8	0.7	-	-	-	2.9	3.8	9.4	.399	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.748
David Thompson	80	37.8	27.2	2.0	2.9	4.9	4.5	1.2	1.2	3.1	2.7	10.3	19.8	.521	-	-	-	6.5	8.4	.778
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Krebs	13	16.4	7.2	-	-	5.9	0.4	-	-	-	2.8	2.8	7.9	.350	-	-	-	1.7	1.8	.957
David Thompson	13	37.0	25.2	1.4	2.7	4.1	4.0	0.7	1.6	3.0	2.6	10.1	22.4	.450	-	-	-	5.1	6.2	.825

Season 3
	Jim Krebs	David Thompson
Season	1959-60	1978-79
Team	Minneapolis Lakers	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Finals	Nuggets 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		%
Jim Krebs	75	16.9	7.6	-	-	4.4	0.5	-	-	-	2.8	3.2	8.1	.392	-	-	-	1.3	1.8	.721
David Thompson	76	35.1	24.0	1.4	2.2	3.6	3.0	0.9	1.1	2.4	2.4	9.1	17.8	.512	-	-	-	5.8	7.7	.753
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Krebs	9	17.4	5.7	-	-	5.2	0.9	-	-	-	3.4	2.6	6.1	.418	-	-	-	0.6	1.1	.500
David Thompson	3	40.7	28.0	2.3	4.7	7.0	4.0	1.3	0.3	4.0	4.0	12.7	23.0	.551	-	-	-	2.7	3.7	.727

Season 7
	Jim Krebs	David Thompson
Season	1963-64	1982-83
Team	Los Angeles Lakers	Seattle Supersonics
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Lakers Lost West Div Semis	Supersonics 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		%
Jim Krebs	68	14.3	4.9	-	-	4.2	0.7	-	-	-	2.4	2.0	5.3	.375	-	-	-	1.0	1.3	.765
David Thompson	75	28.7	15.9	1.3	2.3	3.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	2.2	1.9	5.9	12.3	.481	0.0	0.1	.200	4.0	5.1	.784
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jim Krebs	4	12.5	3.5	-	-	5.5	1.5	-	-	-	2.0	1.5	2.3	.667	-	-	-	0.5	1.0	.500
David Thompson	2	32.5	12.0	0.0	0.0	0	3.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	3.5	4.5	12.5	.360	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	5.0	.600