Mark Jackson vs. Derek Strong Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derek Strong and Mark Jackson, 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 / Games against each other

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.

Mark Jackson played 17 years in the NBA, 7 more than Derek Strong, who played 10. Mark Jackson had the first of his seasons in 1987-88, while Derek Strong had his rookie season in 1991-92. 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
Mark Jackson	17	14	1987-88 to 2003-04
Derek Strong	10	3	1991-92 to 2000-01

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17


Rookie Season
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	1987-88	1991-92
Team	New York Knicks	Washington Bullets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Jackson	82	39.6	13.6	1.5	3.4	4.8	10.6	2.5	0.1	3.1	3.0	5.3	12.4	.432	0.4	1.5	.254	2.5	3.2	.774
Derek Strong	1	12.0	3.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	3.0	4.0	.750

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	4	42.8	14.3	1.5	3.3	4.8	9.8	2.5	0.0	3.5	3.3	5.5	15.0	.367	1.3	3.0	.417	2.0	2.8	.727
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	1988-89	1992-93
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Mark Jackson	72	34.4	16.9	1.5	3.3	4.7	8.6	1.9	0.1	3.1	2.3	6.7	14.2	.467	1.1	3.3	.338	2.5	3.6	.698
Derek Strong	23	14.7	6.8	1.7	3.3	5.0	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.6	0.9	1.8	4.0	.457	0.2	0.3	.500	3.0	3.7	.800

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	9	37.3	14.7	0.8	2.7	3.4	10.1	1.1	0.3	3.1	1.0	5.7	11.1	.510	1.2	3.1	.393	2.1	3.1	.679
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	1989-90	1993-94
Team	New York Knicks	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	29.6	9.9	1.3	2.6	3.9	7.4	1.3	0.0	2.6	1.5	4.0	9.1	.437	0.4	1.6	.267	1.5	2.0	.727
Derek Strong	67	16.9	6.6	1.6	2.6	4.2	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.9	1.0	2.1	5.1	.413	0.0	0.2	.231	2.4	3.1	.772

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	9	9.0	3.8	0.1	0.4	0.6	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.8	0.6	1.4	3.4	.419	0.0	0.2	.000	0.9	1.2	.727
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	1990-91	1994-95
Team	New York Knicks	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Celtics 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		%
Mark Jackson	72	22.2	8.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	6.3	0.8	0.1	1.9	1.1	3.5	7.1	.492	0.2	0.7	.255	1.6	2.2	.731
Derek Strong	70	19.2	6.3	1.9	3.4	5.4	0.6	0.3	0.2	1.1	2.0	2.1	4.7	.453	0.0	0.1	.286	2.0	2.5	.820

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	3	12.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0	2.7	0.3	0.3	1.7	0.3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-
Derek Strong	4	20.3	2.8	3.3	2.8	6.0	0.8	0.8	0.3	1.3	1.8	1.0	3.0	.333	0.0	0.0	-	0.8	1.5	.500


Season 5
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	1991-92	1995-96
Team	New York Knicks	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks Lost East 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		%
Mark Jackson	81	30.4	11.3	1.2	2.6	3.8	8.6	1.4	0.2	2.6	1.9	4.5	9.2	.491	0.1	0.5	.256	2.1	2.7	.770
Derek Strong	63	11.8	3.4	1.0	1.9	2.8	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.3	1.1	2.7	.426	0.0	0.1	.111	1.1	1.3	.812

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	12	30.7	8.3	1.0	1.3	2.3	7.2	0.8	0.0	2.5	2.2	3.1	7.7	.402	0.3	1.8	.190	1.8	2.3	.815
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	1992-93	1996-97
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Magic 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	38.0	14.4	1.6	3.2	4.7	8.8	1.7	0.1	2.7	1.9	5.6	11.5	.486	0.3	1.0	.268	2.9	3.7	.803
Derek Strong	82	24.4	8.5	2.1	4.2	6.3	0.9	0.6	0.2	1.2	2.4	3.2	7.1	.447	0.0	0.2	.000	2.1	2.7	.803

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	5	37.6	15.2	1.6	4.2	5.8	7.6	1.6	0.2	2.6	1.6	5.6	12.8	.438	0.2	0.4	.500	3.8	4.4	.864
Derek Strong	5	39.0	12.2	4.0	6.0	10.0	0.8	0.4	0.4	2.8	4.0	4.2	8.0	.525	0.0	0.2	.000	3.8	5.0	.760


Season 7
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	1993-94	1997-98
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
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		%
Mark Jackson	79	34.3	10.9	1.4	3.1	4.4	8.6	1.5	0.1	2.9	1.5	4.2	9.3	.452	0.5	1.6	.283	2.1	2.7	.791
Derek Strong	58	28.2	12.7	2.6	4.7	7.4	0.9	0.5	0.4	1.3	2.1	4.5	10.6	.420	0.0	0.1	.000	3.8	4.8	.781

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	1994-95	1998-99
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf Finals	Magic 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	29.3	7.6	0.9	2.8	3.7	7.5	1.3	0.2	2.6	1.8	2.9	6.9	.422	0.3	1.1	.310	1.5	1.9	.778
Derek Strong	44	15.8	5.1	1.5	2.2	3.7	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.8	1.5	1.7	4.1	.422	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.3	.717

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	17	32.6	9.9	1.6	3.6	5.2	7.2	0.9	0.0	2.4	2.0	3.5	7.6	.454	0.9	2.4	.400	2.0	2.7	.739
Derek Strong	1	16.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 9
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	1995-96	1999-00
Team	Indiana Pacers	Orlando Magic
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	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		%
Mark Jackson	81	32.6	10.0	0.8	3.0	3.8	7.8	1.2	0.1	2.5	1.9	3.7	7.7	.473	0.8	1.8	.430	1.9	2.4	.785
Derek Strong	20	7.4	2.7	0.6	1.7	2.2	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.8	1.1	2.4	.438	0.1	0.2	.250	0.6	0.7	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	5	37.2	10.6	0.6	4.4	5.0	6.0	1.2	0.0	2.6	1.8	3.6	10.2	.353	0.8	3.6	.222	2.6	3.4	.765
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	1996-97	2000-01
Team	Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards	Assists Leader	-
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		%
Mark Jackson	82	37.2	9.9	1.1	3.7	4.8	11.4	1.2	0.1	3.3	2.0	3.5	8.3	.426	0.8	2.2	.371	2.0	2.6	.789
Derek Strong	28	17.5	4.2	1.2	2.6	3.9	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.1	1.6	4.2	.385	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	1.3	.757

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	1997-98	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	29.4	8.3	0.8	3.1	3.9	8.7	1.0	0.0	2.1	1.6	3.0	7.3	.416	0.5	1.7	.314	1.7	2.2	.761
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	16	30.9	9.2	1.1	3.4	4.6	8.3	1.4	0.0	2.9	1.8	3.3	7.9	.417	0.9	2.3	.378	1.7	2.1	.794
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	1998-99	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Mark Jackson	49	28.2	7.6	0.7	3.1	3.8	7.9	0.9	0.1	2.0	1.2	2.8	6.7	.419	0.7	2.1	.311	1.3	1.6	.823
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	13	34.8	11.2	1.1	3.5	4.5	8.6	1.1	0.1	2.7	2.5	3.9	7.9	.495	1.1	2.6	.412	2.3	3.2	.714
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	1999-00	-
Team	Indiana Pacers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pacers 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		%
Mark Jackson	81	27.0	8.1	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.0	0.9	0.1	2.1	1.4	3.0	7.0	.432	1.1	2.7	.403	1.0	1.2	.806
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	23	27.6	8.1	0.5	3.2	3.7	7.7	0.8	0.1	1.9	1.8	3.0	7.7	.392	0.9	2.9	.313	1.2	1.3	.903
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	2000-01	-
Team	Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Knicks 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		%
Mark Jackson	83	31.2	7.6	0.8	2.9	3.7	8.0	1.0	0.1	2.1	1.7	2.9	7.0	.419	0.8	2.5	.338	0.9	1.1	.785
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	5	31.2	9.0	0.6	4.6	5.2	5.2	1.6	0.0	2.0	1.2	4.0	8.0	.500	0.4	1.6	.250	0.6	0.6	1.000
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	2001-02	-
Team	New York Knicks	-
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		%
Mark Jackson	82	28.9	8.4	0.7	3.1	3.8	7.4	0.9	0.0	1.8	2.0	3.2	7.2	.439	1.0	2.4	.405	1.1	1.3	.791
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 16
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	2002-03	-
Team	Utah Jazz	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Jazz 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		%
Mark Jackson	82	17.9	4.7	0.4	1.7	2.1	4.6	0.6	0.0	1.9	1.1	1.8	4.5	.398	0.3	1.2	.284	0.7	1.0	.763
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	5	16.6	7.2	0.4	0.6	1.0	3.2	0.6	0.0	0.8	2.2	3.0	6.0	.500	1.0	1.8	.556	0.2	0.2	1.000
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 17
	Mark Jackson	Derek Strong
Season	2003-04	-
Team	Houston Rockets	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets 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		%
Mark Jackson	42	13.7	2.5	0.2	1.4	1.7	2.8	0.4	0.0	1.3	1.0	0.8	2.4	.340	0.2	1.0	.171	0.7	0.9	.718
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Mark Jackson	5	7.6	0.4	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.2	1.2	.167	0.0	0.6	.000	0.0	0.0	-
Derek Strong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Mark Jackson vs. Derek Strong Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Derek Strong and Mark Jackson, 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

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17