Matt Guokas vs. John Starks Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of John Starks and Matt Guokas, 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.

Matt Guokas played 10 years in the NBA, 3 less than John Starks, who played 13. Matt Guokas had the first of his seasons in 1966-67, while John Starks had his rookie season in 1988-89. 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
	Matt Guokas	John Starks
Season	1966-67	1988-89
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Golden State Warriors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Matt Guokas	69	11.7	3.0	-	-	1.2	1.5	-	-	-	1.2	1.1	2.9	.389	-	-	-	0.7	1.2	.605
John Starks	36	8.8	4.1	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.6	0.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	3.5	.408	0.3	0.7	.385	0.9	1.4	.654
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Guokas	15	16.8	4.3	-	-	2.0	1.5	-	-	-	2.2	1.7	4.3	.406	-	-	-	0.9	1.1	.765
John Starks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: John Starks didn't play in 1989-90.

Season 4
	Matt Guokas	John Starks
Season	1969-70	1992-93
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Div Semis	Knicks 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		%
Matt Guokas	80	19.5	6.1	-	-	2.7	2.8	-	-	-	2.5	2.4	5.2	.454	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.711
John Starks	80	31.0	17.5	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.1	1.1	0.2	2.2	2.9	6.4	15.0	.428	1.4	4.2	.321	3.3	4.1	.795
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Guokas	2	11.5	6.5	-	-	1.5	0.5	-	-	-	0.5	3.0	4.0	.750	-	-	-	0.5	0.5	1.000
John Starks	15	38.3	16.5	0.3	3.2	3.5	6.4	1.0	0.2	3.7	3.8	5.9	13.3	.440	1.9	5.0	.373	2.9	4.0	.717

Season 5
	Matt Guokas	John Starks
Season	1970-71	1993-94
Team	Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Bulls Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks 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		%
Matt Guokas	79	28.0	6.5	-	-	2.0	4.3	-	-	-	2.4	2.6	5.3	.493	-	-	-	1.3	1.7	.732
John Starks	59	34.9	19.0	0.6	2.5	3.1	5.9	1.6	0.1	3.1	3.2	6.9	16.6	.420	1.9	5.7	.335	3.2	4.2	.754
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Guokas	6	13.8	3.3	-	-	1.3	2.0	-	-	-	1.3	1.3	2.3	.571	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.800
John Starks	25	33.6	14.6	0.4	2.0	2.3	4.6	1.4	0.1	2.3	3.4	4.4	11.6	.381	1.9	5.3	.356	3.9	5.0	.770

Season 8
	Matt Guokas	John Starks
Season	1973-74	1996-97
Team	Kansas City-Omaha Kings, Houston Rockets, Buffalo Braves	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Knicks 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		%
Matt Guokas	75	24.9	5.7	0.4	1.2	1.6	3.2	0.7	0.3	-	2.0	2.6	5.3	.492	-	-	-	0.5	0.8	.650
John Starks	77	26.5	13.8	0.5	2.2	2.7	2.8	1.2	0.1	2.1	2.5	4.8	11.1	.431	1.9	5.3	.369	2.2	2.9	.769
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Matt Guokas	6	14.2	3.2	0.5	0.8	1.3	2.2	0.0	0.2	-	1.3	1.3	2.5	.533	-	-	-	0.5	0.7	.750
John Starks	9	28.3	14.0	0.8	2.7	3.4	2.8	1.1	0.0	2.2	2.8	4.9	11.0	.444	1.4	4.6	.317	2.8	3.4	.806