Michael Cage vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Michael Cage, 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

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.

Michael Cage played 15 years in the NBA, 6 more than Jeremy Lin, who played 9. Michael Cage had the first of his seasons in 1984-85, while Jeremy Lin had his rookie season in 2010-11. 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
Michael Cage	15	7	1984-85 to 1999-00
Jeremy Lin	9	4	2010-11 to 2018-19

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1984-85	2010-11
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors
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		%
Michael Cage	75	21.5	7.1	1.7	3.5	5.2	0.7	0.5	0.4	1.1	2.2	2.9	5.3	.543	0.0	0.0	-	1.3	1.8	.737
Jeremy Lin	29	9.8	2.6	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.1	1.0	2.5	.389	0.0	0.2	.200	0.7	0.9	.760

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1985-86	2011-12
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	New York Knicks
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		%
Michael Cage	78	20.1	6.7	2.2	3.2	5.3	1.0	0.8	0.4	1.4	2.3	2.6	5.5	.479	0.0	0.0	.000	1.4	2.2	.649
Jeremy Lin	35	26.9	14.6	0.5	2.5	3.1	6.2	1.6	0.3	3.6	2.2	4.9	10.9	.446	0.7	2.1	.320	4.2	5.2	.798

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1986-87	2012-13
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Michael Cage	80	36.5	15.7	4.4	7.1	11.5	1.6	1.2	0.8	2.1	2.8	5.7	11.0	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	4.3	5.8	.730
Jeremy Lin	82	32.2	13.4	0.4	2.6	3.0	6.1	1.6	0.4	2.9	2.5	4.8	10.9	.441	1.1	3.1	.339	2.6	3.4	.785

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	4	21.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.5	0.3	2.0	2.3	1.5	6.0	.250	0.5	3.0	.167	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 4
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1987-88	2013-14
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards	Rebounds Leader	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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		%
Michael Cage	72	36.9	14.5	5.2	7.9	13.0	1.5	1.3	0.8	2.2	2.7	5.0	10.6	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	4.5	6.6	.688
Jeremy Lin	71	28.9	12.5	0.5	2.2	2.6	4.1	1.0	0.4	2.5	2.3	4.2	9.3	.446	1.2	3.2	.358	3.1	3.7	.823

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	6	29.5	11.3	1.2	2.5	3.7	4.3	0.5	0.2	2.2	2.5	4.2	10.2	.410	0.8	3.8	.217	2.2	2.7	.813


Season 5
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1988-89	2014-15
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Michael Cage	80	31.7	10.3	3.5	6.1	9.6	1.6	1.2	0.7	1.6	2.3	3.9	7.9	.498	0.0	0.1	.000	2.5	3.3	.743
Jeremy Lin	74	25.8	11.2	0.4	2.3	2.6	4.6	1.1	0.4	2.2	2.6	3.7	8.8	.424	0.9	2.4	.369	2.9	3.6	.795

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	8	21.9	7.1	2.8	3.0	5.8	0.6	0.9	0.4	1.0	1.8	3.0	5.0	.600	0.0	0.1	.000	1.1	2.8	.409
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1989-90	2015-16
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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		%
Michael Cage	82	31.6	9.7	3.7	6.3	10.0	0.9	1.0	0.5	1.1	2.8	4.0	7.9	.504	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.6	.698
Jeremy Lin	78	26.3	11.7	0.5	2.7	3.2	3.0	0.7	0.5	1.9	2.1	3.8	9.3	.412	1.0	2.9	.336	3.1	3.7	.815

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	7	27.0	12.4	0.4	1.9	2.3	2.6	0.7	0.0	1.6	3.0	3.7	9.0	.413	0.4	2.0	.214	4.6	5.6	.821


Season 7
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1990-91	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West 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		%
Michael Cage	82	26.1	6.4	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.1	1.0	0.7	1.0	2.4	2.8	5.4	.508	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.4	.625
Jeremy Lin	36	24.5	14.5	0.3	3.4	3.8	5.1	1.2	0.4	2.4	2.2	4.9	11.1	.438	1.6	4.3	.372	3.2	3.9	.816

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	5	16.0	5.0	1.8	2.4	4.2	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.6	2.4	1.2	2.8	.429	0.0	0.0	-	2.6	3.4	.765
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1991-92	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Brooklyn Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Michael Cage	82	30.0	8.8	3.2	5.6	8.9	1.1	1.2	0.7	1.0	2.9	3.7	6.6	.566	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	2.1	.620
Jeremy Lin	1	25.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	0	4.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	12.0	.417	1.0	2.0	.500	7.0	7.0	1.000

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	9	21.9	4.3	2.0	3.7	5.7	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.9	2.4	2.1	3.8	.559	0.0	0.0	-	0.1	0.1	1.000
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1992-93	2018-19
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics 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		%
Michael Cage	82	26.3	6.1	3.3	4.8	8.0	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.7	2.2	2.7	5.1	.526	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.6	.469
Jeremy Lin	74	19.4	9.6	0.3	2.1	2.4	3.1	0.6	0.2	1.7	1.9	3.2	7.3	.440	0.7	2.5	.294	2.4	2.8	.838

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	19	19.9	4.8	2.5	3.4	5.8	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.8	2.3	2.2	4.2	.525	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.9	.389
Jeremy Lin	8	3.4	1.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.3	0.3	1.1	.222	0.1	0.3	.500	0.5	0.5	1.000


Season 10
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1993-94	-
Team	Seattle Supersonics	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	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		%
Michael Cage	82	20.8	4.6	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.6	2.2	2.1	3.8	.545	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.9	.486
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	5	18.6	2.8	2.0	3.4	5.4	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.6	3.0	1.2	3.2	.375	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	1.2	.333
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 11
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1994-95	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Michael Cage	82	24.9	5.0	2.5	4.4	6.9	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	1.8	2.2	4.1	.521	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.602
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	4	20.3	4.0	2.0	2.5	4.5	0.8	0.5	1.0	0.3	2.3	2.0	4.5	.444	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.5	.000
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1995-96	-
Team	Cleveland Cavaliers	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Cavaliers 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		%
Michael Cage	82	32.1	6.0	3.5	5.4	8.9	0.6	1.1	1.0	0.7	2.6	2.7	4.8	.556	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	1.1	.543
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	3	33.7	6.3	4.3	5.0	9.3	0.7	0.7	1.7	0.0	1.7	2.7	4.7	.571	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.7	.600
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1996-97	-
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	-
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		%
Michael Cage	82	15.2	1.8	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.4	0.8	1.7	.468	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.5	.463
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 14
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1997-98	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
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		%
Michael Cage	79	15.2	1.3	1.5	2.4	3.9	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.3	1.3	0.5	1.1	.512	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.5	.556
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Michael Cage didn't play in 1998-99.


Season 15
	Michael Cage	Jeremy Lin
Season	1999-00	-
Team	New Jersey Nets	-
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		%
Michael Cage	20	12.1	1.4	1.7	2.4	4.1	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.2	1.5	0.6	1.2	.500	0.0	0.0	-	0.2	0.2	1.000
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Michael Cage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeremy Lin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Michael Cage vs. Jeremy Lin Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jeremy Lin and Michael Cage, 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