Tom Heinsohn vs. James Posey Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of James Posey and Tom Heinsohn, 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.

Tom Heinsohn played 9 years in the NBA, 3 less than James Posey, who played 12. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while James Posey had his rookie season in 1999-00. 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
	Tom Heinsohn	James Posey
Season	1956-57	1999-00
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	-	All-Rookie Second Team
	All-Star Game	-
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	72	29.9	16.2	-	-	9.8	1.6	-	-	-	4.2	6.2	15.6	.397	-	-	-	3.8	4.8	.790
James Posey	81	25.3	8.2	1.0	2.9	3.9	1.8	1.2	0.4	1.2	2.6	2.8	6.6	.429	1.0	2.7	.373	1.5	1.9	.800
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	37.0	22.9	-	-	11.7	2.0	-	-	-	4.0	9.0	23.1	.390	-	-	-	4.9	6.9	.710
James Posey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	James Posey
Season	1958-59	2001-02
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
James Posey	73	30.7	10.7	1.5	4.4	5.9	2.5	1.6	0.5	1.7	3.1	3.8	10.1	.376	0.9	3.2	.283	2.2	2.8	.793
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	11	31.6	19.9	-	-	8.9	2.9	-	-	-	3.7	8.3	20.0	.414	-	-	-	3.4	5.1	.661
James Posey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	James Posey
Season	1959-60	2002-03
Team	Boston Celtics	Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets
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		%
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
James Posey	83	30.3	10.8	1.1	4.0	5.1	2.2	1.3	0.2	1.7	2.4	3.7	9.1	.411	0.8	2.8	.306	2.5	3.0	.833
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	32.5	21.8	-	-	9.7	2.1	-	-	-	4.1	8.6	20.5	.419	-	-	-	4.6	6.2	.750
James Posey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	James Posey
Season	1960-61	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
James Posey	82	29.9	13.7	1.1	3.8	4.9	1.5	1.7	0.5	1.4	3.0	4.5	9.4	.478	1.4	3.5	.386	3.4	4.1	.830
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	29.1	19.7	-	-	9.9	2.0	-	-	-	3.6	8.2	20.1	.408	-	-	-	3.3	4.3	.767
James Posey	4	32.3	12.5	2.0	3.5	5.5	1.0	2.3	0.5	1.5	3.3	3.8	9.3	.405	0.3	1.5	.167	4.8	5.3	.905

Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	James Posey
Season	1961-62	2004-05
Team	Boston Celtics	Memphis Grizzlies
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Grizzlies 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
James Posey	50	27.6	8.1	0.9	3.5	4.4	1.8	1.0	0.5	1.4	2.7	2.5	7.1	.357	1.1	3.6	.309	1.9	2.2	.865
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	14	31.8	20.7	-	-	8.2	2.4	-	-	-	4.1	8.3	20.8	.399	-	-	-	4.1	5.4	.763
James Posey	4	25.3	9.8	0.3	3.0	3.3	1.0	0.5	0.3	1.3	3.5	2.8	6.3	.440	1.8	3.8	.467	2.5	3.3	.769

Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	James Posey
Season	1962-63	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
James Posey	67	28.6	7.2	0.5	4.3	4.8	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.9	2.4	5.9	.403	1.7	4.3	.403	0.7	0.9	.787
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	13	31.8	24.7	-	-	8.9	1.2	-	-	-	4.2	9.5	20.8	.456	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.765
James Posey	22	27.6	7.3	0.7	5.0	5.7	0.9	0.8	0.1	0.5	3.2	2.2	5.2	.430	1.6	3.8	.422	1.2	1.7	.730

Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	James Posey
Season	1963-64	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Heat 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
James Posey	71	27.0	7.7	0.9	4.1	5.0	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.8	2.7	2.6	6.1	.431	1.4	3.6	.375	1.1	1.4	.827
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	10	30.8	17.4	-	-	8.0	2.6	-	-	-	3.6	7.0	18.0	.389	-	-	-	3.4	4.2	.810
James Posey	4	34.8	7.8	0.3	7.5	7.8	1.5	2.0	1.3	1.3	4.5	2.5	6.5	.385	1.5	4.8	.316	1.3	1.3	1.000

Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	James Posey
Season	1964-65	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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		%
Tom Heinsohn	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
James Posey	74	24.6	7.4	0.4	3.9	4.4	1.5	1.0	0.3	0.9	2.5	2.3	5.6	.418	1.4	3.8	.380	1.3	1.6	.809
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom Heinsohn	12	23.0	12.7	-	-	7.0	1.9	-	-	-	3.8	5.5	15.1	.365	-	-	-	1.7	2.7	.625
James Posey	26	22.0	6.7	0.5	3.1	3.6	1.1	1.0	0.3	0.5	2.3	2.0	4.6	.437	1.3	3.4	.398	1.3	1.5	.875