Tom Heinsohn vs. Sasha Pavlovic Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sasha Pavlovic 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, 1 less than Sasha Pavlovic, who played 10. Tom Heinsohn had the first of his seasons in 1956-57, while Sasha Pavlovic had his rookie season in 2003-04. 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
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
Rookie Season
	Tom Heinsohn	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1956-57	2003-04
Team	Boston Celtics	Utah Jazz
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	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
Sasha Pavlovic	79	14.5	4.8	0.6	1.5	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.8	2.4	1.9	4.8	.396	0.2	0.9	.271	0.8	1.1	.774
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
Sasha Pavlovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 3
	Tom Heinsohn	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1958-59	2005-06
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	66	31.7	18.8	-	-	9.7	2.5	-	-	-	4.1	7.0	18.1	.390	-	-	-	4.7	5.9	.798
Sasha Pavlovic	53	15.3	4.5	0.3	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.9	1.6	4.0	.410	0.7	1.8	.365	0.6	0.9	.653
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
Sasha Pavlovic	3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	.000	0.0	0.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-

Season 4
	Tom Heinsohn	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1959-60	2006-07
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	75	32.3	21.7	-	-	10.6	2.3	-	-	-	3.7	9.0	21.2	.423	-	-	-	3.8	5.1	.733
Sasha Pavlovic	67	22.9	9.0	0.3	2.0	2.4	1.6	0.8	0.3	1.5	2.2	3.3	7.3	.453	0.9	2.2	.405	1.5	1.9	.794
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
Sasha Pavlovic	20	30.8	9.2	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.6	1.0	0.3	1.8	3.2	3.6	9.5	.381	1.0	2.9	.345	1.0	1.8	.528

Season 5
	Tom Heinsohn	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1960-61	2007-08
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	74	30.5	21.3	-	-	9.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.5	8.5	21.2	.400	-	-	-	4.4	5.7	.767
Sasha Pavlovic	51	23.3	7.4	0.7	1.8	2.5	1.6	0.6	0.1	1.1	2.3	2.9	7.9	.362	0.7	2.2	.298	1.0	1.5	.688
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
Sasha Pavlovic	8	13.9	3.5	0.8	0.5	1.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.3	2.1	1.3	3.3	.385	0.5	1.1	.444	0.5	0.8	.667

Season 6
	Tom Heinsohn	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1961-62	2008-09
Team	Boston Celtics	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Cavaliers 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	79	30.2	22.1	-	-	9.5	2.1	-	-	-	3.5	8.8	20.4	.429	-	-	-	4.5	5.5	.819
Sasha Pavlovic	66	16.0	4.6	0.5	1.5	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.8	1.8	4.2	.422	0.7	1.8	.410	0.4	0.8	.463
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
Sasha Pavlovic	11	8.3	2.1	0.1	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.9	1.8	.500	0.2	0.7	.250	0.1	0.3	.333

Season 7
	Tom Heinsohn	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1962-63	2009-10
Team	Boston Celtics	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	All-NBA 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	76	26.4	18.9	-	-	7.5	1.3	-	-	-	3.6	7.2	17.1	.423	-	-	-	4.5	5.4	.835
Sasha Pavlovic	71	12.4	3.7	0.2	1.5	1.6	0.8	0.3	0.1	0.7	1.2	1.5	4.2	.363	0.5	1.7	.297	0.1	0.4	.385
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
Sasha Pavlovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 8
	Tom Heinsohn	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1963-64	2010-11
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks, New Orleans Hornets, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-NBA 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	76	26.8	16.5	-	-	6.1	2.4	-	-	-	3.5	6.4	16.1	.398	-	-	-	3.7	4.5	.827
Sasha Pavlovic	31	11.7	2.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.4	1.1	0.9	2.3	.403	0.4	1.0	.387	0.2	0.3	.600
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
Sasha Pavlovic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 9
	Tom Heinsohn	Sasha Pavlovic
Season	1964-65	2011-12
Team	Boston Celtics	Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Celtics 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		%
Tom Heinsohn	67	25.5	13.6	-	-	6.0	2.3	-	-	-	3.8	5.4	14.2	.383	-	-	-	2.7	3.4	.795
Sasha Pavlovic	45	11.7	2.7	0.1	1.5	1.6	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.2	1.1	2.8	.391	0.4	1.3	.293	0.1	0.2	.375
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
Sasha Pavlovic	10	4.0	0.7	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.9	.333	0.1	0.5	.200	0.0	0.0	-