Tom LaGarde vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis and Tom LaGarde, 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.

Tom LaGarde played 6 years in the NBA, 3 less than Bobby Portis, who played 9. Tom LaGarde had the first of his seasons in 1977-78, while Bobby Portis had his rookie season in 2015-16. 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
Tom LaGarde	6	2	1977-78 to 1984-85
Bobby Portis	9	5	2015-16 to 2023-24

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Tom LaGarde	Bobby Portis
Season	1977-78	2015-16
Team	Denver Nuggets	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nuggets Lost West Conf Finals	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 LaGarde	77	11.3	4.0	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.6	0.2	0.2	1.3	1.9	1.2	3.1	.405	-	-	-	1.5	1.9	.760
Bobby Portis	62	17.8	7.0	2.0	3.5	5.4	0.8	0.4	0.4	0.9	1.6	3.0	7.0	.427	0.3	0.8	.308	0.8	1.1	.727

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom LaGarde	9	8.6	2.8	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.8	0.0	0.2	1.0	1.3	1.1	2.1	.526	-	-	-	0.6	0.8	.714
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Tom LaGarde	Bobby Portis
Season	1978-79	2016-17
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Bulls 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 LaGarde	23	25.0	11.0	2.7	5.6	8.3	1.4	0.3	0.8	2.0	3.3	4.3	7.9	.541	-	-	-	2.5	4.1	.600
Bobby Portis	64	15.6	6.8	1.2	3.5	4.6	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.6	1.5	2.9	5.9	.488	0.5	1.5	.333	0.6	0.9	.661

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom LaGarde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	6	20.2	6.7	0.8	5.2	6.0	1.2	0.5	0.5	1.0	1.7	2.8	5.5	.515	1.0	2.2	.462	0.0	0.0	-


Season 3
	Tom LaGarde	Bobby Portis
Season	1979-80	2017-18
Team	Seattle Supersonics	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Supersonics Lost West Conf Finals	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 LaGarde	82	14.2	4.7	1.5	2.3	3.8	1.1	0.2	0.4	1.2	2.5	1.8	3.7	.477	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.7	.657
Bobby Portis	73	22.5	13.2	2.2	4.6	6.8	1.7	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.8	5.2	11.1	.471	1.1	3.1	.359	1.6	2.1	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom LaGarde	14	11.6	3.1	0.9	1.9	2.9	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.8	1.2	3.3	.370	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	0.8	.818
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 4
	Tom LaGarde	Bobby Portis
Season	1980-81	2018-19
Team	Dallas Mavericks	Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards
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		%
Tom LaGarde	82	32.6	13.7	2.2	6.0	8.1	2.9	0.4	0.5	2.5	3.6	5.1	10.8	.470	0.0	0.0	-	3.5	5.4	.649
Bobby Portis	50	26.0	14.2	2.2	5.9	8.1	1.4	0.7	0.4	1.5	2.9	5.6	12.6	.444	1.5	3.8	.393	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 LaGarde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Tom LaGarde	Bobby Portis
Season	1981-82	2019-20
Team	Dallas Mavericks	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		%
Tom LaGarde	47	19.3	6.6	1.3	3.1	4.5	1.0	0.4	0.4	1.7	2.9	2.4	5.7	.420	0.0	0.0	.000	1.8	3.5	.518
Bobby Portis	66	21.1	10.1	1.2	3.9	5.1	1.5	0.5	0.3	1.1	1.7	4.0	8.9	.450	1.0	2.8	.358	1.1	1.4	.763

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom LaGarde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: Tom LaGarde didn't play in 1982-83 and 1983-84.


Season 6
	Tom LaGarde	Bobby Portis
Season	1984-85	2020-21
Team	New Jersey Nets	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	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 LaGarde	1	8.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	.000	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	.500
Bobby Portis	66	20.8	11.4	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.7	4.7	9.1	.523	1.1	2.4	.471	0.8	1.1	.740

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom LaGarde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	20	18.3	8.8	1.7	3.4	5.0	0.6	0.7	0.4	0.5	1.6	3.5	7.6	.464	0.9	2.6	.346	0.9	1.3	.720


Season 7
	Tom LaGarde	Bobby Portis
Season	-	2021-22
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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 LaGarde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	72	28.2	14.6	2.5	6.6	9.1	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3	2.4	5.8	12.1	.479	1.8	4.7	.393	1.2	1.6	.752

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom LaGarde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	12	24.8	10.6	2.1	7.9	10.0	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.3	2.2	4.0	9.6	.417	1.2	3.9	.298	1.4	1.8	.773


Season 8
	Tom LaGarde	Bobby Portis
Season	-	2022-23
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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 LaGarde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	70	26.0	14.1	2.2	7.4	9.6	1.5	0.4	0.2	1.2	1.6	5.7	11.5	.496	1.4	3.7	.370	1.4	1.8	.768

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom LaGarde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	5	21.4	9.6	2.0	6.2	8.2	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.8	3.0	4.0	8.2	.488	1.0	3.6	.278	0.6	0.6	1.000


Season 9
	Tom LaGarde	Bobby Portis
Season	-	2023-24
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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 LaGarde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	82	24.5	13.8	1.7	5.7	7.4	1.3	0.8	0.4	1.1	2.3	5.7	11.2	.508	1.2	3.0	.407	1.2	1.5	.790

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Tom LaGarde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bobby Portis	6	31.2	16.5	2.7	8.7	11.3	1.0	0.5	0.2	1.5	2.2	7.3	15.2	.484	0.5	2.0	.250	1.3	2.2	.615

Tom LaGarde vs. Bobby Portis Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Bobby Portis and Tom LaGarde, 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