Sam Cassell

Full Name: Samuel James Cassell Current Team: Boston Celtics Height/Weight: 6'3"/193 Number: 28 Birthdate: November 18, 1969 Entry Draft: 1st round (24th) in 1993 Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Drafted By: Houston Rockets Position: PG College: Florida State University

Biography

Cassell was selected 24th overall by the Houston Rockets in the 1993 NBA Draft out of Florida State University. He led them to the NBA Championship in 1994 and 1995, where they won both games, but was traded to the Phoenix Suns after the 1996;

He was soon traded to the Dallas Mavericks for Jason Kidd, Tony Dumas, and Loren Meyer on December 26, 1996. The next year, he was traded to the New Jersey Nets for Shawn Bradley, Ed O'Bannon, Robert Pack and Khalid Reeves.

Two years later, he was dealt in a three-way trade, which sent him to the Milwaukee Bucks along with Brian Evans, Chris Gatling, and two future draft choices. On June 27, 2003, the Bucks traded him and Ervin Johnson to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Joe Smith and Anthony Peeler. On August 12, 2005, the Timberwolves traded Cassell and a draft pick to the Clippers for Marko Jaric and Lionel Chalmers.

Cassell appeared to have found a home with the Los Angeles Clippers; the NBA veteran led them into the Western Conference Semi-finals in the 2006 playoffs with home court advantage in the first round. They beat Denver in five games but would eventually fall to the Phoenix Suns in 7.

Cassell was a huge part of the Timberwolves organization. He was part of their big 3 that included Kevin Garnett and Latrell Sprewell that led them to the 2004 Western Conference Championships. After the Wolves fired Flip Saunders in the middle of the 2005 season, Kevin McHale took over a team that was headed for disaster. The wolves finished 9th in the West that year, and as part of a house cleaning project by the wolves, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in the off season.

Statistics

Totals

Season	Team	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1994	HOU	66	6	1122	162	388	.418	26	88	.295	90	107	.841	25	109	134	192	59	7	94	136	440
1995	HOU	82	1	1882	253	593	.427	63	191	.330	214	254	.843	38	173	211	405	94	14	167	209	783
1996	HOU	61	0	1682	289	658	.439	73	210	.348	235	285	.825	51	137	188	278	53	4	157	166	886
1997	PHO	22	9	539	100	241	.415	19	62	.306	106	124	.855	12	38	50	99	23	6	60	66	325
1997	DAL	16	13	398	70	165	.424	15	49	.306	42	50	.840	14	36	50	57	17	6	41	48	197
1997	NJN	23	22	777	167	377	.443	47	120	.392	64	77	.831	21	61	82	149	37	7	67	86	445
1997	Total	61	44	1714	337	783	.430	81	231	.351	212	251	.845	47	135	182	305	77	19	168	200	967
1998	NJN	75	72	2606	510	1156	.441	15	80	.188	436	507	.860	73	155	228	603	121	20	269	262	1471
1999	NJN	4	3	100	21	49	.429	1	7	.143	29	31	.935	1	5	6	19	3	0	12	13	72
1999	MIL	4	0	99	18	44	.409	1	3	.333	18	19	.947	4	5	9	17	6	0	8	9	55
1999	Total	8	3	199	39	93	.419	2	10	.200	47	50	.940	5	10	15	36	9	0	20	22	127
2000	MIL	81	81	2899	545	1170	.466	26	90	.289	390	445	.876	69	232	301	729	102	8	267	255	1506
2001	MIL	76	75	2709	537	1132	.474	30	98	.306	277	323	.858	46	244	290	580	88	8	220	214	1381
2002	MIL	74	73	2604	554	1197	.463	71	204	.348	282	328	.860	54	258	312	493	90	12	177	208	1461
2003	MIL	78	77	2700	546	1162	.470	59	163	.362	385	447	.861	57	285	342	450	88	14	177	216	1536
2004	MIN	81	81	2838	620	1270	.488	74	186	.398	289	331	.873	44	227	271	592	102	18	220	247	1603
2005	MIN	59	38	1522	319	687	.464	27	103	.262	134	155	.865	25	132	157	301	36	14	109	160	799
2006	LAC	78	75	2653	493	1112	.443	70	190	.368	289	335	.863	40	247	287	491	74	11	175	225	1345
2007	LAC	58	30	1407	261	625	.418	32	109	.294	160	182	.879	27	140	167	270	28	8	101	126	714
2008	LAC	38	33	975	183	402	.455	14	54	.259	106	119	.891	12	93	105	179	28	3	78	69	486
2008	BOS	17	1	299	50	130	.385	9	22	.409	21	25	.840	5	26	31	35	9	3	19	29	130
2008	Total	55	34	1274	233	532	.438	23	76	.303	127	144	.882	17	119	136	214	37	6	97	98	616
Career		993	690	29811	5698	12558	.454	672	2029	.331	3567	4144	.861	618	2603	3221	5939	1058	163	2418	2744	15635

Per Game

Season	Team	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1994	HOU	66	6	17.0	2.5	5.9	.418	0.4	1.3	.295	1.4	1.6	.841	0.4	1.7	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.1	1.4	2.1	6.7
1995	HOU	82	1	23.0	3.1	7.2	.427	0.8	2.3	.330	2.6	3.1	.843	0.5	2.1	2.6	4.9	1.1	0.2	2.0	2.5	9.5
1996	HOU	61	0	27.6	4.7	10.8	.439	1.2	3.4	.348	3.9	4.7	.825	0.8	2.2	3.1	4.6	0.9	0.1	2.6	2.7	14.5
1997	PHO	22	9	24.5	4.5	11.0	.415	0.9	2.8	.306	4.8	5.6	.855	0.5	1.7	2.3	4.5	1.0	0.3	2.7	3.0	14.8
1997	DAL	16	13	24.9	4.4	10.3	.424	0.9	3.1	.306	2.6	3.1	.840	0.9	2.3	3.1	3.6	1.1	0.4	2.6	3.0	12.3
1997	NJN	23	22	33.8	7.3	16.4	.443	2.0	5.2	.392	2.8	3.3	.831	0.9	2.7	3.6	6.5	1.6	0.3	2.9	3.7	19.3
1997	Total	61	44	28.1	5.5	12.8	.430	1.3	3.8	.351	3.5	4.1	.845	0.8	2.2	3.0	5.0	1.3	0.3	2.8	3.3	15.9
1998	NJN	75	72	34.7	6.8	15.4	.441	0.2	1.1	.188	5.8	5.8	.860	1.0	2.1	3.0	8.0	1.6	0.3	3.6	3.5	19.6
1999	NJN	4	3	25.0	5.3	12.3	.429	0.3	1.8	.143	7.3	7.8	.935	0.3	1.3	1.5	4.8	0.8	0.0	3.0	3.3	18.0
1999	MIL	4	0	24.8	4.5	11.0	.409	0.3	0.8	.333	4.5	4.8	.947	1.0	1.3	2.3	4.3	1.5	0.0	2.0	2.3	13.8
1999	Total	8	3	24.9	4.9	11.6	.419	0.3	1.3	.200	5.9	6.3	.940	0.6	1.3	1.9	4.5	1.1	0.0	2.5	2.8	15.9
2000	MIL	81	81	35.8	6.7	14.4	.466	0.3	1.1	.289	4.8	5.5	.876	0.9	2.9	3.7	9.0	1.3	0.1	3.3	3.1	18.6
2001	MIL	76	75	35.6	7.1	14.9	.474	0.4	1.3	.306	3.6	4.3	.858	0.6	3.2	3.8	7.6	1.2	0.1	2.9	2.8	18.2
2002	MIL	74	73	35.2	7.5	16.2	.463	1.0	2.8	.348	3.8	4.4	.860	0.7	3.5	4.2	6.7	1.2	0.2	2.4	2.8	19.7
2003	MIL	78	77	34.6	7.0	14.9	.470	0.8	2.1	.362	4.9	5.7	.861	0.7	3.7	4.4	5.8	1.1	0.2	2.3	2.8	19.7
2004	MIN	81	81	35.0	7.7	15.7	.488	0.9	2.3	.398	3.6	4.1	.873	0.5	2.8	3.3	7.3	1.3	0.2	2.7	3.0	19.8
2005	MIN	59	38	25.8	5.4	11.6	.464	0.5	1.7	.262	2.3	2.6	.865	0.4	2.2	2.7	5.1	0.6	0.2	1.8	2.7	13.5
2006	LAC	78	75	34.0	6.3	14.3	.443	0.9	2.4	.368	3.7	4.3	.863	0.5	3.2	3.7	6.3	0.9	0.1	2.2	2.9	17.2
2007	LAC	58	30	24.3	4.5	10.8	.418	0.6	1.9	.294	2.8	3.1	.879	0.5	2.4	2.9	4.7	0.5	0.1	1.7	2.2	12.3
2008	LAC	38	33	25.7	4.8	10.6	.455	0.4	1.4	.259	2.8	3.1	.891	0.3	2.4	2.8	4.7	0.7	0.1	2.1	1.8	12.8
2008	BOS	17	1	17.6	2.9	7.6	.385	0.5	11.3	.409	1.2	1.5	.840	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.1	0.5	0.2	1.1	1.7	7.6
2008	Total	55	34	23.2	4.2	9.7	.438	0.4	1.4	.303	2.3	2.6	.882	0.3	2.2	2.5	3.9	0.7	0.1	1.8	1.8	11.2
Career		993	690	30.0	5.7	12.6	.454	0.7	2.0	.331	3.6	4.2	.861	0.6	2.6	3.2	6.0	1.1	0.2	2.4	2.8	15.7