Sam Cassell

Sam Cassell was a 6’3” guard who was drafted in 1993 by the Houston Rockets but over the course of a career that spanned 13 seasons, Cassell also played for the Phoenix Suns, the Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, the Minnesota Timberwolves the Los Angeles Clippers and the Boston Celtics. Towards the end of the 2008/09 season Cassell was traded to the Sacramento Kingshttp://www.nba.com/fantasy/fantasy_playernews.jsp?date=02/17/09&type=news#sam_cassell but he never appeared in a game for his ninth team being waived shortly after the trade.http://www.nba.com/fantasy/fantasy_playernews.jsp?date=02/18/09&type=news#sam_cassell

Over the course of his career, Cassell played on two different teams in one season three times during his career, and in the 1996/97 season he actually appeared in games for three different teams over the course of the year. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/cassesa01.html

Cassell played on three NBA Champions and was selected to the NBA All-Star Game during the 2003/04 season.

While Cassell was on an NBA roster during most of the 2008/09 season, his NBA career seems to have ended after the 2007/08 season. Cassell did not appear in a game in the 2008/09 season and was not on any roster during the course of the 2009/10 season.

While Sam Cassell played for many teams over his career, his longest stint was with the Milwaukee Bucks. He also put his best scoring and assists numbers while in Milwaukee.

Cassell joined the Milwaukee Bucks in the middle of the 1998/99 season after being traded by the New Jersey Nets in a three team trade that also involved the Minnesota Timberwolves. Due to injuries Cassell only appeared in four games for the Bucks. It was in the 1999/2000 season that Cassell finally began to break out.

That year Cassell scored 18.6 points per game while averaging 9 assists per game setting a personal precedent he would continue during his career with the Bucks. In four full seasons with Milwaukee Cassell average 19 points and 7.3 assists per game. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/cassesa01.html

Just months before the 2003/04 season, Sam Cassell was dealt to the Minnesota Timberwolves where he picked up where he left off both in scoring and dishing out assists. Over the course of that season, Cassell scored a career high 19.8 points per game while dishing out 7.3 assists per game. Cassell helped the Timberwolves reach the Western Conference Finals and scored a franchise playoff-record 40 points twice, once against the Denver Nuggets, and once against the Sacramento Kings.

The following season Cassell missed most of the year with injuries and ended up only appearing in 59 games while starting just 38. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/sam_cassell/bio.html