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  Sam Cassell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cassell was selected 24th overall by the Houston Rockets in the 1993 NBA Draft out of Florida State University.
Cassell appears 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.
Cassell is known for his feistiness and outgoing personality[1].
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 Sam Cassell: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cassell was the 24th pick overall by the Houston Rockets Houston Rockets quick summary:
Cassell has been known for his feisty attitude and his cheesy smile, EHandler: no quick summary.
He is often the subject of immense criticism for his physical apperance and has been likened to being extra terrestrial.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/sam_cassell.htm   (1116 words)

  
 ESPN Fantasy Basketball 2006: Player News Archive
Cassell is having a tremendous season as he is averaging 17.2 ppg and 6.6 assists thus far.
Cassell has had a bit of trouble with his shot this season (42.7% from the field), but Wednesday's efficient scoring effort is more in-line with the 47-48% shooter that Cassell has been over the past six seasons.
Cassell (flu) was back in the starting lineup Wednesday night and returned with a bang, scoring 26 points (7-for-14 from the field, 11-for-12 from the line) to go along with 10 assists, four boards, and three steals.
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 TSN: A new focus, and new life in Minnesota - NBA - MSNBC.com
Cassell is carrying averages well ahead of his career norms: He scored a career-high 19.8 this season after averaging over 20 for most of the season.
Cassell already was in the midst of a good career, but his brief time in Minnesota has made that career better.
Cassell excels at the pick-and-roll because of his speed, his talent for finishing at the rim and his ability to scotch the whole thing by pulling up and nailing a midrange jumper.
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 Clippers post best record since 1975-76 - Boston.com
Sam Cassell scored 24 points to lead the Clippers past the Houston Rockets 99-91 on Monday night, pushing the franchise to 13 games over.500 for the first time since the 1975-76 season -- when it was called the Buffalo Braves.
Cassell scored seven points in the first five minutes of the third quarter to help the Clippers to their biggest lead at 60-51.
Cassell had 12 that period and the Clippers closed it to 28-24 at the end.
www.boston.com /sports/basketball/articles/2006/03/21/clippers_post_best_record_since_1975_76   (685 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Fantasy Sports
ET Sam Cassell, who becomes a free agent after the Finals, wants to stay with the Clippers, but it will cost them to keep him.
Sam Cassell and most of his teammates not named Elton struggled from the floor on Monday.
Sam Cassell hit 11-of-24 shots for 32 points, 27 of which came after halftime as the Clippers lost a heart breaker to the Suns.
fantasybasketball.usatoday.com /content/player.asp?sport=NBA&id=281   (451 words)

  
 Former Great Cassell Inducted Into Florida State Athletic Hall Of Fame :: Cassell goes in with Boulware, Wadsworth, ...
Cassell, the Baltimore, Md., native became the 17th Seminole men's basketball player to be honored as a member of the Hall of Fame.
Cassell and fellow Hall of Fame member Bob Sura (inducted in 2003) gave the Seminoles the nation's top scoring and rebounding backcourt and led the Seminoles to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
Cassell became the first rookie point guard to start for the Rockets since 1980 season, played in the inaugural Rookie Game at the NBA All-Star Weekend, and helped the Rockets win back-to-back NBA Championships in his first two seasons in the league.
seminoles.cstv.com /sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/091704aad.html   (557 words)

  
 Sam Cassell : Rotoworld.com - Sam Cassell Biography from Rotoworld.com
Sam Cassell, who becomes a free agent after the Finals, wants to stay with the Clippers, but it will cost them to keep him.
Sam Cassell had 23 points, five boards, six assists and two threes as the Clippers ran over the Suns in Phoenix in Game 2.
Sam Cassell and Vladimir Radmanovic sat out Tuesday's game for the Clippers even though they were in uniform.
www.rotoworld.com /content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=NBA&id=281   (1017 words)

  
 SAM CASSELL---ALIEN!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ladies and gentlemen, that question has been answered today and his name is Sam Cassell." Representatives from all over the globe witnessed Commissioner Stern's emotional speech that often brought tears of joy, "This is a great day for humanity.
Sam made this decision unpressured and because he felt it was the right time," said Nash.
Cassell is expected to be present during an open forum to answer questions concerning his physical being, journey to Earth, and his society.
home.flash.net /~bookez/cassell.htm   (563 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Clippers even series
Cassell made two 3-pointers down the stretch, including the clincher with 27 seconds left, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Suns 114-107 on Sunday night to even the best-of-seven series 2-2.
Cassell played only 35 seconds in the final period two nights earlier, when the Suns edged the Clippers 94-91.
Cassell, who entered the postseason with more playoff experience than the rest of his teammates combined, finished with 28 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635207645,00.html   (474 words)

  
 Drop The Dime: Sam Cassell to start in Los Angeles
Some call Sam Cassell an alien; Charles Barkley calls him Gollum--I call him a starting point guard, and a damn good one when he's healthy.
This opens the door for Cassell to cement a job as starting point guard which, to be honest, he probably would have done even if Livingston had been healthy.
Cassell is getting older--he'll be 36 in November--but he still has some gas in the tank.
dropthedime.blogspot.com /2005/10/sam-cassell-to-start-in-los-angeles.html   (413 words)

  
 ShamSports.com: The Alien Origins of Sam Cassell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sam Cassell is the ugliest man ever to take part in a game of basketball.
This liquid based creature is in fact the Sam Cassell that currently plays for the LA Clippers, in it's un-morphed form.
By the end of the evening Sam was distraught, and whilst they left hand-in-hand, it is believed that after leaving the building they went their separate ways.
www.shamsports.com /content/pages/thefunstuff/samcassell.jsp   (1064 words)

  
 Mighty Mouth | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Even though Cassell honed his swagger at San Jac, that bravado was noticed by his parents, Sam and Donna Cassell, well before he went away to school.
Sam Sr., however, insists that despite the difference in their careers, he and his son aren't all that different.
A common perception is that Cassell is a whiner who has repeatedly called himself "underpaid," even though he has made more than $37 million over his career and is making $6.2 million this season.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20060123/news_lz1s23sam.html   (1022 words)

  
 New Jersey Nets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In an effort to start anew, Coleman and Anderson were both traded during the 1995-96 season and John Calipari replaced Beard as head coach at the end of the season.
Kerry Kittles was selected in the 1996 NBA Draft and midway through the 1996-97 season, the team traded for Sam Cassell.
With the Nets underachieving at 3-15, the Nets traded Cassell to the Bucks, while the Nets acquired Stephon Marbury from the Minnesota Timberwolves.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Jersey_Nets   (3459 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - NBA - Sam Cassell is soaring as a Clipper
Sam Cassell: With all due respect to T.J. Ford, Sam Cassell has to be this young season's Comeback Player of the Year.
Sam I Am is playing great, but its' early, and don't forget that he is also playing to convince people that he has still got it and deserves big money.
Cassell was on the court for a mere 25 mins per game in 04-05 - his lowest amount of action since his 1998 campaign.
www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=37135   (1397 words)

  
 Los Angeles Clippers, Lionel Chalmers, Marko Jaric, Sam Cassell, National Basketball Association, Minnesota ...
McHale shipped the aging and disgruntled Cassell and a conditional first-round draft pick to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night for guards Marko Jaric and Lionel Chalmers.
Cassell was the poster boy for the underachieving Timberwolves, who followed up an appearance in the Western Conference finals in 2003-04 by missing the playoffs last season for the first time since 1996.
The deal ends an up-and-down two years in Minnesota for Cassell, who was an All-Star and one of the biggest reasons for the Wolves' breakout season in 2003-04 after arriving in a trade with Milwaukee.
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 Sam Cassell fails to report to camp - KingsFans
Cassell's contract calls for him to be paid $5.65 million this season and $6.1 million next season.
Cassell had career bests in scoring (19.8 points per game) and shooting (48.8 percent) during the regular season and made his first All-Star team in his first season with Minnesota, his 10th in the league.
But Cassell was a day late for training came at St. John's University and the 34-year-old guard skipped the team's media day and first day of workouts earlier this week because he was unhappy about not getting a contract extension.
www.kingsfans.com /forums/showthread.php?t=464   (1413 words)

  
 JS Online: Sudden Sam
Cassell is without representation after severing his relationship with high-powered agent Arn Tellum, who negotiated Tim Thomas' six-year, $67 million deal with the Bucks.
Cassell won't say what kind of money he is seeking but he sees himself as a top-five point guard.
Although Cassell is not a free agent, he is hoping to have a contract kind of year and let his play do his talking.
www.jsonline.com /sports/buck/oct00/bucks03100200.asp   (791 words)

  
 Share and Discover sam cassell Bio, Pictures, News at BlinkBits.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cassell often interrupted an interview to chat with fans, many of whom said they hoped the veteran point guard would return to the......
Cassell was selected 24th overall by the Houston Rockets in the first round of the 1993 NBA Draft out of Florida State University.
Cassell is known for his feistiness and outgoing persona.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cassell, seated at a kitchen table, casually discusses Sam's childhood with the mother of New Jersey Nets guard Kenny Anderson.
Cassell said she was initially horrified at the idea of going in front of the cameras for the commercial.
Gernander recalled Sam's usual reply to his many calls to reconfirm that he would be joining the Ravens.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/sports/rocketfinal/mom13.html   (638 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Cassell recovers at right time   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sam Cassell thought this was going to be his year.
Sam Cassell, who has battled physical woes as well as foes, looks for a winning streak for the Timberwolves.
Cassell averages 13.5 points a game, 6.3 fewer than last season and his lowest in the last 10 seasons, and has missed 23 of the last 36 games.
www.usatoday.com /sports/basketball/nba/2005-03-24-west-notes_x.htm   (566 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain News: Nuggets & NBA
Sam Cassell could sit back and not say a word about his postseason résumé.
Throughout his 13-year career, Cassell rarely has been at a loss for words and he already was in top form as the Los Angeles Clippers prepared for their first-round series against the Denver Nuggets.
Because Cassell is advancing in years, the Nuggets hope to wear him down with a consistent running game.
www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/nba/article/0,2777,DRMN_23922_4639668,00.html   (704 words)

  
 CLIPPERS: Clippers Acquire Cassell
The Clippers today re-signed guard Marko Jaric and traded him and guard Lionel Chalmers to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for point guard Sam Cassell and a lottery protected first round selection in the 2006 NBA Draft, it was announced by Vice President of Basketball Operations Elgin Baylor.
Cassell also connected on 319-687 FG (.464) and 134-155 FT (.865) on the year.
Cassell turned in his most productive NBA campaign in 2003, when he tallied 19.8 points, 7.3 assists and 3.3 rebounds in 81 games played for Minnesota, helping the Timberwolves reach the 2004 Western Conference Finals.
www.nba.com /clippers/news/cassell_050812.html   (446 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Clippers work overtime to top Toronto
Elton Brand scored 30 points, Cassell added 27, and the Clippers moved 11 games over.500 for the first time in team history with a 115-113 overtime victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.
Cassell sent the game into overtime with a 3-pointer and scored six points in the extra period.
Cassell followed with two free throws, but Bosh cut the lead to one by converting a three-point play with 13 seconds left.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635182042,00.html   (601 words)

  
 The NBA Source: Cassell Spits on Ref
Clippers point guard Sam Cassell could be looking at a hefty suspension after spitting on official Eli Roe late in the 3rd Quarter of the Clippers 128-97 loss to the Houston Rockets.
Cassell went irate after being called for a foul with 37.8 seconds left in the 3rd and was immediately hit with a tech by Roe.
Cassell then continued to argue and go after Roe before being tossed and then with Roe's back turned, Cassell proceeded to hock a loogie on the official's back.
nbasource.blogspot.com /2006/02/cassell-spits-on-ref.html   (278 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NBA - Payton and Cassell could be Bucks' two-headed point guard
Sam Cassell, top, and Gary Payton worked well together in their first game, a 93-90 victory at Portland.
Payton and Cassell were in the same lineup often during their first game together, a 93-90 victory at Portland on Saturday night, when they combined for 38 points and 17 assists.
Karl said, ''Sam is handling it great,'' and he plans to put both point guards on the floor at the same time frequently.
espn.go.com /nba/news/2003/0224/1513860.html   (640 words)

  
 Overtime: Sound of Sam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We love Sam Cassell, and it's not just because he's unafraid to slip in a "Coming to America" reference while addressing 19,000 people.
In Cassell's rookie year the Houston Rockets won the first major professional championship in the city's history.
In 2000, Cassell was in Milwaukee when the Bucks went to the conference finals for the first time in 14 years.
adandeblog.typepad.com /overtime/2006/05/sound_of_sam.html   (960 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - NBA - Cassell still crying
Two weeks after Cassell said he wanted $5 million per year from the Nets to re-sign, he accepted a lot less, taking a six-year, $20 million deal---probably not enough for a point guard in his prime, one who showed a lot of promise.
KG is in his prime and does have the ability, although unproven yet, to carry a team to the promised land with the proper pieces to the puzzle.
Sam Cassell is a selfish player, a crybaby and a locker-room cancer.
www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=9550   (1174 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Wolves owner calls Sprewell, Cassell 'failed experiment'
Cassell has another year at about $6 million on his deal.
Cassell complained he was being scapegoated for Minnesota's problems.
Cassell said he'll have a long talk about his future with teammate Kevin Garnett in the offseason.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/nba/20050413-2008-bkn-timberwolves-taylor.html   (745 words)

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