Sam Cassell vs. David Lee Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of David Lee and Sam Cassell, 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.
Sam Cassell played 15 years in the NBA, 3 more than David Lee, who played 12. Sam Cassell had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while David Lee had his rookie season in 2005-06. 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 |
Sam Cassell |
15 |
11 |
1993-94 to 2007-08 |
David Lee |
12 |
5 |
2005-06 to 2016-17 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
66 |
17.0 |
6.7 |
0.4 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
2.9 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
2.5 |
5.9 |
.418 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
.295 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
.841 |
David Lee |
67 |
16.9 |
5.1 |
1.6 |
2.9 |
4.5 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
3.4 |
.596 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.1 |
1.8 |
.577 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
22 |
21.7 |
9.4 |
0.9 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
4.2 |
1.0 |
0.2 |
2.1 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
7.3 |
.394 |
0.8 |
2.0 |
.378 |
2.9 |
3.4 |
.865 |
David Lee |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
82 |
23.0 |
9.5 |
0.5 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
4.9 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
3.1 |
7.2 |
.427 |
0.8 |
2.3 |
.330 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
.843 |
David Lee |
58 |
29.8 |
10.7 |
3.4 |
7.0 |
10.4 |
1.8 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
1.6 |
2.7 |
4.1 |
6.9 |
.600 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.4 |
3.0 |
.815 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
22 |
22.0 |
11.0 |
0.4 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
4.0 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
1.5 |
3.0 |
3.4 |
7.7 |
.438 |
1.1 |
2.7 |
.400 |
3.2 |
3.9 |
.835 |
David Lee |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
61 |
27.6 |
14.5 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.1 |
4.6 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
4.7 |
10.8 |
.439 |
1.2 |
3.4 |
.348 |
3.9 |
4.7 |
.825 |
David Lee |
81 |
29.1 |
10.8 |
3.0 |
6.0 |
8.9 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
2.6 |
4.2 |
7.6 |
.552 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
.819 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
8 |
25.8 |
10.4 |
0.1 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
4.3 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
3.3 |
10.1 |
.321 |
1.0 |
3.6 |
.276 |
2.9 |
3.6 |
.793 |
David Lee |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Season 4 |
|
Sam Cassell |
David Lee |
Season |
1996-97 | 2008-09 |
Team |
Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets | 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 |
% |
Sam Cassell |
61 |
28.1 |
15.9 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
5.5 |
12.8 |
.430 |
1.3 |
3.8 |
.351 |
3.5 |
4.1 |
.845 |
David Lee |
81 |
34.9 |
16.0 |
3.2 |
8.6 |
11.7 |
2.1 |
1.0 |
0.3 |
1.9 |
3.2 |
6.4 |
11.7 |
.549 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
3.1 |
4.1 |
.755 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
David Lee |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
75 |
34.7 |
19.6 |
1.0 |
2.1 |
3.0 |
8.0 |
1.6 |
0.3 |
3.6 |
3.5 |
6.8 |
15.4 |
.441 |
0.2 |
1.1 |
.188 |
5.8 |
6.8 |
.860 |
David Lee |
81 |
37.3 |
20.2 |
2.8 |
8.9 |
11.7 |
3.6 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
2.3 |
3.2 |
8.5 |
15.5 |
.545 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
3.3 |
4.1 |
.812 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
3 |
9.0 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
.333 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
David Lee |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
8 |
24.9 |
15.9 |
0.6 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
4.5 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
4.9 |
11.6 |
.419 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
.200 |
5.9 |
6.3 |
.940 |
David Lee |
73 |
36.1 |
16.5 |
3.0 |
6.8 |
9.8 |
3.2 |
1.0 |
0.4 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
6.8 |
13.4 |
.507 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.333 |
2.9 |
3.7 |
.787 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
3 |
34.3 |
15.3 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
8.7 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
2.3 |
4.7 |
5.3 |
10.7 |
.500 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
.000 |
4.7 |
5.3 |
.875 |
David Lee |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
81 |
35.8 |
18.6 |
0.9 |
2.9 |
3.7 |
9.0 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
6.7 |
14.4 |
.466 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
.289 |
4.8 |
5.5 |
.876 |
David Lee |
57 |
37.2 |
20.1 |
3.0 |
6.6 |
9.6 |
2.8 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
8.1 |
16.2 |
.503 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
3.8 |
4.9 |
.782 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
5 |
35.6 |
15.8 |
0.0 |
3.4 |
3.4 |
9.0 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
1.8 |
3.8 |
6.0 |
14.4 |
.417 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
.200 |
3.6 |
4.2 |
.857 |
David Lee |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
76 |
35.6 |
18.2 |
0.6 |
3.2 |
3.8 |
7.6 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
7.1 |
14.9 |
.474 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
.306 |
3.6 |
4.3 |
.858 |
David Lee |
79 |
36.8 |
18.5 |
2.8 |
8.5 |
11.2 |
3.5 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
7.6 |
14.7 |
.519 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
3.2 |
4.1 |
.797 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
18 |
37.9 |
17.4 |
0.7 |
3.9 |
4.6 |
6.7 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
2.9 |
4.2 |
6.1 |
15.4 |
.396 |
0.6 |
1.7 |
.333 |
4.7 |
5.4 |
.866 |
David Lee |
6 |
10.8 |
5.0 |
1.0 |
3.7 |
4.7 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
2.2 |
5.5 |
.394 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.7 |
1.0 |
.667 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
74 |
35.2 |
19.7 |
0.7 |
3.5 |
4.2 |
6.7 |
1.2 |
0.2 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
7.5 |
16.2 |
.463 |
1.0 |
2.8 |
.348 |
3.8 |
4.4 |
.860 |
David Lee |
69 |
33.2 |
18.2 |
2.6 |
6.7 |
9.3 |
2.1 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
3.0 |
7.4 |
14.2 |
.523 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
3.3 |
4.3 |
.780 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
David Lee |
7 |
31.0 |
13.9 |
3.4 |
5.7 |
9.1 |
2.6 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
2.4 |
4.0 |
5.9 |
11.0 |
.532 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
2.1 |
2.7 |
.789 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
78 |
34.6 |
19.7 |
0.7 |
3.7 |
4.4 |
5.8 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
2.8 |
7.0 |
14.9 |
.470 |
0.8 |
2.1 |
.362 |
4.9 |
5.7 |
.861 |
David Lee |
49 |
18.4 |
7.9 |
1.7 |
3.6 |
5.2 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.7 |
3.3 |
6.4 |
.511 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.4 |
2.1 |
.654 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
6 |
36.2 |
17.2 |
0.5 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
2.7 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
6.5 |
13.8 |
.470 |
1.8 |
3.5 |
.524 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
.933 |
David Lee |
13 |
8.2 |
3.1 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
2.6 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
3.1 |
.400 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.6 |
1.2 |
.533 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
81 |
35.0 |
19.8 |
0.5 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
7.3 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
7.7 |
15.7 |
.488 |
0.9 |
2.3 |
.398 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
.873 |
David Lee |
55 |
16.4 |
7.8 |
1.8 |
3.7 |
5.5 |
1.5 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
2.1 |
3.2 |
6.1 |
.531 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.000 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
.763 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
16 |
31.1 |
16.6 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
4.4 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
2.7 |
3.3 |
5.9 |
12.6 |
.465 |
1.6 |
3.8 |
.417 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
.852 |
David Lee |
2 |
16.5 |
6.0 |
0.5 |
2.5 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
.750 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
59 |
25.8 |
13.5 |
0.4 |
2.2 |
2.7 |
5.1 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
5.4 |
11.6 |
.464 |
0.5 |
1.7 |
.262 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
.865 |
David Lee |
79 |
18.7 |
7.3 |
1.9 |
3.7 |
5.6 |
1.6 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
3.1 |
5.3 |
.590 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
1.0 |
1.4 |
.708 |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
David Lee |
15 |
16.3 |
4.1 |
1.3 |
2.5 |
3.8 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
3.2 |
.521 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
.000 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
.647 |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
78 |
34.0 |
17.2 |
0.5 |
3.2 |
3.7 |
6.3 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
6.3 |
14.3 |
.443 |
0.9 |
2.4 |
.368 |
3.7 |
4.3 |
.863 |
David Lee |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
12 |
33.7 |
18.0 |
0.8 |
3.3 |
4.0 |
5.8 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
6.1 |
13.9 |
.437 |
1.3 |
3.6 |
.349 |
4.6 |
5.7 |
.809 |
David Lee |
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Regular Season Stats |
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G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
58 |
24.3 |
12.3 |
0.5 |
2.4 |
2.9 |
4.7 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
4.5 |
10.8 |
.418 |
0.6 |
1.9 |
.294 |
2.8 |
3.1 |
.879 |
David Lee |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
David Lee |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Regular Season Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
55 |
23.2 |
11.2 |
0.3 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
3.9 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
4.2 |
9.7 |
.438 |
0.4 |
1.4 |
.303 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
.882 |
David Lee |
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Playoffs Stats |
|
G |
Min |
Pts |
ORb |
DRb |
Reb |
Ast |
Stl |
Blk |
TO |
PF |
FGM / A |
% |
3PM / A |
% |
FTM / A |
% |
Sam Cassell |
21 |
12.6 |
4.5 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
1.2 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
5.3 |
.333 |
0.3 |
1.3 |
.214 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
.824 |
David Lee |
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