Sam Cassell vs. Tree Rollins Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Tree Rollins 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 less than Tree Rollins, who played 18. Sam Cassell had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Tree Rollins had his rookie season in 1977-78. 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.

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Sam Cassell	Tree Rollins
Season	1993-94	1977-78
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
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
Tree Rollins	80	22.4	7.6	2.2	4.7	6.9	1.0	0.7	2.7	1.5	4.1	3.2	6.5	.487	-	-	-	1.3	1.9	.703
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
Tree Rollins	2	25.5	8.0	1.5	3.0	4.5	0.5	0.5	2.0	1.5	4.0	3.5	6.0	.583	-	-	-	1.0	4.0	.250

Season 2
	Sam Cassell	Tree Rollins
Season	1994-95	1978-79
Team	Houston Rockets	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Hawks 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		%
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
Tree Rollins	81	23.5	8.4	2.7	4.6	7.3	0.6	0.6	3.1	1.1	4.0	3.7	6.9	.535	-	-	-	1.1	1.7	.631
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
Tree Rollins	9	23.6	5.7	2.1	5.8	7.9	0.6	0.3	2.7	1.6	3.2	2.3	5.7	.412	-	-	-	1.0	1.4	.692

Season 6
	Sam Cassell	Tree Rollins
Season	1998-99	1982-83
Team	New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	Blocks Leader
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
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
Tree Rollins	80	30.9	7.8	2.6	6.7	9.3	0.9	0.6	4.3	1.2	3.7	3.3	6.4	.510	0.0	0.0	.000	1.2	1.7	.726
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
Tree Rollins	3	39.3	9.7	3.3	6.7	10.0	1.0	0.3	3.3	2.0	4.0	4.3	9.0	.481	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	3.0	.333

Season 7
	Sam Cassell	Tree Rollins
Season	1999-00	1983-84
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive First Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hawks 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		%
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
Tree Rollins	77	30.5	8.6	2.6	5.1	7.7	0.8	0.5	3.6	1.3	3.9	3.6	6.9	.518	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.5	.621
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
Tree Rollins	5	30.4	5.0	2.0	4.8	6.8	0.2	0.4	2.0	2.2	4.6	2.0	5.0	.400	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.6	.625

Season 11
	Sam Cassell	Tree Rollins
Season	2003-04	1987-88
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Atlanta Hawks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Hawks 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		%
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
Tree Rollins	76	23.2	4.4	1.9	4.2	6.0	0.3	0.4	1.7	0.7	3.0	1.8	3.4	.512	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.1	.875
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
Tree Rollins	12	27.8	4.4	1.9	4.0	5.9	0.5	0.8	1.6	0.4	3.8	1.7	3.0	.556	0.0	0.0	-	1.1	1.3	.867

Season 15
	Sam Cassell	Tree Rollins
Season	2007-08	1991-92
Team	Los Angeles Clippers, Boston Celtics	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	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	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
Tree Rollins	59	11.8	2.0	1.0	1.9	2.9	0.3	0.2	1.1	0.3	1.4	0.8	1.5	.535	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.5	.867
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
Tree Rollins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-