Don Adams vs. Sam Cassell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Cassell and Don Adams, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

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.

Don Adams played 7 years in the NBA, 8 less than Sam Cassell, who played 15. Don Adams had the first of his seasons in 1970-71, while Sam Cassell had his rookie season in 1993-94. 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
Don Adams	7	3	1970-71 to 1976-77
Sam Cassell	15	11	1993-94 to 2007-08

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	1970-71	1993-94
Team	San Diego Rockets	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	82	29.0	11.4	-	-	7.1	2.1	-	-	-	4.2	4.8	11.7	.409	-	-	-	1.9	2.6	.731
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 2
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	1971-72	1994-95
Team	Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Hawks Lost East Conf Semis	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	73	28.4	11.4	-	-	6.9	1.9	-	-	-	3.6	4.3	10.9	.392	-	-	-	2.8	3.8	.745
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	6	31.3	9.3	-	-	6.3	2.0	-	-	-	4.2	3.3	9.3	.357	-	-	-	2.7	3.8	.696
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


Season 3
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	1972-73	1995-96
Team	Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons	Houston Rockets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Rockets Lost West 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		%
Don Adams	74	25.3	9.1	-	-	6.0	1.6	-	-	-	3.1	3.6	9.2	.391	-	-	-	2.0	2.5	.788
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 4
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	1973-74	1996-97
Team	Detroit Pistons	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Pistons Lost West Conf Semis	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		%
Don Adams	74	31.1	10.3	1.8	4.3	6.1	1.9	1.5	0.2	-	3.3	4.1	10.0	.408	-	-	-	2.1	2.7	.761
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	7	36.6	9.1	2.4	4.9	7.3	2.9	0.9	0.1	-	3.7	4.0	10.4	.384	-	-	-	1.1	2.0	.571
Sam Cassell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 5
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	1974-75	1997-98
Team	Detroit Pistons	New Jersey Nets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Nets 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		%
Don Adams	51	27.0	5.9	1.2	3.5	4.8	1.5	1.4	0.4	-	3.5	2.5	6.2	.403	-	-	-	0.9	1.5	.577
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	-


Season 6
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	1975-76	1998-99
Team	Buffalo Braves	New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Braves Lost East Conf Semis	Bucks 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		%
Don Adams	56	12.6	3.1	0.7	1.9	2.6	1.3	0.5	0.1	-	2.3	1.2	3.0	.394	-	-	-	0.7	1.0	.702
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	9	13.6	4.0	0.9	2.1	3.0	1.4	0.2	0.0	-	2.6	1.7	4.0	.417	-	-	-	0.7	0.8	.857
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


Season 7
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	1976-77	1999-00
Team	Buffalo Braves	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bucks 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		%
Don Adams	77	22.2	7.3	1.7	3.1	4.8	1.9	1.0	0.2	-	2.6	2.8	6.8	.411	-	-	-	1.7	2.2	.746
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 8
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 9
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Cassell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks 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		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 11
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	-	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 12
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Minnesota Timberwolves
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Cassell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	-	2005-06
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Clippers Lost West 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		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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


Season 14
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	-	2006-07
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	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		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sam Cassell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 15
	Don Adams	Sam Cassell
Season	-	2007-08
Team	-	Los Angeles Clippers, Boston Celtics
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Don Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
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

Don Adams vs. Sam Cassell Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Sam Cassell and Don Adams, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15