Sam Cassell vs. Anthony Mason Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Mason 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.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season / Games against each other

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, 2 more than Anthony Mason, who played 13. Sam Cassell had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Anthony Mason had his rookie season in 1989-90. 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
Anthony Mason	13	10	1989-90 to 2002-03

Comparison Season by Season
Jump to season: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15


Rookie Season
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
Season	1993-94	1989-90
Team	Houston Rockets	New Jersey Nets
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	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
Anthony Mason	21	5.1	1.8	0.5	1.1	1.6	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.0	0.7	1.9	.350	0.0	0.0	-	0.4	0.7	.600

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
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 2
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
Season	1994-95	1990-91
Team	Houston Rockets	Denver Nuggets
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	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
Anthony Mason	3	7.0	3.3	1.0	0.7	1.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	2.7	.750

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
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 3
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
Season	1995-96	1991-92
Team	Houston Rockets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Rockets Lost West Conf Semis	Knicks 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	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
Anthony Mason	82	26.8	7.0	2.6	4.4	7.0	1.3	0.6	0.2	1.2	2.8	2.5	4.9	.509	0.0	0.0	-	2.0	3.2	.642

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
Anthony Mason	12	24.0	5.0	2.3	4.0	6.3	0.8	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.8	1.6	3.6	.442	0.0	0.0	-	1.8	2.3	.786


Season 4
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
Season	1996-97	1992-93
Team	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks 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		%
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
Anthony Mason	81	30.6	10.3	2.9	5.0	7.9	2.1	0.5	0.2	1.7	3.0	3.9	7.8	.502	0.0	0.0	-	2.5	3.6	.682

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Cassell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	15	34.0	12.5	3.7	3.6	7.3	2.7	0.7	0.4	1.5	3.3	4.8	8.1	.590	0.0	0.0	-	2.9	4.5	.632


Season 5
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
Season	1997-98	1993-94
Team	New Jersey Nets	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks Lost NBA 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		%
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
Anthony Mason	73	26.1	7.2	2.2	3.7	5.8	2.1	0.4	0.1	1.5	2.6	2.8	5.9	.476	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.2	.720

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	-
Anthony Mason	25	26.4	7.6	2.1	3.7	5.8	1.8	0.6	0.2	1.4	2.6	2.7	5.5	.489	0.0	0.0	-	2.2	3.1	.714


Season 6
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
Season	1998-99	1994-95
Team	New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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	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
Anthony Mason	77	32.4	9.9	2.4	6.1	8.4	3.1	0.9	0.3	1.6	3.3	3.7	6.6	.566	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	3.9	.641

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
Anthony Mason	11	32.0	9.5	2.1	4.1	6.2	2.2	0.5	0.5	2.4	2.5	2.8	4.6	.608	0.0	0.1	.000	3.9	6.3	.623


Season 7
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
Season	1999-00	1995-96
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Knicks 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	35.8	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
Anthony Mason	82	42.2	14.6	2.7	6.6	9.3	4.4	0.8	0.4	2.6	3.0	5.5	9.7	.563	0.0	0.0	-	3.6	5.0	.720

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
Anthony Mason	8	43.8	12.6	2.1	5.6	7.8	3.3	0.5	0.1	2.5	2.5	5.1	9.8	.526	0.0	0.0	-	2.4	3.5	.679


Season 8
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
Season	2000-01	1996-97
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Third Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Defensive Second Team
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals	Hornets 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	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
Anthony Mason	73	43.1	16.2	2.5	8.8	11.4	5.7	1.0	0.5	2.3	2.8	5.9	11.3	.525	0.0	0.0	.333	4.4	5.9	.745

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
Anthony Mason	3	44.0	13.0	2.7	9.3	12.0	3.0	0.3	0.3	3.0	2.0	5.3	12.7	.421	0.0	0.0	-	2.3	4.3	.538


Season 9
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
Season	2001-02	1997-98
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Hornets 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	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
Anthony Mason	81	38.9	12.8	2.2	8.0	10.2	4.2	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.2	4.8	9.4	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	3.2	5.0	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Sam Cassell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Anthony Mason	9	40.8	15.4	1.9	6.0	7.9	3.4	0.9	0.0	2.4	1.9	6.3	11.0	.576	0.0	0.1	.000	2.8	4.7	.595

Note: Anthony Mason didn't play in 1998-99.


Season 10
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
Season	2002-03	1999-00
Team	Milwaukee Bucks	Charlotte Hornets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Hornets 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	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
Anthony Mason	82	38.2	11.6	1.8	6.8	8.5	4.5	0.9	0.4	2.0	2.7	3.9	8.1	.480	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.1	.746

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
Anthony Mason	4	44.8	12.5	4.0	5.8	9.8	5.5	1.0	0.0	3.3	3.3	4.5	9.5	.474	0.0	0.3	.000	3.5	5.0	.700


Season 11
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
Season	2003-04	2000-01
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Miami Heat
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf Finals	Heat 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	35.0	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
Anthony Mason	80	40.7	16.1	2.1	7.5	9.6	3.1	1.0	0.3	2.2	2.9	5.8	11.9	.482	0.0	0.0	-	4.6	5.9	.781

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
Anthony Mason	3	33.0	5.3	0.3	2.7	3.0	1.3	0.3	0.0	2.3	2.0	1.7	4.3	.385	0.0	0.3	.000	2.0	2.0	1.000


Season 12
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
Season	2004-05	2001-02
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Milwaukee Bucks
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	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
Anthony Mason	82	38.3	9.6	1.5	6.4	7.9	4.2	0.7	0.3	1.6	2.3	3.9	7.6	.505	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.9	2.7	.697

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


Season 13
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
Season	2005-06	2002-03
Team	Los Angeles Clippers	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Clippers Lost West 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		%
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
Anthony Mason	65	32.6	7.2	1.4	5.0	6.4	3.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	2.3	2.9	6.0	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.8	.718

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
Anthony Mason	6	26.2	3.8	0.7	2.7	3.3	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.3	2.8	1.2	2.8	.412	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.2	.692


Season 14
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
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		%
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
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Season 15
	Sam Cassell	Anthony Mason
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		%
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
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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
Anthony Mason	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sam Cassell vs. Anthony Mason Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Anthony Mason 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.

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