Sam Cassell vs. Brandin Podziemski Season by Season Comparison
Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Brandin Podziemski 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, 13 more than Brandin Podziemski, who played 2. Sam Cassell had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Brandin Podziemski had his rookie season in 2023-24. 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 achievements, 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 Stats Comparison |
| 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 |
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 |
| difference: | +8 | +9.6 | +2.5 | +1.2 | +2.5 | +3.8 | +0.8 | +0.1 | +0.1 | -0.2 | -0.5 | +1.2 | +2.2 | +.036 | +0.8 | +1.9 | +.090 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +.208 |
| Brandin Podziemski |
74 |
26.6 |
9.2 |
1.6 |
4.2 |
5.8 |
3.7 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
1.6 |
3.7 |
8.1 |
.454 |
1.2 |
3.2 |
.385 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
.633 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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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 |
| Brandin Podziemski |
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2nd Season Stats Comparison |
| 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 |
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 |
| difference: | +18 | +3.8 | +2.2 | +0.5 | +2.0 | +2.5 | +1.5 | | | -0.8 | -1.0 | +1.3 | +2.6 | +.018 | +1.0 | +2.5 | +.042 | +1.5 | +1.6 | +.085 |
| Brandin Podziemski |
64 |
26.8 |
11.7 |
1.0 |
4.1 |
5.1 |
3.4 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
4.4 |
9.8 |
.445 |
1.8 |
4.8 |
.372 |
1.1 |
1.5 |
.758 |
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| Playoffs Stats |
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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 |
| difference: | +10 | +10.1 | +0.3 | +0.9 | +2.2 | +3.1 | +0.9 | +0.3 | +0.1 | | -1.5 | +0.6 | +3.3 | +.074 | +0.7 | +2.9 | +.072 | +1.8 | +1.9 | +.127 |
| Brandin Podziemski |
12 |
32.1 |
11.3 |
1.3 |
3.7 |
5.0 |
3.1 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
4.0 |
11.0 |
.364 |
1.8 |
5.6 |
.328 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
.708 |
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Additional Years |
* Sam Cassell played 13 seasons more than Brandin Podziemski in the NBA.
In that period—his seasons 3 to 15, from 1996 to 2008—Sam Cassell played in 9 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 13 extra years over Brandin Podziemski, Sam Cassell got these achievements: |
| Honors & Awards |  1 All-NBA Second Team
1 All-Star Game
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NBA Champion