Sam Cassell vs. Keegan Murray Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Keegan Murray 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, 12 more than Keegan Murray, who played 3. Sam Cassell had the first of his seasons in 1993-94, while Keegan Murray had his rookie season in 2022-23. 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.

Rookie Season
	Sam Cassell	Keegan Murray
Season	1993-94	2022-23
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards	-	All-Rookie First Team
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Kings Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+14	+12.8	+5.5	+0.7	+1.8	+2.6	+1.7	+0.1	+0.4	-0.6	-0.1	+1.9	+3.9	+.035	+2.2	+5.0	+.116	+0.6	+0.6	+.076
Keegan Murray	80	29.8	12.2	1.1	3.5	4.6	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.8	2.0	4.4	9.8	.453	2.6	6.3	.411	0.8	1.0	.765
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
difference:	+15	+6.0	+0.3	+1.2	+2.3	+3.6	+3.5	+0.4	+0.1	-1.5	-0.2	+0.8	+1.0	+.054	+0.9	+2.6	+.003	+2.3	+2.5	+.198
Keegan Murray	7	27.7	9.7	2.1	4.1	6.3	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.6	2.6	3.7	8.3	.448	1.7	4.6	.375	0.6	0.9	.667

Season 2
	Sam Cassell	Keegan Murray
Season	1994-95	2023-24
Team	Houston Rockets	Sacramento Kings
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play

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2nd Season Stats Comparison
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
difference:	+5	+10.6	+5.7	+0.9	+2.0	+2.9	+3.2	+0.1	+0.6	-1.2	-0.2	+2.7	+5.5	+.027	+1.6	+4.3	+.028	+1.3	+1.5	+.012
Keegan Murray	77	33.6	15.2	1.4	4.1	5.5	1.7	1.0	0.8	0.8	2.7	5.8	12.7	.454	2.4	6.6	.358	1.3	1.6	.831
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
Keegan Murray	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Sam Cassell played 12 seasons more than Keegan Murray in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 4 to 15, from 1997 to 2008—Sam Cassell played in 8 Playoffs and won one NBA Championship. In those 12 extra years over Keegan Murray, Sam Cassell got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-NBA Second Team 1 All-Star Game