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Jorge Sierra: NBA players who had to play at least 11 seasons to make their All-Star debut: Mike Conley Vlade Divac Tyson Chandler Kyle Korver Anthony Mason Sam Cassell NORMAN POWELL
After suffering a torn Achilles tendon during the Boston Celtics' Eastern Conference semifinals loss to the New York Knicks, Jayson Tatum is expected to miss most, if not all, of the upcoming season. The four-time All-NBA First Team selection will be a big loss to head coach Joe Mazzulla's team. In a recent appearance on 98.5 The Sports Hub, Celtics assistant coach Sam Cassell shared some insights into Tatum's recovery and his overall mindset. "He's coming," Cassell said. "Everybody's counting him out. I don't know his plan for returning this season, but I like what I see so far. He's not on crutches, he's not hopping around. He's active. Jayson Tatum, he heals fast. He's not a guy who gets hurt and sits down. He may miss a day or two, but he doesn't like missing games."
Assistant coach Sam Cassell commented that this is the most difficult training camp in his 34 years of NBA basketball. Mazzulla definitely did not agree with those comments. “Everything in this world today is recency bias,” he said. “Every time is this is the best ever. We don’t remember the way we felt last year or two years ago or three years ago. That’s just a classic recency bias of whatever you’re going through right now is the biggest, the best, the most important, the hardest, the easiest. None of that really matters. It depends on where you’re at in the moment.”
There were rumors that Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers would assume a role in the front office and leave coaching to either former assistant Sam Cassell, now with the Celtics, or ex-Lakers coach Darvin Ham. But Rivers indicated he intends to return as coach as the Bucks are prepared to keep superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo and attempt to rebuild around him.
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Jorge Sierra: Pascal Siakam passed Terry Cummings, Tom Chambers, Alex English, Andre Iguodala and Sam Cassell in playoff scoring tonight. He's No. 103 all-time right now. Likely to pass Dave Cowens for No. 100 in Game 7.
According to GeniusIQ shot data, Gilgeous-Alexander ranked second behind only Sacramento's DeMar DeRozan in 2-point jump shots made (261) and attempted (495) this season. Gilgeous-Alexander's 52.7% shooting on those shots ranked second behind only Phoenix's Kevin Durant among players who attempted at least 150 2-point jumpers. Gilgeous-Alexander joined Durant and Chris Paul, a pair of future first-ballot Hall of Famers, as the only players with at least 250 made 2-point jumpers on 50% shooting or better in multiple seasons since player tracking began in 2013-14. "As my game's been molded and as I came into my own, I've tried to stick with what works and what's comfortable to me," Gilgeous-Alexander told ESPN. "That's one of those things that just has become very comfortable. Then I've figured out how to find certain spots in certain situations, and now I just play with it. But it all started with building the comfortability, and [Cassell] had a big part in that for sure."
NBA Stat: Bennedict Mathurin just had the 3rd highest scoring Finals game off the bench in NBA history. 1. Sam Cassell - 31 points in 30 minutes (1995 vs. Magic) 2. Fred Brown - 30 points in 33 minutes (1978 vs. Bullets) 3. Bennedict Mathurin - 27 points in 20 minutes (2025 vs. Thunder) #NBA
Jorge Sierra: Jalen Brunson is now a Top 100 scorer in playoffs history. He passed all these players tonight: George Mikan Rajon Rondo Terry Cummings Tom Chambers Alex English Andre Iguodala Sam Cassell
Do we know if they did get an initial interview, or any reasons as to why they were not selected to move on to the second round? Marc Stein: I'm pretty sure Royal Ivey did. I'm less sure, frankly, on Sam Cassell. I would have to do some more reporting there and find out. But I can't say that Sam's name—I can't say that I heard it in the early stages of this search. And I'm with you in terms of surprise. I mean, Sam Cassell has done everything you possibly can do as an assistant coach. And why he's not getting stronger consideration, given the strong rapport that he builds with star players everywhere he's been—I share the chat room's surprise there.
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Jorge Sierra: Jayson Tatum tied Kobe Bryant in playoff three-pointers before sadly going down to injury. He's No. 11 all-time now. He also moved ahead of 10-time NBA champion Sam Jones in scoring for No. 34, passed Paul Pierce in rebounds for No. 54 and tied Sam Cassell in assists at No. 50.
Tony East: Asked Haliburton about the Cassell celebration: "I've been waiting for that. It was right in the moment. I've bene waiting for that. I'll take that fine, gladly."
Sam Cassell: As a coach, I get questioned a lot from the average fan around Boston. I had a fan send me a whole 40-page schedule of how we should practice every day. It was crazy. A big booklet—sent to the facility—from Day 1 to Day 15. Thirty of our practices, what we should work on. It was amazing—bullet points on what we should do in practice. How to work on rebounding drills.