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The Boston Celtics are rewarding one of their best-known assistant coaches after their NBA championship victory. Veteran NBA writer Marc Stein reported Saturday on his Substack page that the Celtics are planning to elevate assistant coach Sam …
The Boston Celtics can win the NBA championship with a victory in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Friday night, but it turns out that could also be their final game with assistant coach Sam Cassell. Veteran NBA writer Marc Stein reported on Substack …
Doc Rivers apparently has his eye on a specific coach to join his Milwaukee Bucks staff. NBA reporter Marc Stein wrote in a column he published on Wednesday that Rivers is trying to get Sam Cassell to join the Bucks. Cassell is an assistant coach …
The Los Angeles Lakers appear poised to ramp up their search for a new head coach, and three leading candidates have emerged as options. JJ Redick, James Borrego and Sam Cassell have emerged as the Lakers’ top three targets in their coaching …
The Boston Celtics are turning back their clocks to 2008. Shams Charania of The Athletic reported on Sunday that Sam Cassell has agreed to join the Boston Celtics coaching staff under Joe Mazzulla. The 53-year-old Cassell is a Doc Rivers disciple who …
The Houston Rockets have secured an interview with a familiar face. Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle reported Thursday that the Rockets have gotten permission from the Philadelphia 76ers to interview assistant Sam Cassell. The 53-year-old …
The Utah Jazz are the only team in the NBA still searching for a new head coach, and another well-known former player has landed on their list of candidates. Philadelphia 76ers assistant Sam Cassell is among those interviewing for the Jazz head coach …
Bradley Beal’s future with the Washington Wizards seems to be on thin ice, and the way that they handled their head-coaching search probably did not help matters any. Fred Katz of The Athletic reported this week that Beal was frustrated when …
Now that Jason Kidd and Chauncey Billups have earned new head coaching jobs, a third former NBA point guard could be joining their ranks as well. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said this week on “The Hoop Collective” that Philadelphia 76ers …
Rudy Tomjanovich had a great moment of humor during his Hall of Fame speech on Saturday. Tomjanovich was among the members of the 2020 Hall of Fame class who got inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The former Houston Rockets …
The Houston Rockets may have an early candidate for their vacant head coach position. According to Tim MacMahon of ESPN, Los Angeles Clippers assistant Sam Cassell is interested in the Houston job, and that interest is mutual. Sources: There is …
On the left is Sam Cassell, a former All-Star point guard who’s now coaching with the Wizards. On the right is Gollum, a character from “The Lord of the Rings.” Charles Barkley thinks they look alike. During a discussion on …
Wizards forward Rashard Lewis decided not to play in his team’s game Sunday after getting into an argument before the game, CSN Washington reports. Frank Hanrahan had very few details other than Lewis getting into an argument with assistant …
I’m not sure what’s more upsetting, the lack of knowledge regarding the origin of the “Big Ball Dance,” or that the NBA actually fines people for doing it. See, the origin of the Big Ball Dance dates back to 1994 and the …
