Sam Cassell

Knuckleheads with Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles

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Comedy, Arts, Sports

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Two-point Geezer! This week on Knuckleheads we got one of the great OGs of the game and someone who just got his fourth championship ring, Sam Cassell. Sam looks back on a hell of a career, coming up in Baltimore, playing at Florida State with Bobby Sura, and getting two rings in his first two seasons in the league. Sam talks about going from Houston to, eventually, Minnesota, teaming up with KG and Sprewell. He also touches on being a coach for this year’s championship Celtics team. We got stories on stories in this one — tune in! Dunbar High School, getting his hoops roots in Baltimore (5:01) ’90s Rockets teams, winning back-to-back championships in his first years in the league (30:28) Hakeem Olajuwon and his impact (34:47) Would the Rockets have beaten the Bulls with MJ in ‘94, ‘95? (52:09) Going to Milwaukee, playing with Big Dog and Ray Allen (58:20ish) Minnesota, being on those iconic T-Wolves teams (1:12:55) Relationship with Kevin Garnett, what it was like playing with the Big Ticket (1:16:33) Winning a ring with the in ’08 with the Celtics (1:30:15) Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown’s relationship, winning the NBA finals this year (1:48:20) About Our Hosts: NBA veterans Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles are lifelong friends and bona fide truth-tellers. Listen as they invite special guests, high-profile athletes, musicians and entertainers to get brutally honest about everything from current events to untold stories from the golden era of sports and culture. Named for the on-court celebration they made wildly popular, this unfiltered, hilarious and surprising podcast is like playing NBA 2K with no fouls. Other places to find Knuckleheads: Subscribe on Youtube Follow on Instagram Follow on FacebookSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	First off, bro, we appreciate you coming on the show. You know, you always been our
0:05.0	got since rookie. You're right. I always talk, I always say like, man, you like, the best point guard never wanted to play against you.
0:14.7	We call you two point geez.
0:16.3	Right, two point geezers.
0:17.7	You like your favorite point guard's favorite point guard, man.
0:21.2	The way you played the game, man, the threat you are,
0:24.3	posting everybody up, man, big, small, little, no matter what, man. A big fan of your game,
0:30.1	big fan of your personality, you, how you carry yourself, man, you always been our vet
0:35.0	in the old gee every time we see you, it's all smiles and loves, bro, so appreciate you being
0:41.1	on the show and coming to rock with. Thanks for having me, man.
0:44.0	Y'all was young guys who was just trying to find out away in the league, man,
0:48.0	and the respect y'all gave me was big, man.
0:51.0	You know what I'm saying?
0:52.0	Like, y'all didn you know I followed your career especially
0:54.0	you you play for my coaching college you know I'm saying Pat Kennedy and he
0:58.6	always said man I got I got a got a Richardson, from Chicago, man.
1:03.5	He just to Chicago for me.
1:05.2	God damn Sam, he can play, you know what I'm saying?
1:08.3	I said, could he play with us, coach?
1:09.4	At Florida State, they absolutely.
1:11.7	He said, he could play with you guys with Bobby Sir Charlie World.
1:15.4	We have four first round drive picks off that team in college.
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