A lot of you guys are too young to remember this, but the narrative surrounding Sam Cassell later on in his career was simply that he was a winner. From Milwaukee, to Minnesota, to the Clippers, everywhere he went, he turned the team around quickly and made it highly competitive. Robert Horry’s reputation of course was as one of the greatest clutch performers in NBA playoff history.
As great as Dream was, the Rockets don’t win the two titles without Horry and Cassell. I think you all agree with that statement. And so I used to always find myself wondering whether those two were innately “clutch” or they just became “winners” from playing in championship settings from the very moment they both entered the league.