Houston Rockets - Sam Cassell

Here we have a legit replica Sam Cassell Houston Rockets jersey. I picked this up in Traverse City in the fall of 1994 while vacationing up north. One of the things I enjoyed doing as a high school youth, was to travel to various shopping malls while looking for jerseys. I had already got an Olajuwon and Vernon Maxwell Rockets jersey but the only obscure jerseys this mall had were a bunch of Rockets players. I guess it wasn't too unusual as they had just won the championship. They had a good selection. Of course they had Hakeem, as well as Thorpe, Maxwell, Smith, Horry, and Cassell. I was most interested in Horry and Cassell. I purchased this Cassell jersey because I had never seen it prior. So there you have it. Sam Cassell would play for many teams and bring success to where ever he landed but it was only recently would he realize something that has eluded him since his first two seasons… another championship ring. It was a good matching for Boston and Sam last season as his arrival solidified the point guard position and also gave Rajon Rondo some veteran partnership…

The WHAT?

Talk about faking the funk. This jersey is currently being sold on Ebay as an "Authentic Sam Cassell New Jersey Nets Jersey 1994-95" in size 46.

Let me see now, Cassel won one of those conveited NBA Championship rings with the Rockets that season and it wasn't untill 96-97 that Cassell played for the Nets (those were some great years when it comes to trade, Suns, Mavs and Nets basically swapped whole rosters during those years, suiting up over 30 different players in one season at one point).

I digress, the Nets, meanwhile, never rocked those beautiful jerseys by the time Cassell came to Jersey, instead rocking far less creative designs. That was the Kerry Kittles era, and I just dropped that name to sneak in this pic.

Furthermore, when was the last time you saw a Champion size 46 jersey? How about....never?

Without further adue, JerseySpot presents the first post in a series of fake jerseys spotted on Ebay: Sam Cassell, sold by Jersey4theWin (who normally sells pretty nice stuff).

Edit: Insidehoops Member Mco543 also pointed out how this jersey rocks the gold "NBA at 50" special anniversary logo, which was in 1996. Things don't add up right there.

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