Eugene Timothy Bassett (April 1, 1951 – December 9, 2018) was an American basketball player.

[1] He played for the San Diego Conquistadors (1973–1975) and New York Nets (1975–1976) in the American Basketball Association (ABA).

After the 1976 ABA–NBA merger, he played for the Nets (1976–1979) and the San Antonio Spurs (1979–1980) in the National Basketball Association (NBA)[2] for 473 games.

Bassett was a staff member for the charitable group Heroes and Cool Kids centered in the New Jersey-New York urban area.

Their website specifically states of its goals being to spread skills such as "sportsmanship, conflict resolution, and positive lifestyle choices highlighting drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention.