Omri Casspi

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Omri Casspi
Omri Casspi 3.jpg
Casspi with the Kings
No. 18 – Sacramento Kings
Position Forward
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1988-06-22) June 22, 1988 (age 36)
Holon, Israel
Nationality Israeli
Listed height 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight 225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23rd overall
Selected by the Sacramento Kings
Playing career 2005–present
Career history
2005–2009 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2006–2007 →Hapoel Galil Elyon
2009–2011 Sacramento Kings
2011–2013 Cleveland Cavaliers
2013–2014 Houston Rockets
2014–present Sacramento Kings
Career highlights and awards

Omri Moshe Casspi (Hebrew: עומרי משה כספי‎, born June 22, 1988) is an Israeli professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) tall, and plays the small forward position, but he can play also at the power forward position.

He was drafted 23rd overall in the 2009 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings, making him the first Israeli to be selected in the first round of an NBA draft. With his Kings debut in 2009, Casspi became the first Israeli to play in an NBA game.[1] The Cleveland Cavaliers traded for him in June 2011. He signed with the Houston Rockets in July 2013.[2] In July 2014, Casspi was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans as part of a three-team trade, but was later waived. He then returned to Sacramento prior to the 2014–15 season.

Early life

Casspi is Jewish,[3][4][5] was born in Holon, Israel, and grew up in Yavne.[6] He is the son of Shimon and Ilana, and has an older brother, Eitan, and a younger sister, Aviv. Both of Casspi's parents are Israeli-born and of Moroccan Jewish heritage.[7]

As a child, Casspi played for junior programs at Elitzur Yavne and Maccabi Rishon LeZion. When he was 13, he moved to the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team, winning the State Youth championship in 2005.

Professional career

Israel

Casspi, playing for Israel in 2010

Having previously played for Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team, Casspi made his professional debut at age 17 with Maccabi Tel Aviv during the 2005–06 season.[8] In his rookie season as the professional player, he had averages of 4.2 points and 2.1 rebounds in 9.4 minutes per game in the Israeli League. In 2006, he was loaned to Hapoel Galil Elyon for the 2006–07 season,[9] going on to win the 2007 "Discovery of the Year" award, after having a breakthrough season behind him. He averaged 11.1 points and 3.1 rebounds over 28 games. In April 2007, he scored 14 points for the World Select team at the Nike Hoop Summit in Memphis.[10]

Casspi returned to Maccabi for the 2007–08 season. The team reached the Euroleague Finals in 2008. Casspi received the 2008 Israeli League Sixth Man of the Year award, averaging 10.4 points and 4 rebounds per game. In February 2009, he finished in fourth place in voting for the FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award for the 2008–09 season, behind Ricky Rubio, Danilo Gallinari and Kosta Koufos. Maccabi won a state championship in 2009. In the same season, Casspi's role in the team increased in the Israeli League, as well as in the Euroleague. Over 27 league games, Casspi averaged 12.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists, all career-highs.

NBA

In 2008, Casspi declared himself eligible for the 2008 NBA draft, but he withdrew before the declaration deadline after failing to receive a first-round draft guarantee from any NBA club.[9]

Sacramento Kings (2009–2011)

On June 25, 2009, Casspi was selected with the 23rd overall pick by the Sacramento Kings in the 2009 NBA draft,[11] becoming the first Israeli player selected as a first-round draft pick. Not since Oded Kattash agreed to a contract with the New York Knicks in 1999 had an Israeli player come so close to playing in the NBA.[12] On July 10, 2009, he signed a multi-year deal with the Kings.[13]

On October 28, 2009, Casspi made his NBA debut for the Kings against the Oklahoma City Thunder, scoring 15 points.[14] On December 16, 2009, Casspi made his first NBA start. Scoring 22 points against the Washington Wizards, he tied the most points scored by any Kings player in his first start since the team moved to Sacramento in 1985.[15]

On January 1, 2010, Casspi scored a then career-high 23 points against the Los Angeles Lakers (along with 6 rebounds, 1 steal, and 3 assists) as the Kings lost, 109–108. On January 2, 2010, he grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds against the Dallas Mavericks (along with 22 points, 1 steal, and 4 assists) as the Kings lost, 99–91. On January 5, 2010, Casspi set a new career-high with 24 points against the Phoenix Suns (along with 7 rebounds, 1 assist, no turnovers, and 10–19 from the field) as the Kings lost, 113–109.

In February 2010, Casspi was chosen to participate in the NBA All-Star Weekend Rookie Challenge, as well as the NBA All-Star Weekend H–O–R–S–E Competition against Kevin Durant and Rajon Rondo.

In 2010–11, Casspi played in 71 games for Sacramento (starting 27 of them). He averaged 8.6 points, shot .412 shooting (including .372 from three-point range), and averaged 4.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 24.1 minutes per game. In his two seasons for Sacramento, he averaged 9.5 points on .431 shooting, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.1 assists in 24.6 minutes per game.[16]

Cleveland Cavaliers (2011–2013)

On June 30, 2011, Casspi was traded, along with a 2012 first round draft pick, to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for JJ Hickson.[16]

Houston Rockets (2013–2014)

Casspi with the Rockets in October 2013

On July 16, 2013, Casspi signed a multi-year deal with the Houston Rockets.[2] On November 1, 2013, for the first time Israelis on opposing NBA teams faced each other, as the Rockets played Gal Mekel and the Dallas Mavericks; the two were teammates on the Israeli Under 16, Under 18, and Under 20 teams, and on the Maccabi Tel Aviv junior team.[17][18]

On July 15, 2014, Casspi was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans in a three-team trade that also involved the Rockets and the Washington Wizards.[19] On July 23, 2014, he was waived by the Pelicans.[20]

Return to the Kings (2014–present)

On September 18, 2014, Casspi signed with the Sacramento Kings, returning for a second stint.[21] On April 7, 2015, he scored a then career-high 31 points on 12-of-20 shooing in a 116-111 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.[22]

On July 14, 2015, Casspi re-signed with the Kings.[23] On December 28, 2015, he scored a career-high 36 points in a loss to the Golden State Warriors. He also tied Mike Bibby's team record with nine three-pointers.[24]

Footwear and endorsements

Casspi is an endorser of the Adidas brand and has worn various Adidas basketball shoe models during NBA games, including the Adidas D Rose 773 and the Adidas Crazy Ghost 2.[25]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season. He also played in domestic competition, and regional competition if applicable.

NBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009–10 Sacramento 77 31 25.1 .446 .369 .672 4.5 1.2 .7 .2 10.3
2010–11 Sacramento 71 27 24.0 .412 .372 .673 4.3 1.0 .8 .2 8.6
2011–12 Cleveland 65 35 20.6 .403 .315 .685 3.5 1.0 .6 .3 7.1
2012–13 Cleveland 43 1 11.7 .394 .329 .537 2.7 .7 .6 .3 4.0
2013–14 Houston 71 2 18.1 .422 .347 .680 3.7 1.2 .6 .2 6.9
2014–15 Sacramento 67 19 21.1 .489 .402 .733 3.9 1.5 .5 .1 8.9
Career 394 115 20.8 .432 .356 .684 3.9 1.1 .6 .2 7.9

Career highs

  • Points: 36 @ Warriors 12/28/15
  • Rebounds: 17 @ Clippers 02/21/15
  • Assists: 7 2 times: @ Nuggets 04/12/15, @ Pistons 12/21/13
  • Steals: 6 vs Wizards 12/08/10
  • Blocks: 2 7 times: @ Cavaliers 03/22/14, vs Pistons 04/10/13, vs Mavs 02/04/12, vs Warriors 01/17/12, @ Suns 02/13/11, vs Celtics 02/16/10, @ Bucks 12/19/09

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2005–06 Maccabi Tel Aviv 3 0 2.7 .000 .000 .500 .0 .0 .0 .0 .7 - 1.7
2007–08 20 7 11.3 .545 .286 .600 2.1 .6 .3 .3 4.5 4.7
2008–09 16 8 17.5 .505 .450 .771 3.1 .4 .8 .2 8.8 7.1
Career 39 15 13.2 .509 .371 .688 2.4 .5 .5 .2 6.0 5.2

International career

Casspi plays for the Israel national basketball team in international competition,[26][27] and was the team captain at the 2015 European Championship.[28]

See also

References

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  17. ↑ Casspi and Mekel both shine in first-ever Israeli NBA face-off
  18. ↑ Historic meeting for Gal Mekel and Omri Casspi
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  20. ↑ Pelicans Waive Omri Casspi
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  24. ↑ Curry's triple-double leads Warriors past Kings 122-103
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