Player Breakdown: Omri Casspi
2011-08-24
From Conrad Kaczmarek at Fear the Sword:
Offensively, Casspi has an interesting skill set. At 6-foot-9-inches, he has more than adequate size to play the small forward position. Compare this to Christian Eyenga who measures in at merely 6-foot-5-inches. The size is a luxury that the Cavaliers would be happy to have at the 3-spot. It gives Byron Scott much more flexibility with the roster and would allow him to move Casspi to the 4-spot if they were to run a particularly small line-up out there.
Hit the link for Kaczmarek’s full analysis. As for me, I have little opinion on Casspi because, like most NBA fans not living in California’s capital, I have watched only a handful Kings games over the past couple of years. (I had to check in on my boy DeMarcus Cousins a couple times last season.) From what I understand, Casspi’s a lanky wing player who can shoot the three and doesn’t play defense. Remember when Phoenix wanted to offload Amare and the Cavs wouldn’t give up Hickson? Because I do.
What is up with the TPE? Is it extended? I am very excited for casspi. I think he has tons of potential and Sacramento was a horrible fit for him. I think his downside is a decent 3 and if the cavs pick up a shooting guard for the future in the next draft casspi will be a good fit for this team.
Plus, you can’t blame chris grant for bringing an isreali to Cleveland. That’s genius for selling tickets to beachwood.
I’ve heard both sides of the JJ/Amare trade. Not sure what’s real or not, only that the Cavs were in fact hopeful that JJ was going to turn into a real beast who worked out a lot with LeBron. Also, there were/are a lot of concerns on Amares’ health (knees/eyes/back) – not just the Cavs concerns. What I don’t know is who offered whom and which team backed out. We don’t even know if there was any kind of trade really on the table beyond a preliminary phone call or two. IF the Cavs were the ones that said no… Read more »
Yeah it’s a rumor that the Suns were willing to deal Amare for Hickson and the Cavs werent willing to part with JJ. A lot of reliable sources came out and debunked that myth and said it was the Suns who decided to not make the trade.
i was under the impression that it was cleveland who offered hickson + big Z for amar’e, and pho said no.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4913305
From what I had gathered from various resources the talks for acquiring Amare were in the very early stages, and never really progressed past that. Does anyone have strong evidence otherwise? I just can’t see the Suns ever pulling the trigger on that deal.