Baja, I'm sorry you're having a bad day and I really do enjoy reading a lot of your posts. I think you are incredibly insightful and very in depth about a lot of basketball stuff. However, it just seems that sometimes you have a hard time just admitting that a player is garbage. And, FYI, I never got personal with Casspi. I never called him names. In fact, I even said I thought he was a good kid who had a big heart. I just think he's very selfish when it comes to basketball. I am entitled to say that.
I try to give young players the benefit of the doubt about their intentions. Its a fast game an you sometimes have to make spit second decisions. Young inexperienced players have a tendecy to make bad one's more often than older players do. But, no matter what he intention was, its a mistake none the less. I guess I just get less emotional about a players bad play. I've watched the game so long that I've come to expect it from young players. But I'm not excusing bad play.
The bottom line with me, comes to this. Is the player coachable, and is there enough talent and dedication there to make him worth the effort. If I think so, then I'm willing to put up with more mistakes until he learns. If not, then I try and trade him. In this particular case, either Casspi or Greene had to go. Maybe both.