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There are several events: Casspi is playing worse and Williams better than before. Then Casspi is not playing and Williams got his minutes, then Casspi is injured and got injection. Some of them are coincidences and some not. We just don't have enough information I was thinking that attribute...

I don't think they are still high on D-Will, "showcasing" seems to be much more probable. But sadly I tend to agree about observation on Casspi's status as vet-min player which are generally viewed as easily replaceable. So coaches employ guide-line: if vet-min player performs well - ok, use...

Actually those "rumors" sometimes quite reliable if it's say twit by Marc Stein. I don't know if this blogger is as reliable as Stein, but even if so and he knows from some sources (and not just guessing as all of us here) that Kings want to trade D-Will and his expiring contract - it would be...

I think we should separate facts from interpretations Probably we will agree on facts: First: Omri was one of two (with Landry) most solid consistent and effective bench players in the team. Second: Omri got DNP-CD in last two games, D-Will played his minutes of back-up SF and some of back-up...

It doesn't look very nice for Omri now... First, I don't think it's disciplinary measure for something Omri's done/said or price for lack of effort in training or some unreported injury... Showcasing D-Will can be consideration but it's not the important point here. Generally it's probably what...

So they're running "Grinell system" ? I'm not sure... It's certainly not the right basketball as we (or almost anyone else) knows it. Still somehow it works for this team in NCA Division III. It's not high level at all, but initially "everyone" said it will not work there too. Who knows? May be...

Todays' Evans is two days ago Hollins :)

I know I'm not neutral, but still I think it's a bit disappointing that Omri don't get more PT... He was good while Rudy was out and consistently contributes off the bench... but still receive only backup SF minutes which isn't much PT... Even today with -12 in +/- I don't think he was actually...

Speaking about Dallas and AJ Price... Gal Mekel? He's israeli and good friend of Casspi and... Ok. Seriously. Indiana wanted him before Price and Price was signed only because of Mekel's visa problem. Gal is not much of shooter but he's really good passer: pick-n-rolls, sending ball to bigs...

Just misspelling:) Actually I like Landry. But he's not good perimeter defender (or really he's not perimeter defender at all). It's not so much his fault but coach's that he was ordered to guard Anderson.

Now... Let's me defend my countryman a bit. I don't think those stats say much about Omri's performance. Actually it's just proof of the thesis of the topic. Casspi is playing small number of minutes with leaders of the team (Cousins, Collison and certainly Gay ) and big minutes as part of...

Yes... It was striking. Laundry just couldn't guard Anderson. Several time he was lost inside while Anderson moved to 3pt line and got open look. It's a bit disapointment - not the fact Laundry can't guard Anderson but the fact he was asked to. Malone should know what will happen. What's...

Yes... It was Omri. Nik left Jackson and decided to run to close Ibaka (which was guarded by Reggie) in the corner. Then Omri had to rotate to Jackson, left Collison open for three. I think Reggie was alert enough to close on Ibaka would he try to shoot from corner... Here's the episode ...

As I've said already in another thread Omri was not shooter at all in his young days and now he improved his ballhandling - so this kind of game is actually more natural to him (while I hope he will hit some 3pt too). I think Casspi wanted to change his game last year (he was trying drives and...

Yes, here's the million $ (or much more than one million actually) question for Casspi... It actually happened 4 in 5 years in NBA (and the year it didn't - Omri was out of rotation all the season) I can argue that every time was different and Casspi wasn't to be blamed in some of cases. In the...

Actually I'm quite impressed with Malone coaching for now (and I wasn't inclined to when I've heard he's going to use DWill over Casspi :)) Up to now, when remembering coaches Casspi played for - none of them was impressing at all... Byron Scott was completely stagnant with his rotation -...

Previous years when speaking about Cousins to became one of, let's say, five best players in NBA (which he certainly has talent and physical qualities to be) instead of just star of his team there were two changes to be done. One is internal and it's not about improving his play but about...

What's interesting is that as young player in Israel Casspi wasn't known as shooter at all. If you'll find pre-draft analysis you'll see that many writers said that he should improve long-range shooting. Maccabi knows many shooting wings (for example, Doron Jamchi was proliferic 3pt shooter SF...

Yes. What's nice from my (israeli) point of view is that Casspi is leaving good impression even without 3pt shooting (which is least reliable part of game of almost anyone and certainly Casspi) As already told and actually it was seen in Houston already, he much less relies on long-range...

Ah... They aren't really my team (I'm still mostly for Maccabi T-A but it's a little bit boring to root for them in our local league:)) I just want israeli teams and israeli basketball at all to succeed. And Maccabi Haifa looked pretty good last two seasons - they've built new arena, brought...