In-depth interview with Casspi ... in Hebrew

[LookingAround]

http://news.walla.co.il/?w=/175/1624635

A long interview with Casspi where he says a lot of things.

In Hebrew there are no capital letters so sometimes the names translated in a funny way by translators.
Like according to Google translator: גל מקל = Gal Meke -> Wave a stick

If somebody will want some parts to be translated better just ask and me or one of the other Israelis here will do it.

 

[Arco Thunder]

Casspi is slowly becoming my favorite player (right next to Tyreke). I can't get over his passion for the game. I absolutely LOVE his heart!

 

[Asaf]

http://news.walla.co.il/?w=/175/1624635

A long interview with Casspi where he says a lot of things.

In Hebrew there are no capital letters so sometimes the names translated in a funny way by translators.
Like according to Google translator: גל מקל = Gal Meke -> Wave a stick

If somebody will want some parts to be translated better just ask and me or one of the other Israelis here will do it.

Here's a perfect example of what I was talking about when I said the Israeli sports media is a big pile of garbage: In the secondary headline it says that Omri talks about thoughts of playing for bigger teams, while in the body of the interview the only one who's actually talking about is the interviewer. Omri's response is "I'm not even thinking about that. I feel like this (Sacramento) is the natural place for me. I just go out there every night and do the best I can. Still, I think I can do much more".

That was Omri's response. There is not even a hint of him speaking about a desire to move to a "bigger" team in the NBA.

Another thing is when they talk about the Allstar game, the interviewer "forgets" to mention that they are talking about the rookie-sophomore game, making it seem like Omri is saying he should be in the actual Kobe-Lebron-Wade-etc Allstar game. He does say that he eventually wants to be the next European allstar (the secondary headline of course interpreted that as "Casspi wants to be the next Nowitzki), and says that it's definitely possible "in the future", but he certainly wasn't talking about this year.

I really think Omri should avoid talking to the Israeli media as much as possible. Nothing good can come out of it. Especially with the guy who interviewed him who will always take things out of context and present them in a way that fits his agenda. Besides, I think right now he should just focus on what he's doing and continuously improving. He shouldn't be trying to calculate what his stats will look like next season, and he shouldn't be criticizing his former coaches (although there was more than a grain of truth in what he was talking about). Those things can only lead to a lack of focus and that's really not what he needs right now.

 

[VF21]

Maybe responsible media all over the world is going the way of the dinosaur? We, too, get the reporters who are more interested in trying to get their subjects to say what they, the writers, want them to say than they are about telling an accurate story...

 

[FromIsrael]

You guyz should read the Column his writin.. way more intresting than all those interviews..
http://www.casspi18.com/index.php/page/43.html

 

[drboiffard]

The problem of the whole profession of journalism becoming more and more ****ty isn't exclusive of Israeli media, I think.

 

[casspion]

Here's a perfect example of what I was talking about when I said the Israeli sports media is a big pile of garbage: In the secondary headline it says that Omri talks about thoughts of playing for bigger teams, while in the body of the interview the only one who's actually talking about is the interviewer. Omri's response is "I'm not even thinking about that. I feel like this (Sacramento) is the natural place for me. I just go out there every night and do the best I can. Still, I think I can do much more".

That was Omri's response. There is not even a hint of him speaking about a desire to move to a "bigger" team in the NBA.

Another thing is when they talk about the Allstar game, the interviewer "forgets" to mention that they are talking about the rookie-sophomore game, making it seem like Omri is saying he should be in the actual Kobe-Lebron-Wade-etc Allstar game. He does say that he eventually wants to be the next European allstar (the secondary headline of course interpreted that as "Casspi wants to be the next Nowitzki), and says that it's definitely possible "in the future", but he certainly wasn't talking about this year.

I really think Omri should avoid talking to the Israeli media as much as possible. Nothing good can come out of it. Especially with the guy who interviewed him who will always take things out of context and present them in a way that fits his agenda. Besides, I think right now he should just focus on what he's doing and continuously improving. He shouldn't be trying to calculate what his stats will look like next season, and he shouldn't be criticizing his former coaches (although there was more than a grain of truth in what he was talking about). Those things can only lead to a lack of focus and that's really not what he needs right now.

100% right. And that is exactly what I was thinking. I don't think he can avoid the home country media all together , but he should give them the most laconic answers possible.

 

[VF21]

100% right. And that is exactly what I was thinking. I don't think he can avoid the home country media all together , but he should give them the most laconic answers possible.

The standard NBA response: "Both teams played hard, man. Both teams played hard."

 

[DeaconBlues]

100% right. And that is exactly what I was thinking. I don't think he can avoid the home country media all together , but he should give them the most laconic answers possible.

Bah, I loved that interview, specifically because he didn't hold back and put the Hebrew Hammer down.

I've got a slow night shift right now and probably a slow evening shift tomorrow, so I thought about translating it, but there really isn't much of interest there to Kings fans.

There's this, though:

"Here, in Sacramento, I get more leeway. I feel that I'm being given a freer rein, that I'm allowed to make mistakes. Westphal has no issues with me taking shots, and he strongly encourages me to handle the ball. They say that if Magic Johnson hadn't had a coach who believed that a player his size could a point guard, and hadn't allowed him to dribble, we wouldn't have gotten one of the greatest Point Guards in history. Here, from the very first practice, coach has been working with me on ballhandling. Once I started handling the ball, I starteed making plays for others. Coach told me from the very first moment: 'I'm going with you, try, dare. You might turn it over five times today, and five more tomorrow, but the next day you'll turn it over four times, and then three, and eventually you won't be turning it over because your confidence and handle will be better.' You know, from the first moment they've been comparing me to Turkoglu around here. They gave me confidence. In Maccabi they didn't give me that sort of confidence. That said, I was younger and less experienced when I started out there."

If anyone needed any more evidence that Westphal is an outstanding player's coach.

There's quite a bit more criticism of previous coaches for not letting him and other young players develop (he's actually a lot less diplomatic about the treatment of Lior Eliyahu then about his own) and a very astute analysis of Maccabi's current roster, it's financial means, and it's near-sighted structural paradigm. Loved every word of it.