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cassipi or claver
hope one of these guys opt to stay overseas so we can get them in next years draft more prefer claver to make sure he's %100
You think they'll draft another PG or SG before a center? Guards on the roster under the age of 30: Parker, Hill, and Mason. Big men on the roster under the age of 30: Mahinmi and Bonner. I'd definitely say SF and C are the two positions the Spurs need to target in the offseason.
cassipi or claver
hope one of these guys opt to stay overseas so we can get them in next years draft more prefer claver to make sure he's %100
Talk About the Passion: An Interview with Omri Casspi
http://www.48minutesof .com/
nice
I kind of hope we get him, but I'm afraid the @#$#@% Blazers or Rockets will grab him just before we can.
The more I see and read about this guy the more I see why the Spurs have been following him around. If they are going to move up for someone, this is the player to do it for.
Height without shoes - 6' 7.75"
Height with shoes - 6' 9.25"
Weight - 211
Wingspan - 6' 9.25"
Standing Reach - 8' 10.5"
Like I said in this thread he is 6-9 NOT 6-8. Never believe draftexpress or nbadraft.net about these player heights from Europe unless it is the actual measurements. The idiots at those sites do NOT know how to use metric system. They fail at math badly.
There are several players with 1.75 inch. Just look at the site.
either way this kid can play at the 3 a much needed position and if we were to go small he can play the 4 for sure....he seems like a great all around player and person as well
I like this dude, can he play next season or do we have to wait three years for him to us over?
The Casspi question
By Jeff McDonald
The NBA draft is still nearly a month away. For everybody except the Lakers, Cavaliers, Magic and maybe the Nuggets, it's not too early to start looking ahead to June 25.
For the Spurs, much of the early speculation — emphasis on the word early — has surrounded a 20-year-old Israeli named Omri Casspi.
Casspi, a 6-foot-8 small forward, isn't exactly a household name in the Alamo City. Draft wonks, and certainly those in the Spurs front office, know exactly who he is. Casspi has been playing in the Euroleague since he was 17, most recently with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He has been on the Spurs radar for about as long.
He is a decent 3-point shooter (shooting nearly 40 percent for Maccabi Tel Aviv last season), in the mold of Utah's Matt Harpring. One of the Spurs' goals this offseason is to begin to get younger on the wing, and Casspi — still not old enough to drink legally in the United States — certainly fills the bill there.
Unlike other European prospects the Spurs have taken in recent drafts (see Splitter, Tiago), Casspi reportedly is bedazzled with the prospect of playing in the NBA, and would likely take a financial hit to make that dream come true.
So, what's to keep Casspi from taking a call from the Spurs on draft day? There are two intertwined factors.
No. 1 — There are rumors that Casspi will withdraw from the draft if he's not guaranteed to be a first round pick. At the pre-draft combine in Chicago earlier this week, he didn't exactly deny that rumor. At this point, Casspi is projected as a late first-round, early second-round selection.
No. 2 — The Spurs have no first-round pick this season, having dealt theirs (No. 25 overall) to Seattle/Oklahoma City in February 2008 as part of the Kurt Thomas deal. The Spurs do have three second-round picks (Nos. 37, 51 and 53).
Don't be surprised to see the Spurs try to trade into the bottom of the first round, if they think they have a shot at Casspi. That is one storyline worth watching on draft day.
Casspi, meanwhile, hasn't scheduled a private workout with the Spurs, and it remains uncertain that he would. He probably doesn't have to. The Spurs have been scouting Casspi for so long, they know all there is to know about him.
However, there is a long and growing list of prospects who have worked out or are believed to have worked out for the Spurs. Among them:
PG — Nic Wise of Arizona, Ben Woodside of North Dakota State, Kyle McAlarney of Notre Dame, Jeremy Pargo of Gonzaga, Donald Sloan of Texas A&M, Curtis Jerrells of Baylor and Nick Calathes of Florida.
SG — Dionte Christmas of Temple, Dwyane Collins of Miami, Alex Ruoff of West Virginia, Greivis Vasquez of Maryland, Va., Jermaine Taylor from Central Florida and Courtney Fells from North Carolina State.
SF/PF: Tyler Smith of Tennesee, Robert Dozier of Memphis and Leo Lyons from Missouri.
(I posted this on the Spurs Forum too:
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127579 )
Casspi mentions the Spurs specifically in his interview today....
http://www.draftexpress.com/article/...terviews-3238/
The youtube clips won't work for me. I can't hear .
Me neither...but I do like this kid & I'm sure Portland & the Rockets & a few others will specifically us over again by picking him right before we do.
they asked where do u think your gonna be drafted...he said 19, 20, 22...also 37 san antonio......something like that
There's a interview vid on DX where he names SA Spurs as interested. I remember they had some interest last year as well. Some folks thought they gave him a promise if he'd stay one more year with McCabbi to improve his skills and put on some weight.Casspi is a nice prospect.
Spurs are said to be really interested in him. Given that he has the possibility to withdraw his name from the draft, I don't know if he will stay in without a first round promise. We will see at the withdrawal deadline on June 15th.
I really suspect highlight vids that basically are all dunks on undefended breakaways. Any 6'8" player ought to be able to do that. I'd really like to see some defense and perimeter shooting if he's gonna be a SF
Try this link for his interview from Friday:
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Omri-Casspi-538/
Not much of a promise when you trade away your first round pick. And I think Casspi is merely citing where he's heard he might go, and DX has had him at our 37th pick for a while.
if not yet posted:
this reminds me a lot like last year with Batum. (with the difference that the Spurs didn't need to somehow get a 1st rounder).Spurs may move up for Casspi
For the Spurs, much of the early draft speculation -- emphasis on the word early -- has surrounded a 20-year-old Israeli named Omri Casspi. Don't be surprised to see the Spurs try to trade into the bottom of the first round, if they think they have a shot at Casspi. Casspi, meanwhile, hasn't scheduled a private workout with the Spurs, and it remains uncertain that he would. He probably doesn't have to. The Spurs have been scouting Casspi for so long, they know all there is to know about him.
San Antonio Express-News
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_r...pi?eref=fromSI
ok, I start to live with it. just read on 48MoH that sourses told them that my man Dasic is a bit nuts and that teams won't touch him, otherwise he would be projected much higher. ok, if they got to chose between an arrogant player and a nut player they maybe should take the first one.
or Jerebko? he's nice and as far as I know he is all there.
DraftExpress now has him going 30th to the Cavaliers. Looks like his stock is rising.
We don't have a choice. We will have to trade up if we really want him.
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