Official Thread: Omri Caspi

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Omri Caspi, SF/PF
17 years old 6'8" 220 lbs.
Maccabi Tel Aviv, International

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[coachjon]

Caspi could eventually develop into a top 10 pick a few years down the road. i think he could develop into a top bench player (6, 7, 8th man) that could start a few years when he is in his prime.

He is athletic, runs the floor well, slasher, good wingspan, versatile, good shooter out to 3 (settles for jumper too often), good midrange game, good ballhandler (can play point forward), excels in transition game, skilled, selfish, attitude problem, doesn't play hard all the time, poor rebounder, needs more top level experience, not very quick.

[jwfish6]

sureless casspi is as high of a prospect as victor claver as he is ranked a few spots below..

could somebody make a comparison between Casspi and Gallinari as they sound pretty similar...

also does anyone know why the "last updated" date was taken off the rankings? It makes it tough to see what the latest rankings are..

[coachjon]

In terms of NBA comparisons Gallinari is like Stojakovic and Casspi is like Turkoglu. Casspi is very versatile and can do alot of things but isn't a specialist at anything. Gallinari is a scorer or to be more specific a shooter.

[kuchini1]

I always thought these comparisons are not very accurate,and the comparisons that Coachjon gave is a pretty good example.
Casspi and Danilo,both are versatile.
Both have good size and very good ball-handling skiils,both are pretty much the complete package in terms of offense.

Gallinari is the one with the more consistent shoot,but in contrary to Peja he is realy not a one-dimensional player.He can do a lot of thing on the floor.

Casspi is the more athletic guy(although Danilo is a better athlete than people used to think about),the one that is maybe more suitable to the NBA,but lacks some consistency with his shoot.
Il'l continue that IMO Gallinari seems to be the better defender(especially this year)and have a better basketball IQ(danilo's one is terrific).

[Genjuro]

sureless casspi is as high of a prospect as victor claver as he is ranked a few spots below..

could somebody make a comparison between Casspi and Gallinari as they sound pretty similar...

also does anyone know why the "last updated" date was taken off the rankings? It makes it tough to see what the latest rankings are..
The international rankings are usually updated regularly, and particularly the 88 rank was updated this past weekend.

You are right about Claver and Casspi. I consider them prospects on a similar level, just as other guys such as Dasic, Faverani or Ajinca. Of course always considering that they are very different type of players, some bringing more potential and question marks, other bringing more readiness and better chances to fulfill lower expectations.

Claver had a breakout performance this last weekend in the ACB League and might start getting regular playing time. Let's remember that he's a better athlete than Casspi, more explosive, slightly taller (like one inch) and selected in the all U-18 Euro Championship team. However, if I had to pick one of them for Europe, I would go with Casspi, as I'm positive he will become an excellent player (he has size, skills and great character), while with Claver you always have a few doubts about his character (although he's in the process of solving them) and his position on court (he's sometimes used as a PF, while Casspi is all the way a SF thanks to his great handles).

Regarding Gallinari, I couldn't disagree more with coachjon. Danilo has the complete package. He's as much of an all-around guy as you will find in Europe. Casspi is a bit shorter and a better athlete, but Gallinari is so skilled, so talented, so smart, that it's scary. Besides, he's a much better defender than the Israeli.

[jwfish6]

They should have brought Gallinari over for the Hoop Summit after all of his recent hype in the last year. He could have had the same luck as Batum and solitified himself in the lottery this year.

[Genjuro]

They should have brought Gallinari over for the Hoop Summit after all of his recent hype in the last year. He could have had the same luck as Batum and solitified himself in the lottery this year.
I know these games help a player's stock, but I honestly tell you that if Batum hadn't played the game and he had decided to declare, he would likely be in the same place in our mock. In other situation, with a more unknown player, it would be different, but Batum is a well-known guy. The same goes for Gallinari. I think he's a mid-first-round player with or without the Hoop Summit.

Also, it's highly likely that they indeed tried to bring Gallinari, but he's one of the key pieces in Milano, so his team wouldn't let him go, and perhaps even himself wouldn't be that interested.

[jwfish6]

that makes sense...actually for a player like Gallinari a weak performance could hurt his stock..not that he is a weak player but everyone can have bad games (like Mayo in the Mcdonalds game and Ajinca in this game in my opinion).

I also heard Chen didn't even want to be there, so I guess some players are uninterested.

[Genjuro]

that makes sense...actually for a player like Gallinari a weak performance could hurt his stock..not that he is a weak player but everyone can have bad games (like Mayo in the Mcdonalds game and Ajinca in this game in my opinion).
Ajinca showed what he is, a very raw guy. He can barely stay on the floor with Le Mans because he's a very ineffective guy, who only brings some intimidation but suffers physically and currently doesn't posses one single reliable offensive move. He has incredible potential, but he's years away, that's why he hasn't been in our mocks since early into the season.

The thing is, if he had played a good game, it would have certainly helped his stock and it might have led some team to likely commit a big mistake. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I get the feeling that sometimes teams take decisions without good enough base, perhaps because the guy who ultimately pulls the trigger doesn't have a deep enough knowledge on a player and he happens to see that player on the right (or wrong) place at the right (or wrong) time.

[jwfish6]

Definetely, a perfect example is Sane. I will never believe the idea that he might be good someday and he has good athleticism and blocking skills, he is no way a top 10 pick, EVER. I mean that might be one of the most immature picks ever. Hey, I can understand Biedrnis and Korolev, i see potential in them. But Sane, no way in hell. If he was in Africa still noone would no of him, or if he was an American kid with a darker skin tone he would not of been taken. To make matters worse, as bad of a pick as he was, they made an even worse pick with Robert Swift before him . 2 of the worst picks in my opinion in a long time and they are both big men of the sonics.

[Mr. Body]

That Saer-Sene pick gives me hope some middling team will totally screw up this draft and pick someone way above where they should be, thereby letting a nice player tumble to a much better team.

Seriously, the Sonics? Drafted Petro, Swift, Sene, signed Wilcox, and they're all degrees of terrible.

[Genjuro]

Definetely, a perfect example is Sane. I will never believe the idea that he might be good someday and he has good athleticism and blocking skills, he is no way a top 10 pick, EVER. I mean that might be one of the most immature picks ever. Hey, I can understand Biedrnis and Korolev, i see potential in them. But Sane, no way in hell. If he was in Africa still noone would no of him, or if he was an American kid with a darker skin tone he would not of been taken. To make matters worse, as bad of a pick as he was, they made an even worse pick with Robert Swift before him . 2 of the worst picks in my opinion in a long time and they are both big men of the sonics.
Indeed I think Korolev is a similar case.

Let see: the guy has very good potential but fares poorly in the 2004 European Championship, the last competitive setting he sees before being selected in the draft. He moves to CSKA, playing with a studded junior team that always faces very inferior competition. He gets major exposure in the Euroleague Final Four Junior Tournament, where he's apparently seen by the Clippers decisors, and they fall in love with him after watching him shining in a few extremely comfortable games. They give him some kind of promise and he never plays in any other setting, not even the Treviso camp or any competitive workout as far as I know. They ignore his past struggles, his mental issues, they are just dazzled with his exhibitions in no-competitive games. At least, that is the impression I have.

[Netanel Dahan Eurobasket]

I think that Casspi is great player,at his last league game he scoerd 24 points took 8 reabounds in 28 minutes.
By the way he registered to 2008 draft.

[frodoborg]

Hi all

Casspi progress in 07/08 Euroleague:

Regular Season: 08:31 mpg - 3.1 ppg - 1.4 rpg
Top 16: 14:05 - 5.6 - 2.4
Play Off: 24:07 - 11.5 - 7.5

[Mike005]

I'm a bit surprised by how he has climbed among scouts if in fact he may be getting a first round promise. I'm sure part of it probably has to do with the financial benefits of him staying with Maccabi another couple years to develop while not taking up a roster spot or costing them luxury tax dollars, but I'm not sure it all adds up. Then again with two months to go, a million things could change.

[mullet is gone]

If I was new york Id like at him given the jewish population there. An israeli rookie would be a big draw.

[nextstar1019]

ive seen some people really high on him, others not at all
where do you think he will get drafted
i know the spurs really like him

[coachjon]

i think casspi could still pull out because as of right now he is a early second to mid second round pick, but if he redeclared next year he could sneak into the first round.