Omri Moshe Casspi (Hebrew: עומרי משה כספי; born June 22, 1988) is an Israeli former professional basketball player.
[9] In his rookie season as a professional player, Casspi had averages of 4.2 points and 2.1 rebounds in 9.4 minutes per game in the Israeli Premier League.
In April 2007, Casspi scored 14 points for the World Select team at the Nike Hoop Summit in Memphis.
He received the 2008 Israeli League Sixth Man of the Year award, averaging 10.4 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.
In February 2009, Casspi finished in fourth place in voting for the FIBA Europe Young Men's Player of the Year Award for the 2008–09 season, behind Ricky Rubio, Danilo Gallinari and Kosta Koufos.
Not since Oded Kattash agreed to a contract with the New York Knicks in 1999 had an Israeli player come so close to playing in the NBA.
[14] On October 28, 2009, Casspi made his NBA debut for the Kings against the Oklahoma City Thunder, scoring 15 points.
[16] On January 1, 2010, Casspi scored a then career-high 23 points against the Los Angeles Lakers (along with six rebounds, a steal, and three assists) as the Kings narrowly lost 109–108.
On January 5, Casspi set a new career-high with 24 points against the Phoenix Suns (along with seven rebounds, an assist, no turnovers, and 10–19 from the field) as the Kings lost 113–109.
[17] On June 30, 2011, Casspi was traded, along with a 2012 first round draft pick, to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for JJ Hickson.
[28] In his only game for the Pelicans three days later, Casspi broke his right thumb after scoring 12 points in the 129–99 loss to the Houston Rockets.
[35] On April 7, 2018, Casspi, being injured, was waived by the Warriors to make room for Quinn Cook on their playoff roster.
[44] On August 13, 2019, Casspi returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv for a second stint, signing a three-year deal after playing ten seasons in the NBA.
[45] On November 1, 2019, Casspi was named Israeli Player of the Month after averaging 11.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.8 steals in four games played in October.
[52] In 2015, those joining Casspi included DeMarcus Cousins, Caron Butler, Chandler Parsons, Iman Shumpert and Tyreke Evans.
[53][54] The 2016 delegation included Jeremy Piven, Shawn Marion, Amar'e Stoudemire, Beno Udrih, Rudy Gay, Donald Sloan, Chris Copeland, Georges St-Pierre, Alysha Clark, Mistie Bass and Maria Ho.