Omar Casspi Going Back To Basics
By Lang Greene
NBA Writer
During his first two seasons in the league, forward Omri Casspi was starting to develop into a double-digit nightly producer with the Sacramento Kings. Not surprisingly when the Cleveland Cavaliers acquired the wing last year via trade expectations were high for a breakout season from Casspi.
It didn’t happen. Casspi struggled to a career low 40 percent shooting performance from the field and also posted career lows in three-point percentage (32%) and points per game (7.1).
Casspi feels he has to get back to the basics and play more to his strengths.
“Basically, I just have to go back to playing my basketball,” Casspi told Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv this week. “To be good, effective, to punish — everything I didn’t do last season. I need to go back to my old self.”
The Cavaliers recently signed veteran forward C.J. Miles in free agency which may also eat into Casspi’s minutes in the rotation this season. But Casspi isn’t worried for the moment.
“I know that the team brought more players on the wings, and everybody in Cleveland is good,” Casspi said. “But none of us is an All- Star. We don’t have Kobe [Bryant] or LeBron [James] there. Coach [Byron] Scott says that whoever is better will play, and I believe him.”
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