Omri Casspi
Casspi during his first stint with the Kings
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| Free agent | |
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| Position | Forward |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
June 22, 1988 Holon, Israel |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23rd overall |
| Selected by the Sacramento Kings | |
| Playing career | 2005–present |
| Career history | |
| 2005–2009 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| 2006–2007 | →Hapoel Galil Elyon |
| 2009–2011 | Sacramento Kings |
| 2011–2013 | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| 2013–2014 | Houston Rockets |
| 2014–2017 | Sacramento Kings |
| 2017 | New Orleans Pelicans |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Omri Moshe Casspi (Hebrew: עומרי משה כספי, born June 22, 1988) is an Israeli professional basketball player who last played for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) tall, and plays the small forward position, but he can play also at the power forward position.
He was drafted 23rd overall in the 2009 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings, making him the first Israeli to be selected in the first round of an NBA draft. With his Kings debut in 2009, Casspi became the first Israeli to play in an NBA game. The Cleveland Cavaliers traded for him in June 2011. He signed with the Houston Rockets in July 2013. In July 2014, Casspi was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans as part of a three-team trade, but was later waived. He then returned to Sacramento prior to the 2014–15 season. In February 2017, he was traded to to the Pelicans alongside DeMarcus Cousins.
Casspi is Jewish, was born in Holon, Israel, and grew up in Yavne. He is the son of Shimon and Ilana, and has an older brother, Eitan, and a younger sister, Aviv. Both of Casspi's parents are Israeli-born and of Moroccan Jewish heritage.
As a child, Casspi played for junior programs at Elitzur Yavne and Maccabi Rishon LeZion. When he was 13, he moved to the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team, winning the State Youth championship in 2005.
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