Omri Casspi, the first Israeli player to ever play in the NBA has had a successful NBA career thus far, so much so that the 22-year old has had a mural painted in his honor in Sacramento. Discuss Israeli Basketball in our Israeli basketball forum. However, the 6-9 forward’s mural has recently been defaced with [...]

Omri Casspi, the 21-year old rookie from Israel, made his first start of the season last night in the King’s 112-109 win over the Washington Wizards. (Discuss Omri Casspi’s rookie season in the NBA) Casspi played a season-high 37 minutes, scored a career-high 22 points on a career-high 16 field goal attempts. He also shot [...]

Omri Casspi, the first Israeli to play in the NBA has had a great start to his NBA career. The 6-9 swingman is averaging 10.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.1 assists in 14 minutes off the bench for the Sacramento Kings. (Discuss Omri Casspi and Israeli basketball in our forum) Casspi brings much-needed hustle, energy [...]

Interbasket’s quick roundup of the international NBA player performances during the last few days in the NBA.. This week we’ll discuss Luol Deng doing work, injured international players in Golden State, Pau Gasol‘s golden return, and Hasheem Thabeet‘s very rough NBA start. Discuss the NBA in our forum. The unspectacular Luol Deng just gets the work done [...]

It didn’t happen the first time around as Hamed Haddadi was deactivated before the game.However, when the Sacramento Kings visited the Memphis Grizzlies last night, Omri Casspi, the first Israeli NBA player met up with Hamed Haddadi, the NBA’s first Iranian player. Below is a pic of their meeting before the game. Why is this [...]

The almost 37-year old Steve Nash has been revitalized in the early season. Nash tallied 21 points and 20 assists in a Phoenix win against the the Sixers last night. Without Shaq holding down the offense, Nash is averaging 12.9 assists through 8 games and has had games of 14, 17, 20, and 20 assists, [...]

When the Sacramento Kings meet the Memphis Grizzlies tonight, it will mark the first time an Israeli player faces a player from a rival Middle East Muslim nation in the NBA. NBA rookie Omri Casspi is from Israel and plays for the Sacremento Kings, while Iranian center Hamed Haddadi plays for the Memphis Grizzlies. Both [...]