1:54pm: Casspi announced his retirement decision in a press conference today, writes Ennio Terrasi Borghesan of Sportando.
1:31pm: Ten-year NBA veteran forward Omri Casspi will retire from professional basketball, tweets James Ham of NBC Sports Bay Area.
Casspi, now 33, was selected with the No. 23 pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Kings. The first Israeli NBA player to be drafted in the first round, Casspi logged two tours of duty in Sacramento, playing with the Kings from 2009-11 and again from 2014-2017.
Casspi also had NBA stops with the Cavaliers, Rockets, Timberwolves, Pelicans, Warriors and Grizzlies. He most recent NBA season was 2018/19, Casspi’s lone year with Memphis.
A 6’9″ tweener who saw time at both forward positions, Casspi boasts NBA career averages of 7.9 PPG, 4.0 RPG, and 1.1 APG. He will retire with an NBA shooting line of .454/.368/.678.
More recently, Casspi played the prior two professional seasons in Israel, where he also had started his pro career in 2005. He primarily played for Maccabi Tel Aviv during his two Israeli League tenures (2005-2009 and 2019-21), but was loaned to Hapoel Galil Elyon during the ’06/07 season.
Surefire 1st ballot hall of almost good enough to be a regular rotation bench playerer.
He should definitely be a lock for the basketball HOF in Israel, if they have one.
Meh
This guy is really important to a lot of people. Him and Jeremy Lin did a lot for fans of the game who had never seen anyone like them on the court before.
Retire in peace achi.
One of the best Israeli players to lace it up. L’chaim!
Didn’t know he existed.
There’s probably a lot you don’t know
You’re on the wrong website friendo.
Didn’t know you existed.
Omri will be missed at least by me!
Definitely maximized his nba potential and left it all on the bench… good for him!