Among the list of players where a number of front office types have looked at them and said “get them out of there and in the right system and they will thrive,” Omri Casspi would be near the top. Which is a strange thing to say about a guy in his eighth NBA season who played for four different teams, but he’s spent the majority of his career in the constantly changing seas of Sacramento, and when he was in Cleveland it was the Byron Scott era. There’s a sense among some that given a chance to be a solid stretch four as part of a rotation, he would be a good fit.
When he went to New Orleans as part of the DeMarcus Cousins trade, that seemed like a potentially good fit. Then 24 minutes into his first game as a Pelican he broke his thumb, and New Orleans waived him because they wanted a shooter who could help them make a playoff push.
Now, Casspi might get another chance, reports Marc Stein of ESPN.
Veteran swingman Omri Casspi has been cleared to resume basketball activities after his recent thumb injury, league sources say,
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) March 14, 2017
Sources say Casspi is now evaluating his options and has drawn interest from multiple playoff teams, including the Grizzlies and Clippers.
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) March 14, 2017
Those two teams make sense. The Grizzlies are in desperate need of quality perimeter shooting, particularly after having Chandler Parsons tear the meniscus in his left knee, ending his season. The Clippers would likely use him more as a three, where they continue to look for any and all help.
There likely are other options out who could use Casspi — Golden State? Oklahoma City? Milwaukee? — and may get in on the bidding. Hopefully, he chooses a landing spot where he has a real fit, the coach gets his skill set, and he will get some quality run.
