I thought Casspi would be a good fit here in Houston. I thought we should have picked him up at the end of last season. He's versatile and can make the three.
Decent pick-up. If he's locked in, like he was with the Kings, he'll be a nice source of spacing and scoring off the bench. If he shoots like he did last year and in Houston, he'll be a meh reserve. Of course, on the Warriors, he'll probably get a plethora of wide, wide open looks. So pencil him in for a .450 3P%, I guess.
This is a non-event. Caspi won't make their rotation. If his contract isn't guaranteed, he may not even be on the roster opening night.
Who do you have ahead of him that can reasonably play a position he can? Obviously, the starters Green and Durant. Obviously Iguodala. You can throw Shaun Livingston in there since he can situationally play the 3 due to his length. After that? I don't think they're bringing Matt Barnes back. I don't think Kevon Looney or McAdoo is going to be ahead of him if he's shooting 40% from three like he did with the Kings. Casspi can play small forward or smallball power forward. He's a below-average but not embarrassing defender. I'm reasonably sure the Warriors signed him to be a rotation player. They can't fill their bench with Iguodalas--they need some limited players who do something useful and will sign for the minimum.
In the backcourt bench, Caspi would be behind Iggy, Livingston, McCaw (and Ian Clark if they keep him). Considering Matt Barnes is a dead corpse, he might get minutes at SF. The problem with Caspi is he's streaky, goes cold, gets down on himself and becomes totally useless for long stretches of time. Let's see what happens. He's a min player for a reason.
Casspi is a 6'9'' small forward who can play smallball power forward--I don't think he'll be competing very much with the guards (unless Golden State plans to unleash some weird lineups, which is always possible). From what I've read, Golden State doesn't expect to be able to keep Clark--he's likely to be priced out of their range. So they still have several bench spots to fill. Nick Young seems to be their preference for that guard spot. Another inconsistent player, but that's what you have to accept at the end of your bench, especially when you're over the luxury tax apron.
Surprised this Drake-listening fool is still in the NBA. He's made a career of getting people to think he can shoot and handle the ball at the 3/4.
