Garcia had a decent showing last time he was out and has been hitting 45% from 3 since he's been back, but he doesn't do other things we'll like rebounding or defense, if I had to guess I think Hamilton gets in the rotation. I'm just hoping for a more polished version of casspi & I would actually be ok with him getting rotational mins. I Still would like to see Covington also.
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I dont see any reason to **** on Casspi, hes average bench player, he plays the time coach gives him. And thats about it. I just have this feeling MCH doesnt tell players, especially bench rotation guys what he expect them to do. Dmo made comments that he adjusted his game to be more "hustle/defense", but he was saying that like MCH didnt really tell him what do to on the court, so he just starting hustling and MCH liked it. Then he tells if he played like before, MCH would prolly bench him again. Now i have similar suspicion that Casspi as well doesnt know what to do out there, thats why you see him taking wild off balance shots, trying to play like Magic, etc.
One thing I do not understand is why Casspi passes up on open looks from deep and feels the need to drive instead. Conversely, sometimes he tends to chuck up highly contested shots in the Rudy Gay (pre-Sacramento era) way. Now that we have some alternatives at the backup wing spot, I think we should play Parsons at the 4 in small lineups and either Garcia or Hamilton at the 3. Then cross-match Harden with their PF on defense, Garcia/Hamilton on their SG, and Parsons on the SF. This sort if lineup should become increasingly popular imo. Summary: Let Casspi warm the bench, let Harden bang inside with Ibaka and Griffin (those two are arguably better than David Lee; however, Harden has matched up successfully with Ibaka in the 2013 playoffs, as many of us remember McHale outplaying former Rockets cheerleader Scott Brooks to an unfathomable 6-game series).
I just compared the numbers. Casspi is better then Hamilton. Beginning to feel the despair. Only the great lord Covington, First of His Name can save the back up SF position.
Casspi plays the way the team wants him and everyone else to play. This team is all about the "multiple penetration" game: dribble penetrate for layup/dunk/foul, if nothing is there, pitch out to a guy spotted up at the 3 point line, and that guy would either shoot the 3 or dribble penetrate himself if the opponent closes out hard at the shooter, and the cycle repeats. Almost every non-center on the team plays this way: Harden, Lin, Parsons, Casspi, Garcia, even Jones and DMo. They'll mixed in some post ups especially if Dwight has it going but the team is all about the drive and kick (then drive again and kick again...). I think it was Chris Webber (him or Steve Kerr) who noted that what makes the Rockets work is the fact that almost every one of their 3 pt shooters are also a threat to drive against the close out. They have varying degrees of abilities but the game plan is for all of them to play this way.
Good to see the sane voices return... Plain, dry facts: Spoiler 1. Casspi is simply an average efficient NBA player - no more & no less. He ranks in the middle of the league's pack in PER (Efficiency Rating). 2. He's getting minutes because he adds value to the team. He ranks 6th in the team in Value Added (VA) and in Estimated Wins Added (EWA). He adds more value than the rest of the bench (except Lin) and even one of the starters (PBev) It's all here on ESPN Hollinger Stats: http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/statistics In short - Omri gets about the minutes he deserves to get, for the value he is adding. (Some players actually add less value and play more minutes than he does)
Casspi is playing because he is better than Garcia. At this point we should really only be playing our starting five with Lin, Casspi, DMo and Asik. DMo is getting better so now it is between him and Casspi for the "weakest link" role. Hopefully Hamilton can take Casspi's spot. And if DMo poops the bed in the playoffs we can throw Greg Smith in there for him.
I'm not sure why everyone is so down on Casspi. If you look at his numbers for the season, he really hasn't been too bad. We've been using him at PF most of the year, when his natural position is probably SF. Also, Casspi tries to do a lot of what Parsons does for the Rockets. Unfortunately, he doesn't do it as well, so he kind of pales in comparison. His three point shooting for the season is not horrible, and he's rebounded pretty well, so I think he's done a pretty good job for a bench guy that gets paid less than a million per year. He does seem to hustle, and he appears to be a good teammate, so I really don't have a problem with him. DMo is starting to take some of his minutes, and that was probably the plan all along. Casspi has been filling a slot until we had someone better. We now have DMo and possibly Hamilton as options, so we may not be seeing much of Casspi in the future. Of course if he could knock down 40% of his threes instead of 35%, then everyone would love the guy.
This is an excellent point. My beef with Casspi is just that he's misplaced his shot. The cat should go on an extended hunt for said shot, not returning to the court until he's discovered it, wherever it may be.
My beef with Casspi is that he pump fakes way too much and forces a bad shot instead of the easy shot he's given
he does this at least once a game EVERY game he play in. Dont understand how he hasnt learned not to do that
I don't know why anybody would want Casspi to "dribble penetrate" when he's one of the slowest players in the league. The NBA game is just too fast for him. He doesn't have the speed, quickness, or skills to play the 3 and doesn't have the strength and other abilities necessary to play the 4. He really has no business in the NBA. He would do better in one of the foreign leagues, because they play a lesser brand of ball that's much slower in all aspects.
