Omri Moshe Casspi is a six-foot-nine oh-so-fine Israeli athlete who has played professional basketball for nearly half his life. In his thirteen years as a professional player, he has sponsored watershed moment after watershed moment of Israeli sports achievement. On Monday night, he will be the first Israeli NBA player to receive a championship ring….
(JTA) — Omri Casspi, the first Israeli to play in the National Basketball Association, reportedly had agreed to a one-year contract with the Memphis Grizzlies. Reports of the deal emerged Sunday, with the start of the week-long free agency period. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN first reported the deal. Casspi, 30, can sign the deal on July…
(JTA) — Omri Casspi, the first Israeli to play in the National Basketball Association, was waived by the Golden State Warriors. Casspi, 29, signed a one-year contract with the NBA championship team in July. But he has not played in recent games due to an ankle injury. He will not be able to sign with another team…
(JTA) — Omri Casspi, the first Israeli to play in the National Basketball Association, missed his preseason opener with the Golden State Warriors because it took place on Yom Kippur. The Warriors, with who Casspi signed a one-year deal in July, played against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday. Golden State head coach Steve Kerr said Casspi had…
(JTA) — Omri Casspi, the first Israeli to play in the National Basketball Association, was signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Timberwolves, his third team in the last month and fifth since joining the NBA in 2009. The Timberwolves, who are 4 1/2 games back for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western…
(JTA) — Omri Casspi, the first Israeli to play in the National Basketball Association, reportedly is being traded from the Sacramento Kings to the New Orleans Pelicans. The trade, which is set to be announced later on Monday, is part of a five-player trade which will see All-Star center DeMarcus Cousins heading with Casspi to New…
Jeremy Piven is a bar mitzvah boy — again. Last week, at a private ceremony overlooking the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Piven — star of “Entourage” and “Mr. Selfridge” — celebrated his second bar mitzvah, surrounded by his friends Omri Casspi and Amar’e Stoudemire. He posted a picture to his Instagram account, writing, “Today I…
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli tweeted out her condolences to the families of the three Israeli teenagers, found dead yesterday. 3 good souls. murdered brutally by Hammas. #stopterror May they r.i.p http://t.co/Db6yN4ivO1 — Bar Refaeli (@BarRefaeli) July 1, 2014 Refaeli also posted a picture of three memorial candles to her Instagram feed with the same caption….
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