Omri Casspi

I have a soft spot for the first one through any door, and Omri Casspi is precisely that. The first Israeli ever drafted in the first round, taken 23rd by the Sacramento Kings in 2009, this 206 cm forward from Yavne carried a whole country's hopes into the NBA. The points and rebounds matter less to me than the path he cleared. Being the trailblazer is lonely work, scrutinised in a way later arrivals never quite are, and he did it while making his homeland part of the story. Casspi did not just play in the league; he widened what young Israeli players could imagine for themselves, and that legacy outlasts any stat line.

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Name (English)

Omri Casspi

Name (Japanese)

オムリ・カスピ

Reading

おむり・かすぴ

Born

June 22, 1988 (age 38)

Origin

Yavne, Israel

Height

206 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omri%20Casspi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%A0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%94
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517747

Tags

• basketball player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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