Omri Casspi to Maccabi Tel Aviv?
2011-08-15
[MTV] already signed Jordan Farmar and now Omri Casspi is reportedly set to return to the team.
The Cavaliers forward played for the Israeli club before coming to the NBA and now is headed back there during the lockout, reports the Jerusalem Post.
Since I haven’t weighed in on this: I think it’s great that NBA players are heading overseas during the lockout. It’s good for the game globally, and the players are staying in basketball shape. Win-win. That is, until someone blows out their knee Shaun Livingston-style because they land awkwardly after being hacked on a layup by a 7-foot Slovenian. Then it’s a problem.
Is it good that NBA players are going to play overseas during the lockout? While on one hand you can say sure, they have a means to stay in shape and play basketball daily; but on the other hand, does having stars so readily willing to play overseas lower solidarity in the union during this lockout, and also lower the incentive for these players to broker a deal to end the lockout? The players of the NFL did not have an alternative league that they would have been able to join like the NBAers going overseas, and I think that… Read more »