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[Ostrow]

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine

Cavs and Omri Casspi indeed engaged in buyout talks, I'm told, with deal to part ways possible before March 1 deadline (which is Friday)

 

 

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine

Rockets are a legit & confirmed suitor for Omri Casspi, who is recovering from emergency surgery last weekend to take out his appendix

 

 

Marc Stein ‏@ESPNSteinLine

Playoff eligibility deadline officially 11:59 PM Friday night. So long as waivers requested by 11:59 ET, player is eligible for playoffs

[thejohnnygold]

Wow....not that exciting....maybe if he'd play for free....probably not even then....the guy can't get on the court with Alonzo Gee, C.J. Miles, and Luke Walton ahead of him.  Are we that desperate?  Juwan Howard is available.....I think this is just speculation.

[2016Champions]

Yeah this makes no sense, he's not a very good player. It's his 4th year in the league and he hasn't improved at all.

[rocketrick]

If Casspi is seen by Morey and the Rockets as an upgrade over Tyler Honeycutt, why not pick him up? Although time is running short and the clock will likely run out beforehand anyway. 

[Rahat Huq]

Morey just wants to have the most ethnically diverse roster in professional sports history.

[Steven]

Morey regrets trading him.

[phaketrash]

Yeah this makes no sense, he's not a very good player. It's his 4th year in the league and he hasn't improved at all.

 

First, 2016champs, welcome to the red94 forums!

 

Second, your avatar lends a certain amount of credibility to you for obvious reasons. Every time I see you post, a part of me thinks for half a second that it is actually Morey posting, and thus the comment is probably both insightful and accurate haha. Like speaking with a British accent.

[thejohnnygold]

Morey just wants to have the most ethnically diverse roster in professional sports history.

Ha, I thought the same thing....the Rockets are single-handedly destroying all NBA stereotypes.

 

And agree with Phaketrash....I saw 2016's avatar and thought, "Sweet!  Morey's joined the group!"

[ale11]

Casspi's lack of improvement could be atributed to the same thing as Robinson's: toxic environment in Sacramento, and surely, getting traded from there to Cleveland isn't really an upgrade. NBA scouts aren't stupid (I think), they are qualified people, so....the kid must have something worthy, but not every player in the NBA can play in any system or under any coach.

Personally, I don't like him, but I didn't like Delfino either and he proved me wrong by fitting nicely into our game plan.

 

In Morey I trust too....

[2016Champions]

You can't really compare a lack of impovement within 51 games to lack of improvement within 4 years... one is much, MUCH worse than the other. Remember how the Lakers thought they could salvage Kwame Brown's potential after 4 years with teh Wizards? All I can say is, if Omri gets signed, don't get your hopes up.

[ale11]

I know, but Morey deals with numbers we don't know and lately, he has made nothing but good decisions, so....it has to be a good reason to even consider it, there's something we might not be seeing.

[thejohnnygold]

I'm not sure Kwame Brown is a fair comparison....was Omri verbally abused and degraded by Michael Jordan as well?

[Steven]

You can't really compare a lack of impovement within 51 games to lack of improvement within 4 years... one is much, MUCH worse than the other. Remember how the Lakers thought they could salvage Kwame Brown's potential after 4 years with teh Wizards? All I can say is, if Omri gets signed, don't get your hopes up.

Kwame Brown couldn't catch. He has worse hands then Asik. And it's not even close. The Lakers just didn't do their homework and didn't realize you can't teach someone the hand/eye coordination needed to catch a basketball pass.

Plus all this is an overreaction anyway. Who will the Rockets cut to sign Casspi? Everyone on the team as a contract through the end of this year, and no one is a buyout candidate.