Rehovot Man on a list of NBA prospects

Here is player six on Lance Walton list of top 10 international prospects 20 and under.

Omri Casspi: Is 6’8, 220 pounds, 19 years old from Rehovot, Israel

He has real deep shooting range. He prefers to shoot than slash, but he has skills to slash to the basket. He is good one on one, he does a great job of getting to the basket and finishing well after contact. He has a great short-range jumper. He passes the the ball well in transition, he is pretty explosive and runs the floor well. He is a good perimeter shooter. He is capable of getting steals and scoring points after the steal. He has pretty good awareness.

He is not a very good rebounder. He doesn’t play defense with a passion, he basically just looks to get back on the end to score points. I believe he could be a star player in Europe, and just a solid NBA player. He will need to play good and stand out these next couple years to have NBA teams consider him a legit prospect. I see similarities between him and Adam Morrison.

Source: Lance Walton. International Prospects Report (13 August 2007) [FullText]