SubscribeJewps update, Feb. 1
(February already? Holy moly.)
Been busy working on a major piece about the Super Bowl and so haven’t been able to post the usual pieces, so here goes.
Jordan Farmar and Omri Casspi faced off for the first time this year when the NJ Nets visited the Cleveland Cavaliers on Jan. 27.
As usual, Farmar came off the bench, scoring 11 points in the Nets’ 99-96 win. It was his fifth straight game putting u double figures. And, again as usual, Casspi made the start for Cleveland, scoring eight. It was the first time the Nets won back-to-back games this year.
The only other time they played against each other was Oct. 29, 2010, when Casspi was a member of the Sacramento Kings. The Nets won in Jersey, 106-100. Farmar scored 14 off the bench, Casspi seven as a starter for the first time in his NBA career.
You ever wonder, since these are the only Jewish players in the league, if they have any extra bond? Say “shalom” before the game or something?
Anyway…
Jordan scored eight points in the team’s 94-73 home loss to the Toronto Raptors on Jan. 29 and 10 in a 106-99 loss to the Pacers in Indiana last night.
Casspi scored eight points as a starter in the Cavs’ 88-87 win on Sunday at home over the disappointing Boston Celtics. Cleveland had been down seven points with just over two minutes left. Last night,though, they dropped a return match in Boston, 93-90, with Casspi scoring six points as a starter. The Cavaliers are 8-12.
Lawrence Frank’s Detroit Pistons are 4-19, having lost nine of their last 10 games, most recently to the NY Knicks, 113-86.
I know Farmar and Casspi are at least aware of one another because I heard Farmar mention the connection in an interview. Farmar’s played very well as of late and Casspi is solid too. As for Lawrence Frank, while I was happy that he got another head coaching job, I was pretty sure Detroit would be terrible. They may even be worse than that. Really a roster devoid of any winning talent at this point. I hope they give him some time to turn things around, at least beyond one season (but if this continues you begin to wonder). You figure they should get a great player in the draft coming up to help out a bit, but you have to wonder if Frank is slowly committing career head coaching suicide, especially when you factor in the end of his tenure in New Jersey. I still think he’s a solid coach that works very hard, but he probably would have been wise to hold out for a better opportunity and stay with Boston as an assistant. year.