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Jason Lloyd: #Cavs made offer to Sac to remove pick protections from Hickson/Casspi trade, league source said. Deal died with Sac/Hou trade last night Twitter @JasonLloydABJ

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Sources close to the process peg the San Antonio Spurs has a good fit and a team that has expressed some interest in Casspi, the problem is they won’t offer much for him. If the Cavs would do a DeJuan Blair based deal, the Cavs could find a taker on Casspi fairly quick. HoopsWorld

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Veterans who remain available in trade talks this week include San Antonio's DeJuan Blair, Cleveland's Omri Casspi, Charlotte's Ben Gordon, Brooklyn's Kris Humphries, Oklahoma City's Eric Maynor, Minnesota's Luke Ridnour, Phoenix's Sebastian Telfair and Washington's Jordan Crawford. ESPN.com

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Last month, when Casspi rarely left the bench, Yahoo! Sports reported that Casspi’s agents had requested a trade from the Cavs. But in an interview with JTA, Casspi said he had never made such a request. “It’s not anything that has to do with me, so I have no comment,” said Casspi, a native of Yavne, a city in central Israel of some 33,000 people. Times of Israel

Cleveland Cavaliers, Trade, Omri Casspi 

The Cavs' trade with Memphis illustrated what a team armed with cap space can accomplish. Whenever a team can turn Jon Leuer into Marreese Speights and a first-round pick, it's a win. The deal was lopsided and a feather in Grant's cap. The Grizzlies needed to get under the luxury-tax threshold. His last two transactions have helped re-shape the team. His waiver claim of journeyman Shaun Livingston was also a shrewd move. Grant will be on the prowl for more young talent at the Feb. 21 deadline. Three players with expiring contracts, Luke Walton, Daniel Gibson and Omri Casspi, could be moved. ESPN's Marc Stein said not to be surprised if the Cavs flop Speights to another team at the deadline. News-Herald

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Daniel Gibson and Omri Casspi, according to NBA front-office sources, are the most likely Cavs to be dealt along with Speights, who had to give his consent to be sent to Cleveland as one of the 13 players in the league this season (see Box No. 6 here for the detailed explanation) who had trade-blocking power related to his Bird rights. ESPN.com

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Don’t expect the Cavs to offer forward Omri Casspi a qualifying offer this summer. That would make Casspi an unrestricted free agent in July. However, no one expected the Cavs to offer Luke Harangody a qualifying offer in June 2012, either. A rumor surfaced that Casspi had asked to be traded. A source said it’s nothing but a rumor. It’s time to part ways with Casspi, however. Morning Journal

Cleveland Cavaliers, Free Agency, Omri Casspi 

A list of players whose names were mentioned this week as availables, with more surely to come, alongside the long-available Andrea Bargnani in Toronto: Cleveland's Omri Casspi, Houston's Cole Aldrich, Milwaukee's Samuel Dalembert, Drew Gooden and Beno Udrih and San Antonio's DeJuan Blair. ESPN.com

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Cavaliers forward Omri Casspi had no comment on a Yahoo Sports report on Monday that he or his representatives asked the Cavs to trade him, but he said he was happy in Cleveland and would like to stay. "Of course, I like Cleveland," Casspi said before the Cavs faced the Bulls at the United Center. "Cleveland has been great to me. The fans, the city, the organization. That's where I'm focused. I don't have any other focus but help my team win. Whatever the future holds will happen." Cleveland Plain Dealer

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Scott said Casspi has not been disgruntled in practice. "By no means," the coach said. "He's been great at practice. He's been great in the games, cheering for his teammates. He's been a true professional in every sense of the word, I expect him to continue to be that way." Cleveland Plain Dealer

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Omri Casspi says he's happy in CLE, has not asked BScott why he's not playing "I like Cleveland. Cleveland has been great to me. The fans, the city, the organization. That’s where I’m focused. I don’t have any other focus but help my team win," Casspi said. "Whatever the future holds will happen." Sulia

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Jason Lloyd: Yahoo! reporting Omri Casspi has requested to be traded. One league source said it's not true. Casspi, through e-mail, declined comment. Twitter @JasonLloydABJ

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Dropped out of the Cleveland Cavaliers' rotation, forward Omri Casspi, the NBA's first Israeli-born player, has requested a trade, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo! Sports

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Cavaliers general manager Chris Grant has been making calls on possible deals for Casspi, but nothing has materialized. The request for a trade was made through Casspi's representatives with Creative Arts Agency (CAA), sources said. Yahoo! Sports

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Cleveland officials privately insist that no such request was made, but multiple league sources with knowledge say that CAA recently made the request. Per league rules, neither the agent nor Casspi can publicly make a trade request without being subject to league-mandated fines. Yahoo! Sports

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The fourth year forward says the contract and playing time issues won’t become a distraction, but makes it clear he is now looking forward to testing his market value in free agency and confident his skills will bring in suitors. “I’m looking forward to free agency to see what’s going to happen and see what [deals] are out there,” Casspi said. “I’m pretty confident where I’m at.” HoopsWorld

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“Nobody is really safe right now from Tel Aviv and south,” Casspi said. “People don’t realize there are certain cities in southern Israel that have been under attack for the last 12 years. Now it’s just crazy because they’re throwing rockets all over the place. Their only purpose is to hit civilians and to kill.” Akron Beacon Journal

Cleveland Cavaliers, Omri Casspi, Israel 

From Casspi’s perspective, Israelis simply grew tired of living in fear of death and random missile launches and began fighting back. The damage has been great, with civilians and children killed on both sides. “It got to a certain point that the Israeli government and people said: ‘That’s enough. We can’t keep living like this. We can’t have a normal life when there is a missile every 10 days that might kill your kids,’ ” Casspi said. “It’s a tough situation. You’re dealing with a terrorist organization that doesn’t really care about its own people. They hate us more than they love their kids.” Akron Beacon Journal

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David 'Dubi' Pick: Hearing @Adidas has just added international NBA star Omri Casspi of the Cavs to its lineup. Twitter @IAmDPick

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I know that Casspi didn't play well last season, but no one was more upset than he was. I know the Cavs have been pleased with the work he has put in this summer, so I don't think he will get cut in training camp. Right now, I think the Cavs want to see how the new additions look together, so I don't see any trades in the short term. Cleveland Plain Dealer

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