{"id":498737,"date":"2015-07-29T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/omri-casspi-and-nba-stars-lead-workshop\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T09:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:08:23","slug":"omri-casspi-and-nba-stars-lead-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/omri-casspi-and-nba-stars-lead-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Omri Casspi and NBA Stars Lead Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-video-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wfi4ckjBnZk\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-4c608166-df16-53f1-261c-11b1900a8a45\">By Amy Samin<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p> \t<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-4c608166-df16-53f1-261c-11b1900a8a45\">Omri Casspi and NBA stars DeMarcus Cousins, Caron Butler, Iman Shumpert, Chandler Parsons, \u00a0Tyreke Evans, and Alan Anderson held an exciting basketball workshop for more than 150 children from the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth department, in cooperation with NBA Cares. Hundreds of members of the Maccabist VIP club watched the workshop and had a chance to see the NBA stars up close and personal. Others present included the management of the club, \u00a0Guy Pnini, Tal Brody, and Aulcie Perry.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p> \t<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-4c608166-df16-53f1-261c-11b1900a8a45\">Casspi<\/span>, a former player with Maccabi Tel Aviv and currently a player for the Sacramento Kings, said: &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t easy to convince them to come. Despite that, everyone expressed their willingness to come and see that we can start a kind of tradition, because there are already a lot of other players who want to come next year. \u00a0To tell you the truth, I think that everyone who came this year already wants to come back to Israel next year. They&#8217;re enjoying themselves.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<p> \t<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-4c608166-df16-53f1-261c-11b1900a8a45\">Iman Shumpert<\/span>, who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Coach David Blatt, said: &#8220;Israel is an amazing place. The truth is, I hoped Blatt would show up and surprise us, but I haven&#8217;t seen him yet.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<p> \t<\/p>\n<div style=\"direction: ltr;\"> \t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-4c608166-df16-53f1-261c-11b1900a8a45\">Assistant coach of the NBA champion Golden State Warriors, <\/span>Nick U&#8217;Ren, added: &#8220;Israel is amazing. I&#8217;ve always wanted to come here. I want to thank Omri for bringing us here. 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