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Casspi Just Does It

Israeli baller stars in Nike ad

by
Marc Tracy
February 16, 2010

A crucial step on the road to NBA superstardom is getting your own shoe commercial (it comes a bit before getting your own shoe). Like clockwork, here is Omri Casspi starring in a new, moving Nike ad that puts Casspi’s status as the first Israeli player in the NBA front and center.

Oh, and check out his dunk on the New York Knicks’s Danilo Gallinari from a few days ago in the Rookie Challenge.

Related: Omri Casspi Is Ready For Primetime [Tablet Magazine]

Marc Tracy is a staff writer at The New Republic, and was previously a staff writer at Tablet. He tweets @marcatracy.