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PHOENIX - Omri Casspi is hardly afraid of any task in the NBA.
He's feisty. Or as his coach, Paul Westphal put it, enthusiastic.
"We have to tell him 'Hey Omri, back off a little bit,'" Westphal said after Tuesday night's exhibition game against the Phoenix Suns. "He wanted to guard (Amar'e) Stoudemire. "'i'll stop him, I'll stop him.' Not tonight Omri. Save that for the regular season."
I'm pretty sure Westphal was joking about Casspi covering Stoudemire in the regular season.
I also don't think Casspi was joking about wanting to defend Stoudamire, who had 27 points.
"It was too late," Casspi said. "Unfortunately they didn't let me do it. I'm just saying, maybe try something else like a smaller guard on him because he kept scoring, scoring and scoring."
Casspi did plenty of scoring of his own against the Suns. He had 22 points on nine of 14 shooting, including four of five of his threes.
He was aggressive offensively and was calling for the ball once it became obvious he was hot.
But you still got the feeling Casspi was disappointed he didn't get a chance to defend Stoudemire, even if he's giving up about 25 pounds.
"I'm ready to help," Stoudemire said. "Whatever it takes to win."
--Jason Jones
