Omri Casspi Profiled in the NY Times

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"Hummus," Casspi said, with a hard h and a long u, stressing the first syllable in a way that conveyed utter seriousness. "You don’t have that here, though."

Oh that’s right Omri, nobody in Sacramento has ever had, or heard, of Hummus. Dumbass.

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by pookeyguru on Jul 18, 2009 7:25 PM PDT reply actions

I say that knowing that the Hummus in Sacramento may not be up to Israel's standards

But, umm, so what?

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by pookeyguru on Jul 18, 2009 7:30 PM PDT up reply actions

So what?

This dude has been eating top of the line hummus for his whole life, and now he’s just supposed eat crappy hummus?

Your underestimating the power of hummus. It’s full of protein and can be key to Omri bulking up a bit.

I say we start a little fundraiser for Casspi so we can buy him a ton of hummus from Israel and ship it here. Oh and some filafel… damn that sounds good.

by Slaaam on Jul 18, 2009 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Or do you actually know what hummus is? Do you realize how stupid of a statement it is to say YOU CAN’T FIND a food product you can buy at any Raley’s or Bel Air? (This doesn’t include any other chain stores around Sac like Safeway or whatever.)

If you wish to make a comment, please try to do it with that part of your body called the brain. Thanks.

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by pookeyguru on Jul 19, 2009 12:15 AM PDT up reply actions

I can get Omri some good hummus

He’s right. A lot of the stuff in stores like Raley’s is crap. Doesn’t compare to homemade.

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by Aykis16 on Jul 19, 2009 12:53 AM PDT up reply actions

Aykis

I didn’t say it was better than what you could make, or what Omri is used to. I just said the whole notion that Sac doesn’t have hummus is beyond preposterous. (Just like it’s preposterous to claim that where you live doesn’t have soul food when you live amidst a bunch of 6 figures plus yuppies. Yanno?)

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Jul 19, 2009 1:10 AM PDT up reply actions

I think it was a joke.

Like “You call this hummus? This is not hummus.”

by Tom Ziller on Jul 20, 2009 6:03 AM PDT up reply actions

If that's the case

Beck needs to make it clear than. He’s the one responsible for showing a humoresque side.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Jul 24, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Are you that blind?

Or do you actually read other people’s replies? Do you realize that I said he’d be forced to eat CRAPPY hummus which indicated that you can indeed find the product here, but it is no where near the quality of that in Israel.

No shit you can find hummus in the states, but you can ask anyone that lived in Israel and they’ll tell you that it tastes not NEARLY as good here as in Israel.

Telling Yao Ming to go to a Chinese Buffet when he craves the food he loves would be a joke right? He’d probably smack you.

by Slaaam on Jul 19, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions

You win

I was being culturally insensitive when I took this to literally means what it reads:

"Hummus," Casspi said, with a hard h and a long u, stressing the first syllable in a way that conveyed utter seriousness. "You don’t have that here, though."

How could i ever gotten it so wrong.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Jul 19, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions

Misinterpreted?

Pretty sure someone around him told him that there’s hummus in the states.

I think he was just trying to say that the hummus here doesn’t even compare to the hummus in his home country, so there is none of that great tasting spread here. I didn’t take his words literally.

Either way, we’ve been arguing two different things for too long.

by Slaaam on Jul 19, 2009 11:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Because it is so fricken hard to make hummus. Someone buy the guy a food processor and tell him to quit whining.

by chri5 on Jul 19, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions

I posted the same thing to Twitter

Hummus in Sacramento at Crest Cafe, Cafe Morrocco, Marrakech, Greek Village Inn. You tell us which is best.

by Carl on Jul 18, 2009 9:32 PM PDT up reply actions

How can be Hummus be better in Israel?

Do they grind the powder better there? Why am I not surprised it was in the New York Times….

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Jul 19, 2009 12:20 AM PDT up reply actions

Ummm...

They make it fresh daily, while ours is stuffed with preservatives.

I have a buddy that used to live in Israel till he was 8 (now he lives in US) who can’t return to Israel because of the whole being drafted into the army deal.

The only reason he’d want to go back is to get an authentic Mediterranean meal…. its that much better.

by Slaaam on Jul 19, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions

LOL we're arguing about hummus guys.

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by Aykis16 on Jul 19, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions

I need a trip to Israel

I enjoy the hummus around here. Never knew I was crap so it’s time for a trip abroad.

by bignerd on Jul 19, 2009 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions

You really think all of those restaurants listed use preservatives in it?

by chri5 on Jul 19, 2009 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions

no Soulfood, and no Hummus in Sacramento

maybe C-Webb can put Hummus on the menu at his Center Court Restaurant. we need to appease our Kings’ food wishes.

put me in, Coach

by LaBradford on Jul 18, 2009 9:23 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Great Idea

I’m going to open a Jewish soul food restaurant. I’m naming it “Soul Sue Me.”

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by section214 on Jul 18, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions 5 recs

I would like to sign up to be an investor...

…given how much I enjoy utterly awful Jewish jokes.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Jul 19, 2009 12:21 AM PDT up reply actions

Dunno

Sounds like a sushi place to me.

by furious.d on Jul 19, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Hey Omri: I got some native food you can have in Sacramento (or Las Vegas presumably)

Remember Omri, it answers to a higher power, and so shall you.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Jul 19, 2009 10:35 AM PDT reply actions

Mmmmm

Replace the bun w. pita bread and the hot dog w. shwarma, and Omri would eat it in a second.

by Slaaam on Jul 19, 2009 10:52 AM PDT up reply actions

Hope he eats something

He’s going to need energy to actually play in the game.

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Jul 19, 2009 11:05 AM PDT up reply actions

It's hard enough to find a decent chicago dog in town

and that’s in the same damn country.

by Bitgod on Jul 19, 2009 11:57 AM PDT reply actions

bagels, NY Pizza, Chi-town Pizza, egg rolls, italian ice, french wine

and the list goes on and on…

The short answer: the guy is leaving home and he is going to miss it. Home is where the heart AND the palate is.

by betweentheeyes on Jul 19, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions

It's clearly a slow day on the blog

But if you’ll excuse me, I have to make a baba ganoush run.

From the people who brought you Reggie Musselnatt.

by My Losing Season on Jul 19, 2009 1:07 PM PDT reply actions

california state fair

they MUST have hummus-on-a-stick!

but i get what he’s saying. its just not the same as back in Israel. but he’ll have a lot of friendly jewish sacramentans here to make him some home-made kind.

put me in, Coach

by LaBradford on Jul 19, 2009 1:20 PM PDT reply actions

at the State Fair

it is deep fried hummus on a stick!

or this creative use of hummus:

by betweentheeyes on Jul 19, 2009 1:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

Nice find bte

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Jul 19, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions

It's not like making Hummus

..is rocket science. Get some fresh garbanzo’s. Cook ’em, take some lemon juice, olive oil, tahini
(or sesame oil) , kosher salt, and whatever other spices you want, and throw it all in a food processer for a minute. Put on pita, matzoh, whatever, then eat. Done.

by avishai on Jul 19, 2009 1:52 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs

LOL @ that

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Jul 19, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions

lol at you

meany face

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by appel82 on Jul 20, 2009 10:33 AM PDT up reply actions

Me?

Not me. :)

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Jul 24, 2009 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Hummus=Middle eastern bean dip

by avishai on Jul 19, 2009 5:48 PM PDT reply actions

Casspi hasn’t had time to find good hummus in Sacramento. He’s been busy with other stuff.

by joel3000 on Jul 19, 2009 5:52 PM PDT reply actions

I can't wait until I'm supposed to give a shit that he's the first Israeli in the NBA

That’s going to be a fun piece to write…..

No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....

by pookeyguru on Jul 19, 2009 6:56 PM PDT reply actions

I only give a shit because..

He was in the Israeli military. They teach discipline and toughness, something this team sorely needs.
Kind of like when all the Yugo’s came into the league. Kind of hard to talk tough about the hood to someone who grew up in a literal war zone. Not that some ’hood’s aren’t, but RPG’s, etc. bring a whole new level.

by avishai on Jul 19, 2009 7:21 PM PDT reply actions

Peja grew up in a war zone

But that didn’t make him “tough” on the court (although I don’t doubt he is mentally strong in other ways). By contrast, Karl Malone (for example) never served in the military, but he was one tough MFer. The point is, the “he served in the military, therefore he’ll bring toughness to the team” logic is not reliable. We have no idea what his training was or how his military experience affected him, for better or worse. If Casspi is tough on the court, it is presumptuous to assume we know why.

From the people who brought you Reggie Musselnatt.

by My Losing Season on Jul 19, 2009 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Especially when serving in the military in places such as Israel or Greece is mandatory

If it wasn’t, I would assume a lot of people wouldn’t go. Toughness isn’t something that can be taught, its something thats within you.

Father of the "Natt this!" movement and Grandmaster of the "Never let AnotherStupidSN forget what a Sham-Wow is" Order.

by Aykis16 on Jul 19, 2009 11:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I get it....

Since they have conscription, that’s why the Israeli military is so laughable, and everyone wants to Natt with them! Yep, the Israeli army really sucks..and they are sooo soft…
What i was getting at is not just toughness. Discipline, work ethic, etc. is ingrained into these guys, just like when a coach does it, they have drill instructors, etc. Growing up in an environment where you can get your ass blew off any day of the week and learning how to deal with it just may be a plus.

by avishai on Jul 19, 2009 11:50 PM PDT reply actions