To the average eye, it might not appear that Tamir Goodman and Omri Casspi have much in common. But the two men share two very special bonds: basketball and Judaism.

Because of these bonds, Goodman, 30, teamed up with the 24-year-old Casspi to create a three-Sunday basketball camp in Beachwood. About 80 kids, grades 1-8, attended the first part of the camp this past Sunday, June 10, at Beachwood Middle School.

The camp will train kids in basketball while adding related life lessons from their diverse experiences. The two leaders said it’s been a ball working together thus far, something they never imagined would happen when they first met several years ago.

“God has mysterious ways, so you never know,” Cleveland Cavalier guard/forward Casspi said to WFNY. “I’m just happy and fortunate enough to do it and see the kids having fun.” [Read more...]