Transactions 7/9-7/17

by Harlan Schreiber

Boston Celtics 

7/16    Sign Patrick O’Bryant 

O’Bryant was predictably a washout for Don Nelson’s small man offense.  In fact, he barely played in Golden State in two years but did block a lot of shots.  His 2007-08 NBDL stats are also pretty good (16.8 ppg, 10 rpg, 3.5 bpg, 21.0 PER).  Given the fact that he’s still very young and not without talent, O’Bryant is still worth taking a flier on. Continue reading Transactions 7/9-7/17…

Quick Thoughts

by Harlan Schreiber

1.    Some Summer League Fun:  Here we are nearing the dead zone of the NBA year.  Most of the major NBA free agents are taken care and a few trades may pop up in August and September and the Olympics won’t be coming until that time either.  The only games right now are those wacky summer league games.  I thought I’d go through and throw out some fun names that we haven’t seen for a while: Continue reading Quick Thoughts…

Transactions 5/17-7/9

by Harlan Schreiber

Atlanta Hawks 

5/28    Name Rick Sund general manager

6/17    Sign coach Mike Woodson to contract extension 

Atlanta has been a weird a dysfunctional organization for a while now.  How does Mike Woodson survive but GM Billy Knight get the axe?  One would think that Knight and Woodson, having been together for so long, were tied to the same train.  Actually, Knight apparently made several appeals to ownership to can Woodson during the season.  Knight was ignored and Woodson led the Hawks to their best season since 1998-99.  Viola! Woodson wins the power struggle and Knight is outta town.  Continue reading Transactions 5/17-7/9…

Quick Thoughts

by Harlan Schreiber

1.    Champs and D:    We’ve taken a step back from the season thanks to Ed Weiland’s excellent draft coverage but now it’s time to take a quick look back at the Celtics’ run.  In the end, the Celtics excellent defense coupled with the inability of the Lakers to match up with Paul Pierce gave Boston another banner.  Indeed, the Celts’ were the best defensive this year (number one in points allowed per minute), but this serves as a nice jumping off point to test the old adage that “defense wins championships.”  Continue reading Quick Thoughts…

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