Archives for July 2013

Transactions 4/18-7/6 (Coaching Edition)

July 13, 2013 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Atlanta Hawks 5/28 Named Mike Budenholzer Larry Drew didn’t actually do anything wrong that merited him losing this job. The Hawks had a little talent and not much depth and played accordingly. The Hawks apparently decided that the decent team of the past six years was over and it is time to rebuild. It’s not clear if the Hawks will be terrible without Josh Smith. A core of Al Horford and a free agent or two to be named later is not an awful team (or at least not bad enough to … [Read more...] about Transactions 4/18-7/6 (Coaching Edition)

An Early Look at Wiggins, Parker and other Top Freshmen

July 10, 2013 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

The 2014 draft class is already being called one of the strongest in years. We’ll see on whether that becomes the case, but it seems promising. The two most talked about players have been SFs Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker. In December of last year Jabari Parker landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the caption, “The Best High School Basketball Player Since LeBron James is Jabari Parker.” That was some heady praise, but Parker quickly became yesterday’s news when Andrew Wiggins … [Read more...] about An Early Look at Wiggins, Parker and other Top Freshmen