Archives for June 2016

NBA Finals Quick Thoughts

June 6, 2016 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Despite the initial hoopla of a LeBron-Curry rematch, the first two games have been pretty brutal from the Cavs’ perspective. Let’s take a look the series so far and see if we can salvage any nuggets of interest. Do the Cavs have a chance? Doesn’t feel like it. The old axiom is that a playoff series hasn’t really started until a team loses a home game. This makes sense on a technical level but the Cavs have got beaten by 58 points collectively over the first two games and that seems … [Read more...] about NBA Finals Quick Thoughts

NBA Draft 2016: Top PGs

June 6, 2016 by Ed Weiland 1 Comment

For any team looking for immediate PG help in the draft it really comes down to, “Do we draft Kris Dunn early, trade down and go with Denzel Valentine or grab a young big early and draft Gary Payton II later?” At least those are the questions they should be pondering. I know that I’m higher on Payton than most, but I feel he is a legit option for any team looking for immediate PG help. The rest of the PGs in this draft just aren’t very impressive. I’ll get to them in a later piece, but I want to … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2016: Top PGs

NBA Finals Preview 2015-16

June 1, 2016 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

I guess you could call it inevitable. Despite some unanticipated twists and turns along the way, the NBA Finals has ended up exactly where most people expected, with the Warriors and Cavs meeting again. Let’s run through some of the key issues/interesting questions for a Finals preview. But first, let’s take a quick look at a few of the departed: Toronto Raptors: The Raps season could not reasonably have turned out much better. They had the most wins in a season and their best playoff … [Read more...] about NBA Finals Preview 2015-16