Harlan Schreiber

Transactions: 6/30-7/9

July 10, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Boston Celtics 7/8 Signed Rasheed Wallace Rasheed comes to Boston with the express goal of giving them another shot at the title in 2009-10. At this point, Boston is playing a risky game. Bringing Wallace to Boston gives the Celts another key player approaching his mid-30s. Wallace will be 35 the coming season and coming off of his worst season since 1997-98. He's still pretty good but Wallace did decline slightly in nearly every category and his free throw rate, never a strength, … [Read more...] about Transactions: 6/30-7/9

Transactions 4/23-6/29

July 1, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Atlanta Hawks 6/25 Traded Acie Law and Speedy Claxton to Golden State for Jamal Crawford For the Hawks, this is a clear win trade. Crawford is a gunner but can be useful, while Law never developed and Claxton appears to be done with his knee issues. The question now is what role Crawford will fill with the Hawks. He's not really a point guard but the Hawks didn't really have Mike Bibby dominate the ball anyway. Still, Crawford is a volume shooter and not quite as good a ball handler … [Read more...] about Transactions 4/23-6/29

Playoff Thoughts

June 13, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

1. Game 4 Fallout: On Thursday the Magic and Lakers played an great Game 4, filled with twists and turns and plenty to buzz about, both good and bad. Here are our observations of the proceedings: … [Read more...] about Playoff Thoughts

Playoff Thoughts

June 7, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

1. Blown Out: Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Lakes and Magic was really notable for...well nothing. The Lakers destroyed the Magic and effectively held down Dwight Howard as well as anyone we've seen so far (including the Celtics). Phil Jackson used his personnel perfectly against Howard. In effort to avoid defensive mismatches with the Magic's small but quick forwards, Andrew Bynum, Lamar Odom, and Pau Gasol did not play too much together in the game (though that might've also … [Read more...] about Playoff Thoughts

Playoff Thoughts

May 31, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

1. Cavs/Magic Aftermath: After Orlando closed out the Cleveland on Saturday, we've all been buzzing about what kind of fallout there will be for the Cavs. Before we worry too much about the hysteria we should all recognize that the Magic's win over the Cavs was convincing and had no hallmarks of a fluke. It is true that coming into the series, the Cavs were the clear favorites. They had the best regular season record and had smoked all playoff competition, while the Magic were pretty … [Read more...] about Playoff Thoughts

Re-Considering Wayman

May 19, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

In the last few weeks, the NBA has lost a few interesting characters. The particularly untimely passing was of Wayman Tisdale, the former power forward, who had a decent NBA career after a storied college career. I was actually pretty surprised to see so many nice articles about Tisdale, whose pro career was not great. The near consensus of all the stories I saw was that Tisdale was a great and affable guy, a talented musician, and decent pro (and a great collegian). I thought I'd take a … [Read more...] about Re-Considering Wayman