Harlan Schreiber

Transactions: 1/19-2/24

February 26, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Boston Celtics 2/17 Traded Sam Cassell to Sacramento for a conditional 2015 second-round draft pick 2/19 Traded Patrick O'Bryant to Toronto for a conditional second-round pick in 2014 2/24 Signed Mikki Moore For Boston, Sam-I-Am was always an insurance policy for Rajon Rondo. Since that time Rondo has played quite well and they haven't needed to try to cash in the Cassell policy, save for one game against San Antonio last spring. Even so, the Celts are still very thin … [Read more...] about Transactions: 1/19-2/24

Top Heavy NBA

February 20, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Most believe that NBA title contention is likely limited to Boston, Cleveland, and the Los Angeles Lakers. I was just checking out Basketball-Reference's cool playoff probability reports, which essentially confirm all of our hunches on this point. As of right now, each team of these teams has about the same chance of winning the title (with Cleveland a little bit higher on the totem pole). Moreover, each team is projected to win at least 63 games. Assuming everyone stays healthy, all three … [Read more...] about Top Heavy NBA

Quick Thoughts

February 13, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

1. The Things We Say: We're not too interested about what's going on this All-Star Weekend. We don't loath the show but frankly it's just not that much of a priority for us. That being said, the NBA All-Star weekend is probably the most interesting of such events (for whatever that's worth). Rather than get too much into the All-Star show, I thought we'd reflect on a few of the interesting happens of the past week, some of which can be filtered through some quotes that I found … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

Quick Thoughts

February 1, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

1. All-Star Stuff: Nothing gets me less excited than the All-Star game and the surrounding All-Star picks and controversies. As we've said before, we rarely catch more than a few moments of the whole weekend. Still, we do feel compelled to give our take the usual controversies. The most obvious problem with the rosters is the fact that Allen Iverson is starting. AI has been a bit above-average this season and nothing more but his popularity, at this point, seems to transcend … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

The Alonzo Mourning FAQ

January 26, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Usually when an inner circle Hall of Fame-type player retires, we take the opportunity to examine his career closely with one of our FAQs. Well, Alonzo Mourning just recently retired and he's not quite good enough to be inner circle material. Still, Zo has both an interesting personal story and he was a very good player and we're interesting enough to plunge forward to see what we can learn about him personally and as a player from a close examination of his career. … [Read more...] about The Alonzo Mourning FAQ

Transactions 12/16-1/19

January 19, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Charlotte Bobcats 1/16 Traded Matt Carroll and Ryan Hollins to Dallas for DeSagana Diop Taking this trade from a Larry Brown perspective, it makes some sense. Brown loves defense and does not necessarily appreciate shooters who don't defend like Carroll. But look a bit closer and this makes no objective sense. Yes, Diop can block shots and defend but he can do nothing else (.379 FG%, 4.5 pts/36 minutes) and his boards and blocks aren't even that astounding. In terms of actual … [Read more...] about Transactions 12/16-1/19