Harlan Schreiber

Oklahoma City Thunder  11/22    Fire P.J. Carlesimo and name Scott Brooks interim head coach  Not much has happened in the NBA on the transaction front the last few weeks except for a good old fashioned coaching dump off.  In each of the three cases of coach firings, the terminations do not seem to be no-brainers.  All three teams have played poorly, compared to even modest expectations.  Yet there are clear mitigating factors in each instance.  Starting with P.J., we know the knock...the … [Read more...] about Transactions: 11/22-12/5 (Coaching Change Edition)

1.    Morrow Time!:    The interesting news of this weekend was undrafted rookie Anthony Morrow's 37-point outburst against the Clippers.  Morrow, a 6'5 shooting guard out of Georgia Tech, shot 15-20 from the field (4-5 from three) and even grabbed 11 rebounds.  There wasn't much in Morrow's college stats to indicate that he was a regular NBA player (14.3 ppg on 46% shooting as a senior) but Don Nelson does seem to have a knack for developing young offensive players against the mainstream.  … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

Boston Celtics  9/29    Re-sign Sam Cassell  It's pretty amazing how quickly a player can lose it.  Cassell was perfectly useful for the Clippers last year (12.8 ppg, .455 FG%, 4.7 apg in 25.7 mpg), only to offer pretty much zero for the Celts (7.6 ppg, .385 FG%, 2.1 apg in 17.6 mpg) and was even worse in the playoffs (4.5 ppg, .333 FG%, 1.2 apg, in 12.6 apg).  Now, the limited role on Boston obviously had a lot to do with Cassell's precipitous drop but at some point when you fall so hard, … [Read more...] about Transactions 9/11-11/12