Harlan Schreiber

Playoff Turnover

December 12, 2007 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

In this early season, we always look at the surprise teams, both good and bad. It's always nice to see a team become great out of nowhere. Going from the lottery to contention in a one-year period is fun but rare. Like the 2007-08 Celtics, the exceptions to the rule are usually memorable (e.g., 2001-02 Nets, 2004-05 Suns). Even intermediate change is rare. We see that this year that some other younger teams in Atlanta and New Orleans are also poking their heads into the playoff picture. … [Read more...] about Playoff Turnover

Transactions 10/15-12/5

December 6, 2007 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Atlanta Hawks 10/25 Waive Antywane Robinson, Steven Smith and Jamaal Tatum No real shocks here. Solomon Jones and Mario West won the battle for the last few roster slots, which is great for them, but really doesn't affect the Hawks much in terms of wins and losses. … [Read more...] about Transactions 10/15-12/5

Quick Thoughts

November 27, 2007 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

1. Celts-Cavs: Quite a game Cleveland tonight where we watched the Celts take on another possible playoff contender. Boston, whose defense has been good so far, struggled to match up with LeBron James (38 pts, 14-15 from the line, and 13 assists). In the end, the Cavs surged past the Celts to force overtime (after Ray Allen shockingly missed two free throws with the score tied in the last few seconds) and the Celts played their Big Three huge minutes. Kevin Garnett had 44, … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

Quick Thoughts

November 16, 2007 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

1. Celtic Revival: It's a pretty fun time to be a Boston sports fan and the Celtics are no small part of the fun right now. Obviously, adding Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen has helped. Not often is a team able to bring in so many big names in a short period. Here's the short list and how it turned out: -Wilt/Baylor/West Lakers: The Lakers brought Wilt in for 1969-70 season to put them over the top after a painful seven-game Finals loss in 1967-68. At that time, Wilt (age … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

Q&A With Kyle Wright and “The NBA Top to Bottom”

November 2, 2007 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

The following is a question/answer session I recently conducted with journalist Kyle Wright. Kyle just wrote, "The NBA Top to Bottom", a fascinating new book where he ranks every single NBA team in history. For any casual fan or even an NBA buff, there is sufficient amount of data to digest and have fun with. Kyle was nice enough to sit down and talk with us for a few moments about his book, his methodology, and some of the interesting issues raised: -Why don't you tell … [Read more...] about Q&A With Kyle Wright and “The NBA Top to Bottom”

Playoff Droughts

October 25, 2007 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Last season Golden State ended a 13-year postseason drought in spectacular fashion. The Warriors broke an even longer streak by getting to the second round for the first time since 1990-91 when RUN TMC shocked David Robinson's Spurs. I thought it would be fun to go through and see the current longest postseason droughts. Here's a list of each franchise and the last time they made the playoffs AND actually won a round: -Atlanta Hawks: Last in the playoffs in 1998-99, which is … [Read more...] about Playoff Droughts