FAQs

The COY Curse?

June 17, 2018 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

In 2013, Nuggets coach George Karl won Coach of the Year and responded as follows: “Coach of the year? I’m not sure I want that legacy. Have you seen what happens to guys who win coach of the year?” Karl was let go by the Nuggets less than a month later. Five years later, Dwayne Casey suffered a similar fate (Denver chose not to give Karl a new contract while Casey was affirmatively fired). Still, management had the same beef, a disappointing postseason. Karl’s observation got me wondering … [Read more...] about The COY Curse?

The Hawk FAQ

October 10, 2017 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Last week, the NBA lost another legend in Connie Hawkins. Hawk’s story is well-chronicled but bittersweet. In a nut shell, Hawkins was a New York playground legend who was very loosely implicated in a point shaving scandal. Despite no hard evidence against him, Hawkins was expelled from Iowa (he was a freshman at the time) and no other school would take him. Hawkins also was not drafted in the NBA, so he spent six years barnstorming with the Pittsburgh Rens and Globetrotters before the … [Read more...] about The Hawk FAQ

The George Karl FAQ

January 10, 2017 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

George Karl’s controversial recent book has brought him back into the focus of the NBA. First, he wrote in an excerpt from the book about some issues in Denver with Kenyon Martin and Carmelo Anthony and blamed any problems with dime store psychology: “Kenyon and Carmelo carried two big burdens: all that money and no father to show them how to act like a man.” Later, in an interview for the book, Karl told New York Magazine that Portland’s struggles this year were attribute to Damian Lillard … [Read more...] about The George Karl FAQ

The Tim Duncan FAQ

July 16, 2016 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

What can be said about the recently retired Tim Duncan that hasn’t already been said? The story is fairly clear. Duncan comes to Wake Forest from the Virgin Islands and immediately excels and has a storybook NBA career with the Spurs, albeit without much flair or memorable stories. Rather than retrace the whole story, the challenge is to find some stories hidden in the background that fans don’t remember. So, here are a few: Did fear of sharks steer Duncan to the NBA? This isn’t really … [Read more...] about The Tim Duncan FAQ

Moses Malone FAQ

September 26, 2015 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

The passing of Moses Malone last week marks the loss of one of the great legends of NBA history. He is remembered as a relentless rebounding machine who didn’t say much. In fact, when you think about Malone, there are not many memorable stories or highlight plays. Rather, just a long career of rebounds, rebounds, and more rebounds. But there are plenty of fun forgotten stories that tell us a bit more about Malone and the time he played in. This is a good time to dwell on a few of those … [Read more...] about Moses Malone FAQ

Lock Out Post Mortem FAQ

November 26, 2011 by Harlan Schreiber 1 Comment

It looks like we finally have a tentative deal between the NBA and the NBPA. The terms are sketchy as the deal must be approved by the union members and the owners council. Both parties also admit that they need to iron out differences on the "b issues" too but the implication is that a deal will be done. What we do know is that the deal will drop the split in basketball related income from 57% down to 49-51% over the course of the agreement and that the luxury tax is more punitive but … [Read more...] about Lock Out Post Mortem FAQ