Quick Thoughts

October 10, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber 8 Comments

I know it's exciting that training camps are open and players are playing actual basketball but actual news is quite hard to come by. We'll have full NBA previews coming in the next few weeks but we thought we'd tide you over with a little bit of basketball talk. We often associate a particular position with a particular player (i.e. Magic Johnson at the point in the 1980s or Michael Jordan at shooting guard forever). We were wondering whether our mental associations comport with the stats. … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

Quick Thoughts

August 30, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber 7 Comments

1. Leaders of the 00s: What do we call the decade from 2000 to 2009? Calling it "the 2000s" makes it sounds like we're referring to the whole century and the aughts, the technical name for the decade sounds a little silly. Perhaps the 00s makes the most sense? Not really sure but we'll stick with the 00s today. In any case, this decade is coming to a close and I was debating with a friend who exactly is the team of the 00s? The first thing to determine is when this decade actually … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

Quick Thoughts

July 16, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber 1 Comment

1. Whither AI?: Allen Iverson is no longer a star player. He can still get off a ton of shots, he still has problems getting to practice and complaining to coaches, and he still has an attitude and style of play that get him attention. At the end of the day, however, AI's greatest asset, shot creation, has really declined steadily since he turned 30 (and was traded away from Philadelphia). Some of this decline is due to the fact that Iverson will never again on be on a team that needed him … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

Quick Thoughts

April 15, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

1. Award Stuff Part II: We just finished up our award picks last week and I realized I left out a few things. We made all our picks in terms of awards but we had also been reviewing each award historically speaking. In that sense, we short thrifted our historical review of the Sixth Man, Most Improved, and MVP awards. So, while we wait for final playoff seedings to be locked in, let's look at some history. … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

Quick Thoughts

April 8, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

1. Award Picks: As the NBA season reaches a finish, we don't have too much to do but wait for the playoffs. While we don't pay too much attention to the post-season awards, this is a perfect time to throw in my two cents as to whom the awards should go to: … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

Quick Thoughts

March 30, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

1. Limping to the Finish: About one month ago we had an interesting season going on. The Magic, Celts, and Cavs were locked in a three-way battle for top seed. At the bottom of the conference, the eight-seed had a logjam of potential teams vying for the slot. Out West, the Lakers were pretty much in hand and the Dallas-Phoenix race for the eight seed also looked interesting. At this point, with a few weeks left in the season, there aren't a whole lot of reasons to watch the homestretch … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts