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On International Competition and the NBA

September 16, 2014 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Another FIBA international competition has come and gone and it is clear that the United States has established itself as the best basketball team in the world and that the gap against competition is quite high again. The question becomes: now what? Well, that isn’t really the question but the pundits are questioning the utility in even competing with pros in the FIBA Worlds or the Olympics anymore. Yesterday, Adrian Wojnarowski laid out the main arguments against the use of NBA players in … [Read more...] about On International Competition and the NBA

NBA Draft 2014: Final Top 60

June 26, 2014 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

As much fun as all this analysis has been, the real fun will start when we find out exactly how legendary this draft is. I suspect it will look more like the underrated 1985 draft than anything. That was a deep draft featured a franchise center in Patrick Ewing and 9 other all-stars including Karl Malone. I feel the 2014 edition will be heavy on all-stars as well. The question is who are the future all-stars? This list is my best guess from most likely to least likely. Joel Embiid, C … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2014: Final Top 60

NBA Draft 2014: The Shooting Guards

June 19, 2014 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

This is a solid group. The talent here isn’t crazy good as it is with the SFs this year, but it is a nice deep class headed by potential all-stars Adams, Hairston and Harris. While the players are ranked, I bunched them into 5 groups: The top 4, the young guys with potential, the best of the rest, the small college stars and four other players worth a mention. Here are the numbers: SG Prospects 2PP 3pp P40 S40 RSB40 A/TO Jordan … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2014: The Shooting Guards

NBA Draft 2014: Ranking the Point Guards

June 16, 2014 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

Like the other perimeter positions in the 2014 draft this is a strong class of PGs. There are potential stars, likely journeymen and several players who are worth a look and could succeed should they work hard and have other factors play out right. Here are the numbers for each college player: PG Prospects 2PP 3PP P40 A40 S40 RSB40 A/TO Marcus Smart 514 299 21.1 5.6 3.4 11.0 1.8 Elfrid … [Read more...] about NBA Draft 2014: Ranking the Point Guards

NBA Finals Preview

June 3, 2014 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

It took a year for us to get right back where we left off at the end of 2012-13, Heat v. Spurs, the rematch. Let’s run through the some interesting tidbits about the rematch. But first a few notes on the losers from last round: Pacers Can’t Score Typically, coming pretty close to the NBA Finals but not getting there is either a great thing or a crushing defeat, depending on expectations. If you told a Pacer fan that the team would get to the Conference Finals and lose to the Heat in six … [Read more...] about NBA Finals Preview

What’s The Top Pick Worth?

May 27, 2014 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

The Cavs how now won the NBA lottery for the third time in four years. This record of success at picking ping pong balls has led some to question whether this shows that the system is broken. Bill Simmons responded with a column arguing that the Cavs’ win proves the problems because “[f]or me, this was about the failure of rewarding a relentlessly incompetent organization.” I understand the sentiment that the NBA shouldn’t be rewarding failure but I think this misses the point. Why should … [Read more...] about What’s The Top Pick Worth?