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NBA Draft Update

March 11, 2009 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

Right now a good historical reference as to how the 2009 draft turns out might be the 1989 draft. This draft was weak at the top, but had some pretty good guards chosen later in round one. That’s a little how I think this one will end up. The draft is void of can’t-miss types, but is deep enough with wing players that I’m sure a sleeper or three will emerge from later in the draft. I’ll list the prospects as I did last month. I feel it’s best to look draft prospects in this order: … [Read more...] about NBA Draft Update

Quick Thoughts

March 5, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

1. Playoff Meanderings: On an overall level, the Eastern Conference has caught up the West. Three of the top four teams are in the East and they have been pretty effective against the West. Nevertheless, the West is absolutely flying in terms of playoff position. Right now, the West's top eight have winning percentages of .600 or better (projecting to 49-50 wins) and Phoenix is ninth with a .557 winning percentage (which projects to about 46 wins). Now, we've looked at the playoffs a … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

Transactions: 1/19-2/24

February 26, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Boston Celtics 2/17 Traded Sam Cassell to Sacramento for a conditional 2015 second-round draft pick 2/19 Traded Patrick O'Bryant to Toronto for a conditional second-round pick in 2014 2/24 Signed Mikki Moore For Boston, Sam-I-Am was always an insurance policy for Rajon Rondo. Since that time Rondo has played quite well and they haven't needed to try to cash in the Cassell policy, save for one game against San Antonio last spring. Even so, the Celts are still very thin … [Read more...] about Transactions: 1/19-2/24

Top Heavy NBA

February 20, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

Most believe that NBA title contention is likely limited to Boston, Cleveland, and the Los Angeles Lakers. I was just checking out Basketball-Reference's cool playoff probability reports, which essentially confirm all of our hunches on this point. As of right now, each team of these teams has about the same chance of winning the title (with Cleveland a little bit higher on the totem pole). Moreover, each team is projected to win at least 63 games. Assuming everyone stays healthy, all three … [Read more...] about Top Heavy NBA

Quick Thoughts

February 13, 2009 by Harlan Schreiber Leave a Comment

1. The Things We Say: We're not too interested about what's going on this All-Star Weekend. We don't loath the show but frankly it's just not that much of a priority for us. That being said, the NBA All-Star weekend is probably the most interesting of such events (for whatever that's worth). Rather than get too much into the All-Star show, I thought we'd reflect on a few of the interesting happens of the past week, some of which can be filtered through some quotes that I found … [Read more...] about Quick Thoughts

NBA Draft Update

February 8, 2009 by Ed Weiland Leave a Comment

After two of stronger, deeper drafts ever, the 2009 draft is going to be fairly normal. There are no can’t miss stars and the best player, Blake Griffin, is more of a hard worker than a great athlete. This is mainly due to a weak freshman class. The sophomores who stuck around from last years’ incredible class are by themselves a more impressive group than the ‘09 freshmen. That means the winners from the 2009 draft are going to be players who stayed in school for another year, because they’ll … [Read more...] about NBA Draft Update