Posts by Brett Koremenos

August 12, 2013
With Dwight Howard in the Fold, What Is Omer Asik's Future With the Rockets?

When Dwight Howard made his move to Texas, it gave the Houston Rockets the second star the team had been hoping to acquire since last season’s trade for James Harden. The presence of the seven-time All-Star center is certainly a boost to the organization’s title aspirations, but because of Howard’s arrival, incumbent starter Omer Asik […]
August 1, 2013
Is Luigi Datome Going to Change the Way Role Players Are Paid in the NBA?

Despite all the free-agent hoopla this summer, with trips to mountain retreats and breathless Twitter updates coming at all hours, the Detroit Pistons’ acquisition of Italian League MVP Luigi Datome has gone largely unnoticed. Signing for just $3.5 million over two years, Datome’s arrival certainly didn’t merit attention on the scale of Dwight Howard landing […]
July 19, 2013
Matt Janning and the Practical Realities of Life on the NBA Fringes

Most fans view summer league as something of a basketball barometer. If a guy can play — whether he was a top pick, a second-round wild card, or an unsigned outcast — he’ll show it in summer league and find his way onto an NBA roster. If he can’t, well, Europe, China, or the D-League […]
July 12, 2013
Dispatches From NBA Summer League in Orlando, Day 5

Trying to Find a Balance To say Trey Burke has struggled during his first few games as a pro might be putting it mildly. Though it’s obviously just a short stretch of games, all the aspects of Burke’s game that have brought concern — specifically a shot-happy approach and inability to finish at the rim […]
July 11, 2013
Dispatches From NBA Summer League in Orlando, Day 4

After a few days of NBA-lite here in Orlando, you realize you take for granted some of the brilliant yet subtle nuances of the real thing. One specific example has been ball-screen defense. Or perhaps more aptly put, the shoddy nature of it during the games at Amway Center this week. At the NBA level, […]
July 10, 2013
Dispatches From NBA Summer League in Orlando, Day 3

Another day in Orlando, another day of interesting developments. I must say, I feel fortunate to even be able to write another column today. Yesterday, I watched with some serious trepidation as Joey Crawford approached Rasheed Wallace only to … shake his hand and act like he was seeing a beloved old friend. Definitely not […]
July 9, 2013
Dispatches From NBA Summer League in Orlando, Day 2

The second day of Orlando Summer League contained a little bit of everything — from the good (Jeremy Lamb’s game-sealing jumper), to the bad (Andrew Smith’s unfortunate injury), to the random (Scott Brooks’s son looking like a Sam Presti clone). I also got a chance to meet every basketball blogger’s favorite stats prodigy, Drew Cannon. […]
July 8, 2013
Dispatches From NBA Summer League in Orlando, Day 1

Day 1 of the Orlando Summer League could be summed up in one word: long. Turns out five 40-minute games, a seemingly endless number of fouls, and some shoddy, disorganized play can truly test your love and appreciation for basketball. Yet I persevered and somehow managed to cobble together some notes. Cool it, Cooley If […]
June 27, 2013
Arsalan Kazemi: The 2013 NBA Draft’s Ready-Made, Overlooked Rebounding Machine

NBA teams are going to wish they had drafted Arsalan Kazemi. Now, since some of you might be muttering “Who?” right now, that might seem hard to believe, which means it’s probably a good time to introduce the player destined to make a number of organizations across the league feel pangs of regret by this […]
June 26, 2013
The Next Danny Green: Identifying the 2013 NBA Draft’s 3-and-D Prospects

The era of the 3-and-D wing has officially started. Zach Lowe tackled the importance of such players earlier this season, mentioning NBA Finals darling (or goat, if you judge him by Game 7) Danny Green and other current NBA players capable of fitting this valuable role. With more and more teams recognizing the value of […]

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