32 Results for aaron hill

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...how things sometimes work out in pro sports. Remember when the Green Bay Packers incredibly saw quarterback Aaron Rodgers do a free fall on draft day when all the talk before the draft was how...

Blog | November 19, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Dan Duggan of the Boston Herald: "After averaging 16.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 9.8 assists in the Celtics two playoff series, it would be unders...

Blog | September 17, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Battier and Luis Scola will be their leaders. Aaron Brooks will be their most exciting player. Morey...upgrade their team. They pursued Jason Kidd, Grant Hill and Andre Miller, but all signed elsewhere. The...

Blog | August 27, 2009

Tuesday Mini-Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...rookie combo guards have done across the NBA recently. My main thought about players like Teague: When Aaron Brooks became so valuable in the playoffs, there was a little more proof of the concept of...

Blog | August 11, 2009

The Player to Root for on Draft Day

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...he was 15, he had improved enough to meet John Hardnett, the Philly basketball guru. Hardnett, Sonny Hill's heir apparent, mentors nearly every good-to-great player growing up in Philadelphia. His workouts...

Blog | June 22, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: "Sure, the Rockets need to get Yao Ming the ball more no matter what defense the Trail Blazers play. Si...

Blog | April 22, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...the last three championship teams. Add Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Ray Allen, Grant Hill, Derek Fisher, Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess and you have a wealth of 30-somethings still playing...

Blog | April 20, 2009

Playoff Warmup Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Leaguewide Bullets These bullets would be a lot better, but I could not stop watching this. If that doesn't give you playoff fever, nothing will...

Blog | April 17, 2009

Liveblogging the Craziness of the Regular Season's Final Night

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Welcome to the last night of the 2008-2009 NBA regular season, where there are five games to determine matchups in five of the NBA's eight first-r...

Blog | April 15, 2009

Friday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...should've been. He won a career-high 56 regular-season games with Aaron McKie, Eric Snow, Tyrone Hill and 34-year-old Dikembe Mutombo providing support. Focused and motivated, Iverson reluctantly listened...

Blog | April 10, 2009

The Deep End of the Rotation: Assessing Playoff Benches

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...the wing, while Kurt Thomas can throw his weight around in the post. Backup point guard George Hill has shown he can guard both guard positions, and Popovich tested the rookie last Thursday night by...

Blog | March 16, 2009

NBA: No Bodies Available

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz The playoff run is heating up. It's a fan's dream, with top teams in both conferences jockeying for position with the...

Blog | March 09, 2009

Wednesday: First Cup

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...being in this profession (tonight's game at Boston couldn't have a better build up if Aaron Sorkin had scripted it). If you missed the second-year Hawks center's virtuoso performance in Tuesday...

Blog | November 12, 2008

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Time: "Assistant coach Kurt Rambis said Odom's game was 'fair to middling, maybe poor,' and that Odom 'didn't seem f...

Blog | October 09, 2008

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald: "The Celtics, as is the custom for any major professional sports champion in this country, will be honored by Presid...

Blog | September 19, 2008