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FIBA Americas Qualifier: Day 1

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

By Alfredo R. Berrios ESPNdeportes.com SAN JUAN -- Forward Charlie Villanueva will enter next season with the Detroit Pistons with the sole intention...

Blog | August 26, 2009

Monday Playoff Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Shuffle cut, post, double ball screen (with LeBron James as a screener). Four around one, with Anderson Varejao roaming inside. Ball-screen action opposite LeBron (who keeps defenders home around him). Staggered screens for...

Blog | April 20, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Marc J. Spears of The Boston Globe: "Tonight's game isn't bringing back memories of last season's first-round playoff series for ever...

Blog | March 27, 2009

The Deep End of the Rotation: Assessing Playoff Benches

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz You know the sequence well: It's the start of the second quarter in a pivotal playoff game. We see repeated camera shots ...

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

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Celtics vs. Lakers Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe: "Embrace it. Ogle it. Relish it. But, above all, believe it. The Boston Celtics did not just win fr...

Blog | June 18, 2008

Floppy Logic

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Auerbach and Rudolph were 100% American. For instance, in recent days many in the media have identified Anderson Varejâo, Manu Ginóbili, and Andrés Nocioni as noteworthy floppers. Lakers coach Phil Jackson has been quoted, for...

Blog | June 15, 2008

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mike Wise of The Washington Post: "For just the second time this calendar year, Gilbert Arenas, Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler were on the floor toge...

Blog | April 10, 2008

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...score for everyone else in seven out of seven categories.'"Bob Finnan of The News-Herald: "Anderson Varejao is known as a happy-go-lucky guy. That was anything but the case last summer...

Blog | March 05, 2008