First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...to play head-to-head 82 times. The theater was riveting. Dwyane Wade destroyed, just destroyed, Anderson Varejao with a first-quarter, one-handed, soaring dunk in transition, drawing howls from the crowd and...
Blog | November 13, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMark Heisler of the Los Angeles Times: "Lakers talk the talk, and walk the walk -- well, at least some of the time -- as they did just often enou...
Blog | June 08, 2009Monday 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, 2009Late Tuesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...of the Boston Celtics has been suspended one game without pay for elbowing Cleveland Cavaliers forward Anderson Varejao in the groin, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations...
Blog | April 14, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMark Murphy of the Boston Herald: "Anderson Varejao may want to bring a security detail to his next game against the Celtics. In a...
Blog | April 13, 2009First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBrian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: "With the win, the Magic clinched their second consecutive Southeast Division title and eclipsed last seas...
Blog | March 26, 2009The Deep End of the Rotation: Assessing Playoff Benches
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopPosted 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, 2009NBA: No Bodies Available
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopPosted 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, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopCeltics 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, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopCeltics vs. Lakers Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe: "That was all prelude to the 'Leon Powe Show' in the first 4 1/2 minutes of the fourth quarter. Pow...
Blog | June 09, 2008First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...the crowd.'" Jodie Valade of The Plain Dealer: "The Cavaliers can call off the search party. Anderson Varejao has been found. The old moppy-haired Wild Thing the Cavaliers love so much for his...
Blog | May 13, 2008Too Many Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopSeriously, it's too much. I know. Just a day of fascinating NBA news. I thought about saying something snappy like "YOU edit these down." But then I t...
Blog | March 20, 2008Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...animal ... You don't mess around with a groin."When can you play, LeBron James and Anderson Varejao? Because the Cavaliers need help, as Brian Windhorst of the Akron Beacon-Journal points out: "As...
Blog | December 06, 2007Twelve Questions for the 2007-2008 NBA Season
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopWhat happens to the prodigal sons? Two of the NBA's biggest moneymaking franchises, the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks, are being run by t...
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