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World, please notice Chuck Hayes

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...the league. Of course there's a stat for that! Consider these numbers (courtesy of the Rockets' Basketball Operations department): Steals: Hayes ranks 2nd (out of 303 players; behind only Rajon Rondo) in the entire...

Blog | November 06, 2009

Friday Bullets

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By Henry Abbott LeBron James won't rule out playing for the Clippers or any other team. Kevin Durant missed some big shots that could have sealed a...

Blog | November 06, 2009

Why coaches should blog

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...themselves meaningfully, those without solid plans would have a hard time hiding, which is probably good for basketball too

Blog | November 06, 2009

First Cup: Friday

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Ailene Voisin of The Sacramento Bee: "Kevin Martin leaned against the wall in the Kings' practice facility Thursday afternoon, still very much in shoc...

Blog | November 06, 2009

Making history today: Latavious Williams

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...intention of playing in the NBA -- and no intention of spending more than a year in college basketball -- have no business in college hoops. Their year -- or even two -- is cynical, as are the coaches...

Blog | November 05, 2009

Superstar calls -- from coaches

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By Henry Abbott These are the highlights of last night's Wizards vs. Heat game. Missing are the three lowlights. They were all Gilbert Arenas plays,...

Blog | November 05, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

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...up.' Anybody ready for Lamar Odom at center? On the day that Gasol was cleared to resume basketball-related activities, the Lakers secured an overtime victory on the road for the second time in as...

Blog | November 05, 2009

Melo's average drops as Nuggets win again

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...to the game, Nets coach Lawrence Frank was waxing poetic about how fulfilling it is, as a basketball fan, to see the growth in non-scoring areas being displayed by Anthony and the other members...

Blog | November 04, 2009

Is Allen Iverson just now learning his role?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...all of this, of course, is that it's predicated on a rational consideration of how good basketball teams function, but that isn't what the Iverson Experiment has ever been about. It's about...

Blog | November 04, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

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...former Wolves GM and his former Celtic teammate McHale and Rivers is a deft master of defensive basketball and manager of multiple egos. The Garnett trade, even if we can agree that the Wolves had...

Blog | November 04, 2009

Tuesday Bullets

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By Henry Abbott Kevin Garnett tops a list of NBA defenders, as measured by a Dean Oliver-inspired metric that extracts individual accomplishments ...

Blog | November 03, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

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Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe: "The Celtics had to sign Rajon Rondo long-term, didn't they? He's far too good to be allowed to slip away, and what was ...

Blog | November 03, 2009

Magic and Bird: The Past On the Present

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...ve moved away from those scoring point guards, that we've got point guards that distribute the basketball. One difference stands out: the new rules that limit hand-checking. You know how many points Larry...

Blog | November 02, 2009

Brandon Jennings makes Sonny Vaccaro look smart

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By Henry Abbott Basketball godfather Sonny Vaccaro has been openly supportive -- instrumental even -- in encouraging some of the finest young basketball...

Blog | November 02, 2009

Hard lessons aren't always the best ones

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...holding, right? You fire up the bus, suck up the financial worries and talk to them about basketball. Right? Well, what about incoming freshmen at college? In many ways, this is the easiest time of...

Blog | November 02, 2009