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Sonny Vaccaro: Brandon Jennings broke the mold, part three
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBy Henry Abbott Last week, basketball insider Sonny Vaccaro explained why he feels defensive about Brandon Jennings, and told the story of how...
Blog | November 24, 2009First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...sometimes it's hard not to - this 76ers season might be like trying to fit a round basketball through a square rim. After yesterday's Washington Wizards practice, Arenas, Washington's all-star guard, spoke...
Blog | November 24, 2009Monday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Pay attention, I won't get to say this often: Amazing video of the Clippers playing beautiful basketball. You know how some people have freakish memories? For instance, they can count cards all the way...
Blog | November 23, 2009The Most Essential Sun
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Remember when Steve Nash, Mike D'Antoni and the "Seven Seconds or Less" Phoenix Suns redefined NBA basketball -- and even sniffed a championship in the process? Back then it was one of those funny academic...
Blog | November 23, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...have resulted in 3 points for the Nets. The play immediately became fodder for highlight shows and basketball blogs, embarrassing both Robinson and his team." Frank Zicarelli of the Toronto Sun: "Until Vince Carter offers...
Blog | November 23, 2009The Clippers' big exhale
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...that's sleepwalked through much of the past two weeks, the Clippers played an intelligent brand of basketball. They got into the bonus early. They worked Al Thornton in the post against a smaller Arron...
Blog | November 21, 2009The echoes of Eddy Curry
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...progress, of course. He is the one who set Curry up with strength coach Tommy Weatherspoon and basketball trainer Jerry Powell to work with Curry this summer. For most of June, Curry stayed at Wesley...
Blog | November 20, 2009Sonny Vaccaro: Brandon Jennings broke the mold, part two
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...year playing professionally in Italy, instead of paying his dues to the powers that be in NCAA basketball. The way people talked about Jennings leading up to the draft does suggest opinion-makers weren't...
Blog | November 20, 2009First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times: "Making his season's first appearance after sitting out the first 11 games because of a hamstring injury, Pau ...
Blog | November 20, 2009Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Free Throw, by Chauncey Billups. How To Read A Defense, by Chris Paul. How To Watch A Basketball Game, by Charles Barkley. I missed it this summer, but some top players in Europe tested positive...
Blog | November 19, 2009Brandon Jennings' Progress Report -- Media Relations Edition
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopWhile the rest of the basketball world was marveling over Brandon Jennings' on-court exploits during his 55-point explosion last weekend and...
Blog | November 19, 2009Sonny Vaccaro: Brandon Jennings broke the mold, part one
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...for instance, by promoting young players and getting shoe companies to sponsor coaches -- in building up NCAA basketball to be the massive business that it is today. But that doesn't mean he loves everything...
Blog | November 19, 2009Sneaking a suspended player on the court in a teammate's uniform
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBy Henry Abbott It's one of the ballsiest basketball offenses imaginable. A player is suspended for five games for fighting. His team will really miss him...
Blog | November 19, 2009First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMark Bradley of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "The Hawks won their 10th game of the nascent season Wednesday night. In 2004-05, this franchise man...
Blog | November 19, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...patience. Yet Walsh dismissed that line of thinking, saying, 'We usually try to make our decisions on basketball and take it where it goes.' If the Knicks were 4-6 -- the sort of record they...
Blog | November 18, 2009EDITOR'S PICKS
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