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Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Magazine's Chris Broussard with Brandon Jennings -- the first top American player to skip college for professional basketball in Europe: "This sure ain't LA. It's culture shock, and a hoops reeducation to boot...
Blog | November 21, 2008First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...the same spring, no less -- in his 12 seasons and is considered the Michael Jordan of Minnesota basketball." Marc J. Spears of The Boston Globe: "'Kevin Garnett jerseys sell more than what the Timberwolves have...
Blog | November 21, 2008George Karl Talks Cancer
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...premiere treatments, but I did not know the extent of their generosity. In my life, away from basketball, there are two causes that I really focus on. If people ask me to help out or...
Blog | November 20, 2008Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...a pretty amazing team." Also, Eric Musselman is reading the book, and has ideas about how young basketball players can learn from the Beatles.Can this really be true? Does the NHL really have more...
Blog | November 20, 2008First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Haslem was benefiting from it with a huge game. 'It gets old after a while,' Haslem said. 'Basketball is supposed to be 5-on-5. People mix all those junk defenses. To me, I feel...
Blog | November 20, 2008Wednesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...GM.Not often you hear NBA coaches talk about "truth." I like that.Watch Donovan McNabb playing basketball then (lively legs!) and now (lively mouth!).When this referee calls a game this season, home teams...
Blog | November 19, 2008The Many Faces of Derrick Rose
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...very closely last night, and here's what he noticed. Two of my favorite recent pieces of basketball writing come by way of Basketball Prospectus. The first is Kevin Pelton's examination of the Lakers...
Blog | November 19, 2008Greg Oden Arrived?
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...movements are products of being in a new environment. Remember, he's not just back on the basketball court after a layoff, but on the NBA court for the first time ever. And he's...
Blog | November 19, 2008First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...the Portland Trail Blazers at Oracle Arena. But because he is changing the way the Warriors play basketball. Morrow was a game-changer in leading the Warriors (5-6) to their first winning streak of...
Blog | November 19, 2008Tuesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...name," he writes, "so we go way back."As TrueHoop reader Kyle points out, check out the basketball on the shelf behind the president elect. Can anyone figure out who signed that?There was some...
Blog | November 18, 2008Remembering Pete Newell
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...hadn't been a head coach anywhere since 1960, he was one of the biggest names in basketball coaching history. With good reason. There is a lot of acrimony in basketball -- it's a cutthroat...
Blog | November 18, 2008Sam Cassell on Being a Veteran
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopOn Pro Basketball News, David Friedman had a very interesting conversation with Sam Cassell. Here's Cassell on learning, as...
Blog | November 18, 2008Stat Geeks and Coaches
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopOne aspect of new-breed basketball metrics is that many people have different ways to add up the quality of the players on...
Blog | November 18, 2008First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJonathan Abrams of The New York Times: "The Nets were once considered the odds-on favorite to get James, possibly the game's most transcending player....
Blog | November 18, 2008Monday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMalcolm Gladwell has a new book about "Outliers," as in, people who are extraordinarily successful. The lessons apply to sports as much as anything. H...
Blog | November 17, 2008EDITOR'S PICKS
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