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"If I wanted to, I could quit basketball and play in the NFL."
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopLeBron James, messing around as a wide receiver, assures the cameras he won't really do that. I'm no football expert, but does anybody think h...
Blog | October 07, 2009Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJoe Fingerhut, a young man from St. Louis, whose dad raised him on loving the Celtics, decided to take his dad to a Celtics/Pacers game for Christmas....
Blog | September 24, 2009First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBuck Harvey of the San Antonio Express-News: "Bruce Bowen may have been dirty to the other 29 franchises, but not to league officials. By 2007, a...
Blog | September 04, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...celebrity visits to cheer up the troops. No, he is the troops. The former University of Miami basketball star and former Miami Heat first-round pick enlisted in the Army a year ago, at the...
Blog | August 31, 200925 Things I Learned at MIT
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopLast Saturday I filled most of a notebook with thoughts from the MIT Sloan Sports Business Conference. It's all good fodder for TrueHoop. Pieces h...
Blog | March 13, 2009Regarding LeBron James, with Love from Cleveland
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopOn Monday, on TrueHoop, I invited fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers to e-mail. The idea was: The dialogue in the media about the summer of 2010 has a bi...
Blog | February 04, 2009LeBron James' Football Commercial
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...39; NFL commercials we launched this season. It has allowed State Farm to connect to NFL, pro basketball, and sports fans everywhere
Blog | January 17, 2009Lots of Smart People in Boston
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...small conference. I especially enjoyed hearing from very smart people like Dean Oliver -- the dean of modern basketball statistics -- and Michael Zarren who is the statisical mind of much of what the Boston Celtics do...
Blog | February 10, 2008Is the League in Jeopardy?
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopI have heard worries that the Tim Donaghy scandal could actually put the existence of the NBA in a certain jeopardy. Really? This morning I emailed a ...
Blog | July 25, 2007Rolling With Leandro: Gregory Dole's Barbosa File, Part Seven
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Dole lives in Brazil, and describes himself as a "freelance writer, English as a second language teacher, basketball coach, basketball scout, and world traveller." That's a career that, not too long ago, took him...
Blog | May 22, 2007"Guaranteed Contracts Have Ruined the NBA"
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...because they don't want to pay his salary, but it's better than what happens in basketball. In the NBA, free agents sign six- and seven-year deals for millions of guaranteed dollars. Then...
Blog | March 09, 2006Maurice Clarett's Lawyer: NBA Age Rule in Trouble Already
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...what might happen in the NFL with no age floor or with a lower age floor. The basketball player won't have that burden. He can turn to the 10-year fact pattern that shows...
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