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First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...rookie guard Tyreke Evans said. 'He talked to us. He said, 'We're not playing our best basketball, but keep fighting.' And then we went out there and did that. It was unbelievable.' Believe it...

Blog | December 22, 2009

Basketball never mattered less

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...media is on you if you screw up. All that money makes people act funny. And if basketball doesn't work out, in many cases there is not a good plan B. And there are...

Blog | December 21, 2009

Late Friday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Delonte West and his bipolar disorder. Mike Brown has a great quote: "He's a very good basketball player and a very good person. His work ethic ... is off the charts. I've got a...

Blog | December 18, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Paul Coro of The Arizona Republic: "They can get every first but for their first win on TNT since the 2007-08 regular season and their first road win ...

Blog | December 18, 2009

Tyreke Evans' game-winning non-steal

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...clutch steal is right up there near the top of the list in terms of my favorite basketball plays, and he got a great one. He's rewarded for his efforts with this headline on...

Blog | December 17, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Tom Enlund of the Journal Sentinel: "What would have been an oh-so-sweet victory over the NBA-champion Los Angeles Lakers was there for the taking Wed...

Blog | December 17, 2009

Wednesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...what they were always going to do anyway? I fail to see the crisis here. They're basketball players. A lot of them want to play basketball. Sometimes they get hurt playing for their national...

Blog | December 16, 2009

The essential Reggie Miller documentary

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Dan Klores and the makers of the documentary "Winning Time," which chronicles the verbal, emotional, physical and basketball battles between Reggie Miller's Pacers and the New York Knicks. It'll be on ESPN in...

Blog | December 16, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...world champions,' he emphasized -- had enough interest to sign him during the off-season. 'This is a basketball environment.' Artest recently acknowledged drinking at halftime of NBA games earlier in his career." Jerome Solomon of...

Blog | December 16, 2009

Team USA: Scouting tales from Poland and Puerto Rico

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Sheridan Tony Ronzone, the chief scout for Team USA and the head international scout (and director of basketball operations) for the Detroit Pistons, is quoted extensively in an analysis column I wrote today on Team...

Blog | December 15, 2009

Chris Paul's role: Superstar

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images If Chris Paul did less, could the Hornets do more? By Henry Abbott Role player. Here's the idea: You have ...

Blog | December 15, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...himself into other interests, including his first year as owner of the Shanghai Sharks in the China Basketball Association, with plans to be in Shanghai for the start of the season this month. He arrives...

Blog | December 15, 2009

Now starring as Michael Jordan: Allen Iverson

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Allen Iverson says he just had a large amount of fluid drained from his left knee. By Henry Abbott An a...

Blog | December 14, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Frank Isola of the New York Daily News: "Jonathan Bender, who turns 29 next month, worked out for the Knicks last summer but didn't feel he was physic...

Blog | December 14, 2009

Bulls remain mysterious despite big win

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...a whopping 35 points. Bad times all around. Of course, winning is a wonderful tonic for a basketball player's soul, so it's easy to forgive Gibson for being a little juiced up over...

Blog | December 12, 2009