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In egolessness, the Celtics are Rolling Stones

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By Henry Abbott TrueHoop reader Nick just noticed a Brendan Haywood quote that comes from NBA.com (via Fanhouse): "That's what the Celtics do. Paul Pierce...

Blog | November 23, 2009

First Cup: Friday

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Bill 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, 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 pl...

Blog | November 05, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

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...s last-second steal." Dan Steinberg of D.C. Sports Bog: "'Sometimes it's just frustrating,' Brendan Haywood said last week, when Caron Butler hurt his knee. 'It feels like we're cursed.' Well...

Blog | November 05, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

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...number of places where they wanted to affix the blame after a disappointing loss in Cleveland. Brendan Haywood targeted the referees, who put the Wizards in a compromising position after they allowed Shaquille O...

Blog | November 04, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

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...weak' on pick-and-roll defense and exploited it to his advantage, first by setting up Brendan Haywood for three easy dunks, and next by penetrating into the lane for driving baskets -- runners off...

Blog | October 29, 2009

First Cup: Friday

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Lisa Dillman of the Los Angeles Times: "Lessons for a rookie, Part 9. There's plenty for Clippers rookie Blake Griffin to remember and, by all account...

Blog | October 23, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

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Howard Beck of The New York Times: "Coach Mike D'Antoni, ever the nonconformist, is eliminating the morning shootaround for all home games this s...

Blog | October 13, 2009

First Cup: Friday

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Doug Smith of the Toronto Star: "It is hugely significant that Chris Bosh will make his pre-season debut for the Raptors in Minneapolis on Friday...

Blog | October 09, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

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Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune: "Kevin Love's tweeter is broken, but he promises a glorious comeback. Love, a child of the computer age, emb...

Blog | October 01, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

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Ronald Tillery of The Commercial Appeal: "Less than a week after the Grizzlies introduced Allen Iverson as the most significant free-agent acquis...

Blog | September 16, 2009

First Cup: Monday

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Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "For the second time in less than a month, Heat forward Michael Beasley is out of the Twitter bu...

Blog | August 24, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

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Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer: "Larry Brown said he'd enjoy coaching Allen Iverson again. But there are issues in the way of the Cha...

Blog | August 20, 2009

The Matter of Brendan Haywood

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Posted by Kevin Arnovitz I'm always skittish about calling attention to an episode like Brendan Haywood's appearance on Hardcore Sports Radio, in which he implied, rather explicitly, that the spiraling Stephon...

Blog | August 18, 2009

Tuesday Mini-Bullets

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...Gilbert Arenas' dad on the D.C.'s 106.7 the Fan. Guest host Brendan Haywood asked Arenas about those who criticize his son for getting injured to much: "'...

Blog | August 11, 2009