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First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

John DeShazier of The Times-Picayune: "The word 'pathetic' is too kind. The Hornets scored 15 in the first quarter, 39 in the first half ...

Blog | April 28, 2009

25 Things I Learned at MIT

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Last 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, 2009

NBA: No Bodies Available

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...be better? It came up again this weekend at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. When Brian Burke, president and general manager of the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs said that the current...

Blog | March 09, 2009

Trickle Down Enthusiasm?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...is not there for basketball. People are taking clients out to show them a good time. (Brian Burke, the hilarious and masterfully blunt president and GM of the Maple Leafs explains why sports are...

Blog | March 07, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Celtics vs. Lakers  Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe: "Kevin Garnett is the player who changed everything for the Celtics this season. He is t...

Blog | June 12, 2008

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

The Lakers' most pressing off-season need was not, you could argue, pleasing Kobe Bryant. It was getting better on the defensive end, where the Lakers...

Blog | September 24, 2007

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Mike Sweetney, center Brian Skinner and 20-year-old wing Yaroslav Korolev are expected next week. Phoenix scouted Esteban Batista in the FIBA Americas Championship and has not ruled out Pat Burke." TrueHoop reader Noah...

Blog | September 13, 2007

KD's DVDs, III

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Kelly Dwyer Phoenix at New York, 2-25-00 These sorts of games intrigue me. Because of the nondescript nature of the teams, as an objective ...

Blog | September 05, 2007

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

People email me sometimes asking me how they can become NBA players/coaches/agents. I think to myself: you think if I knew how to be a baskteball mill...

Blog | January 29, 2007

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...steals, albeit on a team that's giving up 108 points per game. Amazing Suns benchwarmer Pat Burke, the pride of Ireland, has amazing videos. The fake political commercial ("Pat Burke for Congress, because...

Blog | November 27, 2006

Looking Tired, Phoenix Fizzles

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...they have three12th men. But for the record, after Eddie House, the depth chart shows Pat Burke, Brian Grant, and Nikoloz Tskitishvili. If those guys were people that Mike D'Antoni trusted, I have...

Blog | June 04, 2006