First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...s seventh in the league with 2.4 steals a game. He does not fly like Kobe Bryant. He does not have Dwight Howard's size. He doesn't have Tim Duncan's slick moves...
Blog | November 06, 2009First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...than a mirage. 'That was a loss that was a win,' former Spurs guard Avery Johnson said. 'It's amazing when you lose and you're winning at the same...
Blog | September 03, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopDan LeBatard of The Miami Herald: "The phone rings at 1 a.m. It is Tim James. The connection is tinny and echoing. How are you, Tim? 'It was ...
Blog | August 31, 2009First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...that's the only way you're going to beat them.'" K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune: "For all the talk about who started Thursday night, the Bulls showed...
Blog | March 27, 2009The Deep End of the Rotation: Assessing Playoff Benches
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...guard positions, and Popovich tested the rookie last Thursday night by giving him a stint covering Kobe Bryant. Health will ultimately dictate what the Spurs bench looks like and how effective it will be...
Blog | March 16, 2009First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...a better effort than last year.' However, Kobe Bryant didn't hesitate when asked if his team...the three I think about. Not dissing Magic Johnson, but these are guys who make their teammates...
Blog | December 05, 2008Wednesday: First Cup
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...It was one thing to express his healthy return to basketball in Beijing this summer with Kobe Bryant and LeBron James at his side. It's another to return to a Heat franchise that looks...
Blog | November 05, 2008First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...In his best chance at establishing his legacy as a championship player without Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant was seemingly burdened by something even heavier. ... The league MVP was AWFUL, unable to break through even...
Blog | June 18, 2008First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopCeltics vs. Pistons Rob Parker of The Detroit News: "After the Pistons lost Game 1, an aggravated Rasheed Wallace talked to the media in the locke...
Blog | May 23, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...worth of back pain that literally dropped him to his knees on a Sunday afternoon here, Kobe Bryant was splendidly, brilliantly tough in the Lakers' 123-115 overtime playoff loss to the Utah Jazz. But...
Blog | May 12, 2008First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopHornets vs. Spurs John DeShazier of The Times-Picayune: "Know what? The Hornets actually are behaving like the playoff kids they are, no matter how ...
Blog | May 06, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopLakers vs. Jazz Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times: "Twenty-one times, Kobe Bryant scored. Twenty-one times, he jabbed a 10-foot sword into a puffed-out chest. And basketball...
Blog | May 05, 2008First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Devin Harris' inability to develop into a capable, dependable NBA point guard stands as one of Avery Johnson's notable failures. ... In the end, Avery, as teacher, was a surprising disappointment for this franchise. The...
Blog | May 02, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...of the Nuggets from pros inside the NBA lies a chasm wider than the gulf between Kobe Bryant's current maturity level and Carmelo Anthony's. Within the association, the Nuggets are viewed as a...
Blog | April 28, 2008Venti First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopSuns vs. Spurs Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express-News: "Officially, the Spurs will fly to Phoenix on Thursday, and they might even lose a g...
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