First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJohn DeShazier of The Times-Picayune: "Byron Scott getting shoved out the door nine games into his sixth season in New Orleans, and less than two full...
Blog | November 13, 2009First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...humans. His team needs him on the court, not on the bench as the world's tallest cheerleader. That's not going to happen unless he stops complaining about all those big bodies banging on...
Blog | November 12, 2009Monday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopThe Plain Dealer's Brian Windhorst on Delonte West (who was arrested last week with three guns on him, his dad says it was about personal protecti...
Blog | September 21, 2009John McPhee on Flashy Play
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...at how much McPhee -- one of the most evidence-driven writers out there -- allows himself to play cheerleader. Were this a later book, I suspect he would have toned down the praise. "Bradley,"...
Blog | August 10, 2009When Young Girls Watch the NBA
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...I can tell her that's what my wife used to do when she was a cheerleader in high school. But man, these are all stretches
Blog | May 29, 2009A New Chant for a D.C. High School Basketball Team
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...for next year. So while Malia and Sasha aren't even enrolled there yet, they're already cheerleaders. And what the Sidwell fans were telling Maret with their "O-ba-ma!" chant was: "Even if...
Blog | December 12, 2008Friday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopI suppose I should have known this, but in Tony Mejia's talk with Joe Dumars on Pro Basketball News, I learned that Dumars and Allen Iverson have in f...
Blog | December 05, 2008Tuesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...my car. Which car did he leave you? The Maserati." Not bad!Devin Harris, comfortable among the cheerleaders. (Via the Howeva Files)Last week Jason Levien made the jump from NBA agent to NBA front...
Blog | December 02, 2008Friday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Dallas, they didn't even really need Tracy McGrady down the stretch, and he got to play cheerleader. The big things that worried me though, and I just rewatched the video to confirm it: With...
Blog | October 31, 2008Monday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBeno Udrih makes Kobe Bryant fall over, which gets him almost enough good karma to overcome the play later in the game when he gave the Lakers a layup...
Blog | October 13, 2008Talking to Mike James
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...and whatever the team wants right now. This is the first year of my career I played cheerleader. If that's what I've got to do, that's what I've got to do...
Blog | May 01, 2008This is Not a Cheerleader
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...and I'm open, I'm going to let it fly." "Energy player" is one thing. "Cheerleader" is another. Ronny Turiaf does not want to be called a cheerleader. And that's exactly what...
Blog | March 19, 2008Memphis GM Chris Wallace to Critics: Show Your Faces
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...on the record. But everyone wants to go and do that catty gossip like some high school cheerleaders, and that's something I don't appreciate. It makes doing business a lot harder. I'll...
Blog | February 07, 2008It's Getting Hard to Describe Dwight Howard
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMy lifelong affection for the Portland Trail Blazers notwithstanding, I'm a journalist, not a cheerleader, right? I'm supposed to be measured and balanced and fair and all that. Back when Dwight...
Blog | December 07, 2007Monday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBennett Salvatore referees another Mavericks game, and Dallas files an official protest with the league about the result. Eddie Sefko of the Dallas Mo...
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