Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopHow do you manage only 64 points against Toronto? Detroit's effort last night was painfully familiar to Dan Feldman of PistonPowered. Instead of...
Blog | December 24, 2009Jared Jeffries: Difference maker?
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...known as one of the two players you'd have to absorb in any deal with the...happens -- defenses actually sag outward against the 3-point happy Knicks. To the frustration of Utah Jazz...
Blog | December 24, 2009Taking Inventory at Christmastime
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopThe 25-30 game mark is my favorite moment in the NBA season. Come again? What can you possibly glean from December basketball? Oakland A's general ...
Blog | December 24, 2009Merry Christmas, Blazer fans
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Joel Przybilla, Rudy Fernandez, Nicolas Batum, Travis Outlaw and Patrick Mills (rookie point guard who has also been out all season) -- you'd have a fighting chance at making the playoffs. New plan: Trade every...
Blog | December 23, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...see when the time comes,' Boozer said. 'I think that'll take care of itself at that point in the season. They're a good team trying to get better, we're a good team...
Blog | December 23, 2009The most valuable timeout
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...bet somebody can (cough, Daryl Morey, cough) -- I'd wager the Pacers would have been much more...minutes. One with 1:13 left, down four points. Another with 28 seconds left, down five. And...
Blog | December 22, 2009Jamal Crawford's street-legal shake-n-bake
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...a very cool move. Honestly, for Christmas, I'd like that in my game. Is it traveling...simultaneously on the floor. Note that at this point, the player may not pivot; if he lifts...
Blog | December 22, 2009First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...compete. Nonexistent defense on their part and outrageous offense from the Bulls added up to a 24-point deficit.And even tempered as coach Paul Westphal may be, some players were certain a tongue-lashing...
Blog | December 22, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Bender scored 11 points in 14:42 and basically was the entire Knicks offense for the first five minutes of the fourth quarter. 'I'm like Ron, I never thought he'd be back, either...
Blog | December 21, 2009Late Friday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Williams the best point guard in the NBA. Who doesn't love a pissed off Chris Paul? Since Kiki Vandeweghe took over the Nets have played better offense and worse defense. D.J. Foster of...
Blog | December 18, 2009My radical position on crunch time performers
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...in the NBA. Before handing out an award like that, I'd dig into all kinds of stuff, like: How many big points a player had made in key moments of games. How many...
Blog | December 18, 2009Daryl Morey, open for business
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...d expect nothing will happen. But if the right thing comes along and we can upgrade the team then that's why I'm here. Worth pointing out: Morey goes to some trouble to point...
Blog | December 18, 2009First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...expired in a victory over the Nets. D'Antoni generally uses a short rotation, which expanded at the start of the season only to narrow when point guard Chris Duhon improved his play. 'That...
Blog | December 18, 2009Late Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Dragic, in fact, let the game come to him all night finishing with a career-high 18 points, including 4-of-5 shooting from behind the arc, as well as having -- from a coach's...
Blog | December 17, 2009Kobe Bryant in a nutshell
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...of the fourth quarter, and all of overtimes, when neither team is leading by more than five points. In that period last night, Bryant showed some of the mixed bag of efficiency that the stats...
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