16 Results for dwight howard

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...As if the loss to a reigning lottery team wasn't bad enough, Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard said it appeared his team "quit" during the dreary proceedings. 'We haven't had a game...

Blog | November 09, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: "Perhaps the setting was fitting, a reminder of how far Tracy McGrady must go. But for the first time s...

Blog | October 05, 2009

Your Second-Favorite Team

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

NBA fandom usually begins with the love of a team. My love of the NBA, for instance, springs directly from a childhood spent listening to Blazer games...

Blog | August 21, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...the Los Angeles Times: "Without any fights this spring, you've already suspended Fisher, Dwight Howard, Rafer Alston and Udonis Haslem, and the second round just started. Have you legal eagles noticed...

Blog | May 08, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Michael Wilbon of The Washington Post: "The NBA would be well suited to dump Atlanta, Miami and Orlando, and just hold on to the Celtics and Bull...

Blog | May 01, 2009

Monday Playoff Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Detroit Pistons Lay off Mo Williams's iPod.  Holy cow. This is certainly the longest document created this seaso...

Blog | April 20, 2009

Playoff Warmup Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...113 free throws (73 percent)." What's more likely: Phil Jackson would really take Dwight Howard over LeBron James ... or Phil Jackson is belittling LeBron James as he always does with opponents...

Blog | April 17, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald: "Anderson Varejao may want to bring a security detail to his next game against the Celtics. In a March 3 game a...

Blog | April 13, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...record in the league in 2004, their chances of winning the pingpong ball lottery and drafting Dwight Howard No. 1 would have been rendered a mathematical implausibility." Bob Finnan of The News-Herald...

Blog | April 08, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Celtics vs. Cavaliers Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald: "Call it a pothole on the road to a long career, but Rajon Rondo is off to a rough start in t...

Blog | May 09, 2008

Venti First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...man. No wonder. Bosh had just spent almost an entire game locked in virtual combat with Dwight Howard and a handful of other Orlando Magic players, thrown to the ground repeatedly, knocked into the...

Blog | April 23, 2008

Oh What a Night

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...night -- in a win against Jason Kidd and the Dallas Mavericks.In losing to the Raptors, Dwight Howard managed nonetheless to have an unbelievable 37 points and 15 rebounds, while only taking 16 shots...

Blog | February 21, 2008

Twelve Questions for the 2007-2008 NBA Season

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

What happens to the prodigal sons? Two of the NBA's biggest moneymaking franchises, the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks, are being run by t...

Blog | October 30, 2007

TrueHoop Dance-Off

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...of a player in that famous All-Star Weekend Dance-Off with Shaquille O'Neal and Dwight Howard. Let's just admit right now that no one is likely to touch O'Neal when...

Blog | October 26, 2007

TrueHoop's Stat Geek Smackdown 2009

Henry Abbott, ESPN.com

Welcome to Year 3 of the TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown.

Story | Conversation | April 15, 2009