Second Cup: Training Camp Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...I can deal with that."A. Sherrod Blakely of Booth Newspapers: "Detroit's loss in the Eastern Conference finals for the third year in a row changed things. Chauncey Billups' health being less than 100...
Blog | October 02, 2008First Cup: Training Camp Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...his first championship. 'This is my 13th year, I would have thought I'd been to the Finals five or six times by now, won a championship,' he said at the Nuggets' media day Monday...
Blog | September 30, 2008Notes from a Day with NBA Referees
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...the session hadn't even focused on it. One big instance of that: Remember that 2007 Eastern Conference Finals game which Cleveland lost in Detroit on a big no-call? LeBron James drove into the...
Blog | September 24, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...changed following the team's disappointing performance in losing to eventual NBA champion Boston in the Eastern Conference finals."Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer: "[Emeka] Okafor was once offered over $12 million a season...
Blog | July 28, 2008Large First Cup of Draft Day Coffee
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMike Downey of The Chicago Tribune: "I know kids will be kids. I know Beasley has a frisky exuberance and humor. I know he and Derrick Rose are both m...
Blog | June 26, 2008Floppy Logic
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...t there be people out there who cringe at such talk? One of the highlihgts of my Finals roadtrip so far has been getting to know Carlos Morales and Alvaro Martin of ESPN Deportes. Super...
Blog | June 15, 2008Monday Mini-Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...averaging 30 points (on 50+ percent shooting) and 10 rebounds up until Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. That's when Larry's production really began to fall off. He then averaged 16 PPG...
Blog | June 09, 2008If the NBA Playoffs Were Run Like a Democratic Primary ...
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Joe Dumars might handle things. I'm talking about a fair, common-sense resolution of the Eastern Conference Finals. Some in the media are declaring the series over because the Boston Celtics have won four...
Blog | June 04, 2008Monday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopFrom the Associated Press: "[Doc Rivers] smiled and added, 'I told Kobe, the one thing I know from this point on, our generation had better bodies tha...
Blog | June 02, 2008The Vice-Commissioner of Anti-Flopping
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...ESPN after the Pistons' 106-102 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday. "All that bull(bleep)-ass calls they had out there. With Mike [Callahan] and...
Blog | May 29, 2008First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Flip Saunders said after the Celtics took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals. 'We're going to have to wait and see how it is [Thursday] and how it...
Blog | May 29, 2008First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...says they have a good feel for what might happen tonight in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals is lying. With the way this series has gone -- each team giving up serve at home...
Blog | May 28, 2008First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...were major keys during the Pistons 94-75 victory over the Boston Celtics which tied the Eastern Conference finals 2-2 heading into Game 5 in Boston. 'That kept the momentum up,' Wallace said of...
Blog | May 27, 2008Big Cup of Memorial Day Coffee
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...at least through the remainder of the Western Conference finals. Citing financial problems, Champion Air said in March...
Blog | May 26, 2008First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...t afraid of the Celtics. They proved it on Thursday night in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals at the TD Banknorth Garden. ... 'They're a good ballclub,' said Wallace, who had 13 points...
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