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The Mixed Messages Surrounding Michael Beasley
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...job, and doing it properly could take ten times as long. Suicidal Tweets The baseline of my thinking about it comes from what I wrote when we first learned Michael Beasley was reportedly getting...
Blog | August 26, 2009Yet Another Fresh Start for Sebastian Telfair
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Clippers. To find Telfair, you have to click on the hyperlink of the story, which will first take you to a video in which Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy refers to Telfair as his new...
Blog | July 24, 2009Monday Playoff Super Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...from last season's marks with their various teams. Sunday, James had two assists, none after the first quarter, and that quartet was 5-of-24 shooting." David Friedman: "Chauncey Billups, who received...
Blog | May 22, 2006First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...as he had in his Hall of Fame basketball career. It's been 27 years, give or take a few months, since he cold called Abe Pollin and invited him to lunch. But the news...
Blog | November 25, 2009More lows for Nets, Frank
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...fired this season after New Orleans' Byron Scott. The 101-87 defeat to the Nuggets was the first time in November that Frank was able to play All-Star point Devin Harris, center Brook Lopez...
Blog | November 25, 2009The tales of Abe Pollin's life
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...as told by Dan Steinberg of the D.C. Sports Bog: "I would say I met Abe first probably in 1967," Stern, the NBA Commish, remembered before the lunch. "He says he remembers me coming...
Blog | November 24, 2009Sonny Vaccaro: Brandon Jennings broke the mold, part three
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBy Henry Abbott Last week, basketball insider Sonny Vaccaro explained why he feels defensive about Brandon Jennings, and told the story of how he c...
Blog | November 24, 2009First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopRonald Tillery of The Commercial-Appeal: "Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi, the first NBA player from Iran, and Omri Casspi, the first Israeli player in the league, met at midcourt...
Blog | November 24, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...his own basket with time expiring in the first quarter. The shot left Robinson's hand after...One day, Carter's name and number should take its rightful place in the ACC rafters and...
Blog | November 23, 2009On the lifeline between the Knicks, Eddy Curry, and William Wesley
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopRay Amanti/NBAE via Getty Images William Wesley, to those who have lost patience with Eddy Curry: "At the end of the day, we have to remember tha...
Blog | November 21, 2009Gallows humor from Lawrence Frank as Nets again go for 1st W
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...them because of the blemish, and I'll take 100 percent responsibility for where we're at...did have Devin Harris available Saturday for the first time since the second game of the season...
Blog | November 21, 2009Sonny Vaccaro: Brandon Jennings broke the mold, part two
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...saw that this kid had this thing about him. But I didn't ever want him to take it for granted, or to embarrass other players. It was a moment. He didn't play at...
Blog | November 20, 2009First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times: "Making his season's first appearance after sitting out the first 11 games because of a hamstring injury, Pau Gasol took the...
Blog | November 20, 2009Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...To Be A Leader, by Kevin Garnett. How To Cross Someone Over, by Tim Hardaway. How To Take A Charge by Shane Battier. How To Shoot A Free Throw, by Chauncey Billups. How To Read...
Blog | November 19, 2009First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...day when all the talk before the draft was how Rodgers would likely be one of the first players chosen? The Milwaukee Bucks now seem to have been the beneficiaries of Lady Luck as well...
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