31 Results for greg anderson

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Williams, Daniel Gibson, Anthony Parker, LeBron James and Anderson Varejao: "The result was some beautiful basketball and...wrestling, what storylines would we see this season? Greg Oden is having a hard time getting his...

Blog | October 29, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Buck Harvey of the San Antonio Express-News: "Gregg Popovich figured he would cut Duncan's playing time as the season went along, and he did....

Blog | September 28, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...game on ice and tie the series 2-2. That's when Superman turned into Nick Anderson of the '95 Finals. He bricked both free throws, allowing Derek Fisher's 3-pointer...

Blog | June 12, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...the kind that rises to its moment." Greg Stoda of the Palm Beach Post: "There...to hurt anybody.' Ilgauskas and forward/center Anderson Varejao aren't afraid to dish out...

Blog | May 04, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Frank Dell'Apa and Marc J. Spears of The Boston Globe: "Rajon Rondo said he was going for the ball on the last significant sequence of the Ce...

Blog | April 29, 2009

Monday Playoff Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...quot;Shuffle cut, post, double ball screen (with LeBron James as a screener). Four around one, with Anderson Varejao roaming inside. Ball-screen action opposite LeBron (who keeps defenders home around him). Staggered screens for...

Blog | April 20, 2009

Now Attacking the Hoop in Crunch Time: The Cavaliers

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...the Cavaliers went about scoring, starting with a tie game at the 4:43 mark of regulation: Anderson Varejao makes a wide-open 17-foot jumper. Delonte West makes a layup. Zydrunas Ilgauskas makes a...

Blog | March 20, 2009

The Deep End of the Rotation: Assessing Playoff Benches

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz You know the sequence well: It's the start of the second quarter in a pivotal playoff game. We see repeated camera shots ...

Blog | March 16, 2009

NBA: No Bodies Available

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz The playoff run is heating up. It's a fan's dream, with top teams in both conferences jockeying for position with the...

Blog | March 09, 2009

Wednesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...and it shows. And Dave from BlazersEdge on Greg Oden: "I assume that the minute he stepped...the Pick."Dan Labbe of Cleveland.com says Anderson Varejao is one of those energy players whose...

Blog | October 08, 2008

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...New Jersey's Brook Lopez (10th pick), Indiana's Brandon Rush (13th pick), New Jersey's Ryan Anderson (21st pick), Orlando's Courtney Lee (22nd pick) and Oklahoma City's D.J. White (29th pick...

Blog | July 07, 2008

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Matt Baker of The Indianapolis Star: "Basketball legend Oscar Robertson said he thinks the NBA hasn't done enough to repair its negative image and is ...

Blog | June 30, 2008

Friday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...divorced themselves from the recent (New Jersey) past and started to get way under the cap. Ryan Anderson becomes the youngest Net in a quarter century. Brook Lopez is the second youngest since Clifford Robinson...

Blog | June 27, 2008

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

You might be thinking: What happened to TrueHoop? Some kind of TrueNap? As it happens, I spent nearly all day Thursday in the car going to and from a ...

Blog | June 20, 2008

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Celtics vs. Lakers Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times: "... it can be concluded unequivocally that avoiding Chicago is the best thing ever to hap...

Blog | June 05, 2008