Henry Abbott

Henry Abbott

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Henry Abbott founded TrueHoop, the preeminent NBA blog, in May 2005. Less than two years later, the TrueHoop posts and comments total nearly three million words, and TrueHoop has become part of ESPN.com, where Henry is a Senior NBA Writer.

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On the lifeline between the Knicks, Eddy Curry, and William Wesley

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  Ray 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 that ...

Blog | November 21, 2009

Gallows humor from Lawrence Frank as Nets again go for 1st W

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By Chris Sheridan I want to hurry and get this post up before tipoff, because there's no telling if Lawrence Frank will even make it to halftime befo...

Blog | November 21, 2009

The Clippers' big exhale

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LOS ANGELES -- If ever there were a team and a head coach in desperate need of a win, the Los Angeles Clippers and Mike Dunleavy were it. The Clipper...

Blog | November 21, 2009

Chuck Hayes and the art of the outlet pass

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I'm not quite old enough to participate in a debate about whether Wes Unseld or Bill Walton is the greatest outlet passer of all time. (A colleague in...

Blog | November 20, 2009

Smith's aerial grounds Rockets

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By John Hollinger ATLANTA - It took 47 minutes and 59.3 seconds, but the Hawks finally found the Rockets' Achilles heel. And fittingly for a team nam...

Blog | November 20, 2009

The echoes of Eddy Curry

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...in the headband.) (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) By Henry Abbott He has only played 11 minutes, but as...

Blog | November 20, 2009

Bruce Bowen on dirty play

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By Henry Abbott Here's a fun little project I'd...

Blog | November 20, 2009

How Eddy Curry helped doom chances of Iverson to Knicks

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By Chris Sheridan GREENBURGH, N.Y. - Eleven minutes of Eddy Curry helped doom the possibility of 71 games of Allen Iverson. That was one of the nugg...

Blog | November 20, 2009

Friday Mini-Bullets

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By Henry Abbott Dirk Nowitzki vs. the Spurs. A killer shooting...

Blog | November 20, 2009

First Cup: Friday

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Bill 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 ...

Blog | November 20, 2009

Thursday Bullets

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By Henry Abbott Larry Brown making a collection of unbelievably insightful...

Blog | November 19, 2009

Brandon Jennings' Progress Report -- Media Relations Edition

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While the rest of the basketball world was marveling over Brandon Jennings' on-court exploits during his 55-point explosion last weekend and poring ov...

Blog | November 19, 2009

Sonny Vaccaro: Brandon Jennings broke the mold, part one

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...with Vaccaro, about Jennings, that'll be on TrueHoop in the days to come: What's your...John Hammond had guts enough to do it. Henry, I saw you that night at the draft...

Blog | November 19, 2009

Sneaking a suspended player on the court in a teammate's uniform

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By Henry Abbott It's one of the...just in the media (including TrueHoop) after playing a game that...

Blog | November 19, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

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Mark Bradley of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "The Hawks won their 10th game of the nascent season Wednesday night. In 2004-05, this franchise man...

Blog | November 19, 2009