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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Mark Cuban Would Like You to Read This

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

I don't know much about the source, and it seems fairly one-sided, but for what it's worth, here's an attorney who used to prosecute these kinds of ca...

Blog | November 21, 2008

Friday Mini-Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Steve Aschburner writes for MinnPost.com about how the Timberwolves are wholly different since the departure of Kevin Garnett. One player who has noti...

Blog | November 21, 2008

13 Seconds or More

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

ESPN's Kevin Arnovitz (also the force behind Clipperblog) was up late watching the Suns lose to the Lakers, and got to thinking about the post D'Anton...

Blog | November 21, 2008

A Titan of NBA Writing Accepts a Buyout

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Sports Illustrated's Jack McCallum, a mainstay of NBA coverage for nearly three decades, the author of several books including "Seven Seconds or Less,...

Blog | November 21, 2008

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Jerry Zgoda of the Minneapolis Star Tribune: "Since he last played at Target Center, Kevin Garnett, of course, in one dizzying season with the reborn ...

Blog | November 21, 2008

George Karl Talks Cancer

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Last week I heard about a very emotional dinner that took place at the Vegas Summer League. The organizers of the Summer League invited all kinds of N...

Blog | November 20, 2008

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Chris Sprow of ESPN the Magazine talks sports and "Outliers" with Malcolm Gladwell, and they address the Round Mound of Rebound: "Then who do you like...

Blog | November 20, 2008

Now Playing Well

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

A new NBA season is like a big wrapped present. And now this NBA season is partially unwrapped. Between all of us reading this right now, I suspect we...

Blog | November 20, 2008

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Israel Gutierrez of The Miami Herald: "For most, being left open on an NBA floor is the result of an offensive play properly run. Udonis Haslem sees i...

Blog | November 20, 2008

The Green NBA

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Different people fall in different places on the green spectrum. You might visit one house where it would be totally normal to turn your car off so as...

Blog | November 19, 2008

The Many Faces of Derrick Rose

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Kevin Arnovitz watched Derrick Rose very closely last night, and here's what he noticed. Two of my favorite recent pieces of basketball writing come b...

Blog | November 19, 2008

Wednesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...a personal relationship. Greg Oden caught in the crossfire of some kind of rapper fashion shootout.TrueHoop reader Chad: "Imagine (and it's a stretch) that the NBA decided to completely 'reshuffle the deck...

Blog | November 19, 2008

Greg Oden Arrived?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

There you go, America. Greg Oden -- the man who was projected as a top overall draft pick since he was a junior in high school -- has arrived. Took ju...

Blog | November 19, 2008

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Marcus Thompson II of the Contra Costa Times: "OK, so undrafted rookie guard Anthony Morrow is no fluke. Not because he followed Saturday's record-bre...

Blog | November 19, 2008

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...fantastic on the topic. "Jude is my middle name," he writes, "so we go way back."As TrueHoop reader Kyle points out, check out the basketball on the shelf behind the president elect. Can anyone...

Blog | November 18, 2008