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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Lots of Smart People in Boston

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...who is the statisical mind of much of what the Boston Celtics do. And remember the 2007 TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown? John Hollinger, Justin Kutbatko, and Jeff Ma were all in Boston too. Lots of...

Blog | February 10, 2008

Is the League in Jeopardy?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

I have heard worries that the Tim Donaghy scandal could actually put the existence of the NBA in a certain jeopardy. Really? This morning I emailed a ...

Blog | July 25, 2007

Rolling With Leandro: Gregory Dole's Barbosa File, Part Seven

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Canadian Gregory Dole lives in Brazil, and describes himself as a "freelance writer, English as a second language teacher, basketball coach, basketbal...

Blog | May 22, 2007

Jason Whitlock Raised Some Hackles

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Jason Whitlock (who I suppose I should point out, is black, and was in Las Vegas for the All-Star Game) wrote this: Good luck fixing All-Star Weekend...

Blog | February 27, 2007

Portland Fans: This is Serious

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Here's the good news: Portland has young talented players and the future is bright. Depending what happens in the draft, potentially really bright. ...

Blog | January 12, 2007

Dave Krieger says "Sports Journalism" is Almost an Oxymoron

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Sports Media Guide has an eye-opening interview with Rocky Mountain News columnist Dave Krieger: Q. Does sports journalism tend to be promotional? ...

Blog | December 07, 2006

Dwight Jaynes: Teams Shouldn't Put Home Games on TV So Much

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Jaynes makes a case that for a team like Portland, where he writes, that doesn't sell out a lot of games, having lots of home games on local TV hurts ...

Blog | September 15, 2006

Kevin Pritchard Retained, Steve Patterson Portland's Acting GM

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...to respond to e-mails from bloggers like Henry Abbott?"

Blog | May 31, 2006

"Guaranteed Contracts Have Ruined the NBA"

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

As long as we're talking about rants, let's not ignore this article at Sports-Central by Isaac Miller. It starts like this: Guaranteed contracts have ...

Blog | March 09, 2006

Wesley Knows Football

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

They say that if you watch the old NFL films and look on the sidelines you can see William Wesley on the sidelines of some big football games. For ins...

Blog | January 09, 2006

No Such Thing as Bad Press

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Tim Povtak of the Orlando Sentinel writes that all of the nasty Atlanta stories the on again, off again trade for Joe Johnson and bickering owners cou...

Blog | August 15, 2005

Maurice Clarett's Lawyer: NBA Age Rule in Trouble Already

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

After I blogged about his study (the one that shows, as an age group, players drafted straight from high school are the best players in the NBA) recen...

Blog | July 15, 2005

Bizarre trip offers up reason to celebrate start of season

David Fleming, Page 2

The Flem File makes a trip to New Orleans to see how the Saints and the city would handle hurricane 2.0.

Story | Conversation | September 02, 2008

Chat Archive: Special Guests 2007

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The Special Guest Chat Archive 2007

Story | Conversation | January 02, 2008