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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Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Many Portland fans were not happy with me for pointing out that last week's 22-point effort was hardly Greg Oden's "arrival." The Blazers were not goo...

Blog | November 25, 2008

Brook Lopez, Making History

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Michael Grange of the Globe and Mail: That Lopez guy is going to be a pretty good player for a No. 10 pick. Huge. Solid offensive game, smart defensi...

Blog | November 25, 2008

First Cup: Tuesday

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Tom Knott of The Washington Times: "The firing of Eddie Jordan as coach of the Wizards was undeserved. The back-to-the-'90s move was implemented after...

Blog | November 25, 2008

The First Stretching of Shaquille O'Neal's 17-Year Career

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From Paul Coro's blog on AZCentral.com on the recent bounce in Shaquille O'Neal's game: Maybe it's the yoga. He gave a shout-out for At One Yoga. Ima...

Blog | November 24, 2008

Two Reasons I'm Surprised Eddie Jordan Was Fired

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If there's a memo to NBA head coaches from the last few days, it's certainly this: Do NOT lose to the New York Knicks. That seems to have sealed the f...

Blog | November 24, 2008

Monday Bullets

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...the Clippers and Thunder a combined 0% chance of making the playoffs. Ooh, that's gotta hurt.) TrueHoop reader Chris notes: "Portland has played just four home games (all wins) and is the NBA's...

Blog | November 24, 2008

The Cavaliers' New Offense

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At Basketball Prospectus, Anthony Macri likes what he sees from Cleveland: In the last 12 months, the Cavaliers made changes both to their roster and...

Blog | November 24, 2008

Monday: First Cup

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Chris McCosky of The Detroit News: "The Pistons have had three 6 p.m. Sunday starts and lost all three by an average of 18.7 points. 'That tells me we...

Blog | November 24, 2008

Mark Cuban Would Like You to Read This

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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

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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

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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

First Cup: Friday

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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

A Titan of NBA Writing Accepts a Buyout

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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

George Karl Talks Cancer

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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

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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