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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Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Kobe Bryant called Hakeem Olajuwon, and Mark Berman of MyFoxHouston reports on the tutorial that followed: "'He gave me the biggest comp...

Blog | September 28, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Elliott Teaford of the Los Angeles Daily News: "Pau Gasol broke his left middle finger while practicing with the Spanish national team in Seville...

Blog | August 11, 2009

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz As of right now, the small-market Jazz are carrying at least $94 million (maybe more) in salaries and potential luxury tax ...

Blog | July 23, 2009

The Other Side of the Tape

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz There's a long strip of yellow construction tape that cordons off sections 104 and 119 on opposite sides of the stands in...

Blog | July 17, 2009

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

I was out of my office for 12 days of the NBA Finals. Before I left, I had planned to water the hell out the three plants that have been to my left, c...

Blog | June 16, 2009

Congratulations to Candace Parker and Shelden Williams

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

From a Goodwin Sports Management press release: Candace Parker gave birth to a baby girl today at 11:29am. It is the first child for the WNBA MVP/ROY...

Blog | May 13, 2009

Referees, Stat Geeks, NBA Veterans -- Surprising Things from the D-League

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

NBA referees are a non-stop topic of conversation among basketball fans. But ... anyone know where they come from? Since 2002, I learned just this mor...

Blog | April 14, 2009

Wednesday Bullets

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A respected Columbia professor disputes the findings that trailing at halftime makes a team more likely to win. Andrew Gelman's rebuttal is over m...

Blog | March 18, 2009

Every Team Needs a Kim Perrot

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

You have probably seen the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. There's a new one by Pat Williams, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen called &...

Blog | February 27, 2009

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Caron Butler is Tuff Juice. In some places, writes the DC Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg, Tuff Juice is also a shot of Bacardi 151 mixed with sports d...

Blog | January 08, 2009

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...make the playoffs this year, and make a run at a title in a couple of years.TrueHoop reader Guy e-mails: "After seeing a few plays from [Rudy Fernandez] in the preseason game against...

Blog | October 14, 2008

Still Making People Mad: The WNBA

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

A couple of WNBA TrueHoop posts last week inspired a whole bunch of e-mail. The vast majority of them are not...

Blog | October 13, 2008

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Beno Udrih makes Kobe Bryant fall over, which gets him almost enough good karma to overcome the play later in the game when he gave the Lakers a layup...

Blog | October 13, 2008

On Hating the WNBA

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...that doesn't mean I can't write a long blog post about it!) A day ago, TrueHoop had a post about the WNBA. A reader named Sarah was nice enough to provide a list...

Blog | October 10, 2008

You Didn't Watch the WNBA Finals Either?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...about it.  Making fun of some paper for dissing the WNBA, while effectively dissing the WNBA? TrueHoop reader Sarah stepped up to the plate and sent me the e-mail I knew I'd...

Blog | October 09, 2008