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

...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

Ritchie Knows How Gilbert Arenas Can Make A Lot of Money

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

TrueHoop reader Ritchie has been thinking, and e-mails: I'm not sure what the rules say about...

Blog | September 04, 2008

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...his injuries are notoriously slow to heal. Over his five seasons, he's averaged only 61 games."TrueHoop reader Brendan e-mails: "When I first saw the Oklahoma City Thunder logo, I thought it reminded...

Blog | September 04, 2008

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

A. Sherrod Blakely of Booth Newspapers: "A sign-and-trade would be especially beneficial to the Hawks, who fear Josh Smith might sign a one-year quali...

Blog | July 28, 2008

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

The newest issue of HOOP magazine has a great little tale about the Hawks having a team ping pong tournament. I was going to quote Al Horford -- who s...

Blog | July 22, 2008

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Lakers vs. Celtics Steve Springer of the Los Angeles Times: "The primary targets are always the same: Kobe Bryant first, then Coach Phil Jackson, an...

Blog | June 02, 2008

Karl Malone, Demetrius Bell, and Mother's Day

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

ESPN's Jemele Hill interviews Demetrius Bell. He's a draftee of the the Buffalo Bills, and, as you may have heard, is yet another out-of-wedlock child...

Blog | May 07, 2008

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...he played against my former teammate Oscar Robertson that were serious physical battles with no prisoners taken."TrueHoop reader Tim e-mails about the Spurs: "The must adjustment -- one that I think could bring the...

Blog | May 06, 2008

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Phil Jackson has really impressed me by having the guts to really rest Kobe Bryant heading into many fourth quarters. What impressed me even more yest...

Blog | May 05, 2008

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Pistons vs. Sixers Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News: "The young and impetuous must be dealt with severely, or they never learn. The Pistons tried to ...

Blog | April 24, 2008

Late Wednesday Mini-Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

TrueHoop has had many posts through the years questioning the ban of high-schoolers from the NBA. Here...

Blog | April 09, 2008