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Mike Taylor Ascending

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz The summer of 2007, Mike Taylor was booted off the Iowa State University squad for disciplinary problems.  As an NBA prospect, he was essentially left for dead...

Blog | November 10, 2008

Thursday: First Cup

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Dave Krieger of the Rocky Mountain News: "Trading Iverson straight up for Billups does not necessarily improve the Nuggets. Billups brings different q...

Blog | November 06, 2008

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mike McGraw of the Arlington Heights Daily Herald: "General manager John Paxson has said he will not use a strategy of creating cap room in 2010. That...

Blog | October 06, 2008

Thursday Afternoon Mini-Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...But you have the chance to get to that second contract much sooner.Pierre Pierce, the former Iowa star who has spent time in prison, has been cleared to play in France

Blog | September 25, 2008

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...DraftExpress. He's especially looking forward to playing with one guy: "Reggie Evans played with me at Iowa, so I know first-hand that the word Reggie-ness should be added to the dictionary for...

Blog | September 25, 2008

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo: "After dismissing his agent and separating with his longtime AAU coach and adviser, Miami Heat rookie Michael Beasley sud...

Blog | September 15, 2008

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Michael Lee of The Washington Post: "When the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team arrived in Athens four years ago, the players immediately checked int...

Blog | August 08, 2008

Large First Cup of Draft Day Coffee

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...will take Southern California guard O.J. Mayo. Hoiberg played for Southern California coach Tim Floyd at Iowa State, and they are close. Floyd also coached in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls from 1999...

Blog | June 26, 2008

So Glad It's Not 2-2-1-1-1

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Watching Game 3, many remarked that the players from both teams lseemed tired. The stress associated with a six-hour flight on a private jet seemed to...

Blog | June 13, 2008

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Celtics vs. Lakers Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times: "... it can be concluded unequivocally that avoiding Chicago is the best thing ever to hap...

Blog | June 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

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

A few notes about Houston's loss last night: First of all, the Houston fans seemed to lose faith in their team a little early. Empty seats here and th...

Blog | April 22, 2008

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...his first season working as a part-time assistant coach. The similarities are obvious: Hornacek played at Iowa State while Korver grew up in Pella, Iowa. Both are natural shooters -- Korver is a career 40...

Blog | March 04, 2008

Pick-Up Basketball, Pick Up Delegates

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...there, he says that he played basketball early in the morning before winning Democratic party primaries in Iowa and South Carolina. But he did not hoop before key losses in New Hampshire and Nevada. So...

Blog | February 11, 2008

Friday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mark Cuban is reportedly negotiating to hire super Clipper fan "Clipper Darrell" to lead cheers at Maverick games. The question for Clipper season tic...

Blog | January 18, 2008