278 Results for isiah thomas

Time for Iverson to pass to Jennings

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Kobe is better than Jordan. It's the same mistake people make in picking Iverson over Isiah Thomas as the game's greatest small player. Never would have happened if Iverson played in the...

Blog | November 26, 2009

On the lifeline between the Knicks, Eddy Curry, and William Wesley

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...our spirits." Consider that last point. Curry -- the poster child of the big, bad contracts that Isiah Thomas doled out in condemning the Knicks to long-term mediocrity -- is an inspration. The player who...

Blog | November 21, 2009

Wednesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

By Henry Abbott Magic Johnson vs. the credit crisis. The Chicago Bulls vs. the 1980s' last shreds of musical dignity. How not to guard Brandon...

Blog | November 18, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Geoff Calkins of The Commercial-Appeal: "The Grizzlies should never have signed Allen Iverson. By signing him and then losing him, they're making it h...

Blog | November 09, 2009

Magic Speaks On Isiah

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

By J.A. Adande We haven't heard much from Magic Johnson after Isiah Thomas sounded off on Johnson's comments in the book "When The Game Was Ours", but in...

Blog | November 02, 2009

Another Tale of Isiah Thomas Spreading Magic Johnson Rumors

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...been Magic Johnson saying it hurt his feelings to learn that, he says, his good friend Isiah Thomas spread rumors that Johnson was gay. Thomas has vehemently denied that he did any such thing...

Blog | October 28, 2009

Jackie MacMullan Talks Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

By Henry Abbott Talk of Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson feuding was all over the place yesterday. It comes from Jackie MacMullan's...

Blog | October 23, 2009

The TrueHoop Expansion

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...knows that Steve Nash is going to miss a game? What if Chris Sheridan learns that Isiah Thomas is holding meetings about joining an NBA team? What if J.A. Adande has word of...

Blog | October 20, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...playing in the Palace and Detroit basketball. A lot of players came through here, guys like Isiah Thomas. I felt I just had to come out here and run the team and focus on...

Blog | October 08, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Ronald Tillery of The Commercial Appeal: "Less than a week after the Grizzlies introduced Allen Iverson as the most significant free-agent acquis...

Blog | September 16, 2009

Hall of Fame Friday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...over Michael Jordan. Isaiah Rider, the man who forever caused people to mangle the spelling of Isiah Thomas's first name, is said to be poised for some kind of comeback. Greg Ostertag...

Blog | September 11, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...and Bulls was so intense, bitter feelings lingered for years and probably kept Pistons point guard Isiah Thomas off the 1992 Olympic Dream team. You always knew Jordan was a Hall of Famer. He...

Blog | September 03, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel: "While in New York last week taping one of the movies, Dwight Howard was asked by a reporter from The Sport...

Blog | August 19, 2009

Brandon Roy, Hard Times and Guaranteed Contracts

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Brandon Roy Brandon Roy and the Blazers have agreed to a five-year contract extension that'll keep him in black and red through 2013-2014, and a ...

Blog | August 06, 2009

Friday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Tim Thomas had the potential to be an NBA MVP. Eddy Curry had the potential to be the next Shaquille O'Neal. Stephon Marbury had the potential to be the next Isiah Thomas...

Blog | July 31, 2009