The Weekly Best for 11/24
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Story | Conversation | November 24, 2009First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJohn Denton of Florida Today: "With Orlando possessing a gaudy 33-8 record and clearly one of...
Blog | January 22, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBob Finnan of The News-Herald: "The NBA took away his hop step. Will the 'crab dribble' be soon to follow? ... 'If they take it away like they did my ...
Blog | January 07, 2009Monday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...birthday.Rudy Fernandez has a blog, and uses it to point out that Greg Oden is large.John Hollinger's playoff predictor gizmo says the Blazers are at the moment the second strongest team in...
Blog | November 24, 2008Wednesday: Second Cup
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMelody Gutierrez of the Sacramento Bee: "Kevin Martin knew he netted more than a sweet YouTube clip Monday when he crossed over Rudy Fernandez to dunk...
Blog | October 22, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...of the Arlington Heights Daily Herald: "General manager John Paxson has said he will not use a...basketball. It tastes like freedom." Scott Howard-Cooper of the Sacramento Bee: "Question: How will Jason...
Blog | October 06, 2008Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopAndrew Bynum has the kind of confidence that would lead him to challenge essentially the entire world in video games. Literally, he told everyone his ...
Blog | September 11, 2008First Cup: Special Lottery Edition
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopIra Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "The Heat is there because it was very uncompetitive, going a league-worst 15-67 to tie for the worst...
Blog | May 20, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopCeltics vs. Cavaliers Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe: '"The Truth' may be a reach, but he sure lived up to his Captain's title yesterday. Paul Pierce br...
Blog | May 19, 2008First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopCeltics vs. Cavaliers Tony Massarotti of the Boston Herald: "Maybe we had this all wrong. Maybe the real question is how the Cleveland Cavaliers int...
Blog | May 07, 2008First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJohn DeShazier of The Times-Picayune: "All due respect to Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, those 'MVP!' chants...
Blog | February 21, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJohn DeShazier of The Times-Picayune: The image branded onto the 2008 All-Star Game won't be...
Blog | February 18, 2008Friday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Raptors president Colangelo and Mitchell's agent Lonnie Cooper have been progressing well this week. It's...Rafael Araujo and a conditional second rounder. But John Paxson is smarter than that. Unless he resigns...
Blog | May 18, 2007Tuesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...the league office.In case you missed the Cleveland vs. New Jersey game last night, TrueHoop reader Cooper has a succinct summary for you: "Halfway through the fourth quarter, I came to realize something I...
Blog | May 15, 2007Nowitzki's career is on the clock
...30 years, only two NBA players had their careers sidetracked by a bad game -- Nick Anderson and John Starks -- which shouldn't happen to Nowitzki because he's a much better player. At the same...
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