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First Cup: Monday

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Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: "This was why Trevor Ariza came to Houston, for nights like these. It was not that he wanted to beat the Lak...

Blog | November 16, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Brian Windhorst of The Plain Dealer: "Playing their most complete game of the young season, the Cavs looked like a cohesive, deep and tough unit in di...

Blog | November 12, 2009

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Gordon is too good to compare to Vinnie Johnson. "The Microwave" practically defines the off-the-bench...like real basketball for a little while there. (Kurt from the Laker blog Forum Blue and Gold...

Blog | October 29, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe: "The principals on both sides understand that this was only the beginning of a very long journey. By the next time they ...

Blog | October 28, 2009

TrueHoop Network 2009-2010 Preview: The Teams

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Hoopinion "The Hawks have not built, nor do they appear to be building, a championship contender. ... Joe Johnson is poised to be a free agent in the summer of 2010. Johnson is not a franchise...

Blog | October 26, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: "If anyone thought him guilty of unearned hubris, he followed by punctuating his performance with a ...

Blog | October 12, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Michael Wallace of The Miami Herald: "Players and coaches said Alonzo Mourning already is having an impact in his new role as Miami's vice pr...

Blog | October 02, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Dan LeBatard of The Miami Herald: "The phone rings at 1 a.m. It is Tim James. The connection is tinny and echoing. How are you, Tim? 'It was ...

Blog | August 31, 2009

Friday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...trade from Orlando to New Jersey, says former teammate Dwight Howard.  Kurt Helin of Forum Blue & Gold on Magic Johnson's post-Laker life in Los Angeles: "After Magic left...

Blog | August 14, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...become a career assistant coach, which is fine for some guys, but not for the likes of Kurt Rambis, who has had 'future head coach' written all over him since before he even...

Blog | August 13, 2009

Tuesday Mini-Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...the playoffs, there was a little more proof of the concept of such players. Bulls rookie James Johnson, breakdancing. Blake Griffin as a higher power. Brandon Jennings, in the same set-up, pleading with one...

Blog | August 11, 2009

The TrueHoop Network Shootaround

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Leon Powe's outsized heart moves to Cleveland. Kurt Rambis brings his pedigree and eyewear to the Twin Cities. And Mike Miller stretches the boundaries of...

Blog | August 11, 2009

A Quarter-Century Later, Kurt Rambis Takes Out Kevin McHale

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...season. They had given up home-court advantage and trailed 2-1 to Magic Johnson's Lakers. Laker forward Kurt Rambis caught a pass on the fast break, and rambled to the hoop down...

Blog | August 10, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel: "Are you telling me that in today's high-tech world of chemical competition when Rashard Lewis could ha...

Blog | August 07, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

David Aldridge of NBA.com: "This was the Summer of Dichotomy in the NBA. A lot of teams were active, and spent grandly. But individual players di...

Blog | August 04, 2009