In Praise of That Guy
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...re a really lucky NBA player, you might get to play 40,000 minutes. But you might live for something like 40 million minutes, during most of which people will want to re-hash that...
Blog | December 22, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...was a sense of occasion when they met for the first time in an NBA game. Available live on networks throughout China, it was hailed as the most watched basketball game ever. There were news...
Blog | December 22, 2008Where Christmas Hits Hard
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...their parents have been lost to the disease. "After the mother dies," explains Tuohey, "they might go live with an aunt, who now has twice as many kids to care for. Then she dies of...
Blog | December 18, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopRonald Tillery of the Memphis Commercial Appeal: "At 32 years old and with several checkered spots on his 13-year resume, Antoine Walker isn't exactly...
Blog | December 15, 2008First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopFrank Zicarelli of the Toronto Sun: "We said it then and we will repeat it again that the Raptors made the wrong choice in moving forward with their s...
Blog | December 10, 2008Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopThe Houston Chronicle is sticking it to Tracy McGrady.TrueHoop reader Brennan makes a really interesting point, which I'll paraphrase. We have all see...
Blog | December 04, 2008Friday Mini-Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopSteve Aschburner writes for MinnPost.com about how the Timberwolves are wholly different since the departure of Kevin Garnett. One player who has noti...
Blog | November 21, 2008First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJerry Zgoda of the Minneapolis Star Tribune: "Since he last played at Target Center, Kevin Garnett, of course, in one dizzying season with the reborn ...
Blog | November 21, 2008Wednesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopOne of Mark Cuban's lawyers talks, explains that anyone can be told valuable information. Acting on it is only insider trading under special circumsta...
Blog | November 19, 2008A Message to You, Rudy
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...overall ability to move suddenly to important spots on the floor. In scouting terms, he has very "live legs." Fernandez's 3PAs have been deadly -- 14 of his 26 FGMs have been threes, and he...
Blog | November 11, 2008Tuesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...tonight for the Jazz in Philadelphia. Who's starting at center? That would be Kosta Koufos.Live on Tape from Toronto: Skeets & Tas' postmortem of last night's epic Celtics-Raptors game.Speaking...
Blog | November 11, 2008Monday: First Cup
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: "Beset by nothing more supernatural than a rash of injuries and plain bad basketball, the Spurs' 1-4 st...
Blog | November 10, 2008Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...cannot imagine it was quite as beautiful as this."PG-13 account of how Philadelphia celebrates. I live near Philadelphia. I like Philadelphia. And I am always happy to see Philadelphia teams win. But you...
Blog | October 30, 2008Wednesday Mini-Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...if it goes in or not, I'm all about it, 'Should it go in?' I can live with randomness. I mean, if it's a close game in the end, yeah, I'm just...
Blog | October 29, 2008First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJason Quick of the Oregonian: "In a game that was never really competitive, the Blazers lost some of their luster, some of their pride, and for a half...
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