15 Results for maurice avery

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle: "No, the Rockets didn't take the Astros flawed blueprint and turn it upside down. GM Daryl Morey...

Blog | August 27, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Celtics vs. Pistons Rob Parker of The Detroit News: "After the Pistons lost Game 1, an aggravated Rasheed Wallace talked to the media in the locke...

Blog | May 23, 2008

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...us, Devin Harris' inability to develop into a capable, dependable NBA point guard stands as one of Avery Johnson's notable failures. ... In the end, Avery, as teacher, was a surprising disappointment for this franchise...

Blog | May 02, 2008

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

League-Wide Scott Fowler of The Charlotte Observer: "I lay the blame for this 50-loss season mostly at the feet of Michael 'Airball' Jordan, whose wh...

Blog | April 28, 2008

On the Loose: Larry Brown

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...a pleasure and to watch him contribute with Maurice, his staff and the players was terrific." Which...lose, you hear more and more talk about Avery Johnson feeling job pressure. On the other hand...

Blog | April 24, 2008

Venti First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Suns vs. Spurs  Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express-News: "Officially, the Spurs will fly to Phoenix on Thursday, and they might even lose a g...

Blog | April 23, 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: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

John DeShazier of The Times-Picayune: "All due respect to Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, those 'MVP!' chants for Paul beginning to reverberate througho...

Blog | February 21, 2008

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Chris Perkins of The Palm Beach Post: "Dwyane Wade and President/Coach Pat Riley believe the race to rebuild is full speed ahead for the Heat, startin...

Blog | February 19, 2008

Liveblogging an Afternoon of Mucho NBA Basketball

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

OK, things got off to a bit of a slow start. I have roughly 79 million channels, and I have spent much of the last hour checking each and every one of...

Blog | January 21, 2008

Friday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Peter Fimrite of the San Francisco Chronicle reports in the arena after the game: "'I'm so excited, I'm going to pass out,' said Michael Johnson, 39, ...

Blog | May 04, 2007

The Spotlight is Burning Dirk Nowitzki

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks weren't just the best team in basketball this year. They'll tell you in careful terms that they are, in fact, the righ...

Blog | May 04, 2007

Who's Ready to Watch TV?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...com's Kelly Dwyer emails with something he wants to get off his chest: The Don Nelson/Avery Johnson thing. Nellie signed and started Avery back in 1993 with the Warriors, and his assistant coach...

Blog | May 03, 2007

Wednesday Bullets

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Brandon Roy is a very friendly guy. But when you put 16 of his head shots together in one place, it somehow seems less friendly. Bill Simmons chooses...

Blog | April 18, 2007

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

The draft through the eyes of a non-fan. FreeDarko is putting IM chats on blogs too. I did that, until people told me they hated it. But I'm going...

Blog | June 29, 2006