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First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Howard Beck of The New York Times: "Nate Robinson made seven shots on Sunday, all of them in the correct basket. For that, the Knicks were grateful. Y...

Blog | November 23, 2009

Troy Murphy: Statistical Oddity

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...on 100 percent of his 3-pointers. According to 82games.com, the list includes Matt Bonner, Mehmet Okur, Kyle Korver and Antawn Jamison. Players on the other end of the spectrum? Dwyane Wade (29...

Blog | September 23, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mark Whicker of The Orange County Register: "They all wondered how Kurt Rambis, scion of the House of Laker, would cope with this plunge into NBA...

Blog | August 12, 2009

Meet Enes Kanter

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Ismail Senol is a Turkish play-by-play announcer for NTV SPOR and NBA TV Turkey, and he weighs in with a report on a young Turkish player whose name y...

Blog | August 07, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Bill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times: "Mitch Kupchak is responsible for building the 2009 champions except for Kobe Bryant. 'Yes, but it...

Blog | June 17, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

George Diaz of the Orlando Sentinel: "Take that Q! The Orlando Magic came into Cleveland to face not only the formidable Cavaliers but a raucous ...

Blog | May 21, 2009

The TrueHoop Network Shootaround

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...up, rotate, and contest shots, it's all over at that point.  Armstrong rarely left Okur, West usually left late, and Marks just isn't fast enough. The thing that probably stuck...

Blog | April 06, 2009

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...within our borders. As a basketball fan, I've even noticed that Hedo Turkoglu and Mehmet Okur have got some pretty good game." A Franco/Psycho/Futuro imagining of a bad day...

Blog | April 06, 2009

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

A little peek at the standings, where the Magic are a game ahead of the Celtics in the loss column, the Bobcats are fading at just the wrong time, and...

Blog | March 26, 2009

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

A classic tale of a sportswriter almost coming to blows with Gary Payton. Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist Jim Moore says it all started when he w...

Blog | March 17, 2009

The Deep End of the Rotation: Assessing Playoff Benches

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz You know the sequence well: It's the start of the second quarter in a pivotal playoff game. We see repeated camera shots ...

Blog | March 16, 2009

Wednesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mystifyingly poorly. That's how Zach Randolph handled what could have been the biggest possession of the Clippers' season: Down two at home, i...

Blog | March 11, 2009

The Arnovitz Eight: All-Star Reform Done Right

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

TrueHoop's Kevin Arnovitz is in Phoenix enjoying All-Star Weekend as it is now -- and dreaming about how it might be. He writes: Of all the event...

Blog | February 13, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Geoff Calkins of the Memphis Commercial Appeal: "The fact is that the Grizzlies have a general manager (Chris Wallace), a president of business o...

Blog | January 26, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: "Brent Barry did not allow himself to even consider what could have been. In the closing seconds of the...

Blog | January 16, 2009