First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopScott Cacciola of The Commercial-Appeal: "Allen Iverson's abilities are a gift, which even he recognizes. In the same way that musical prodig...
Blog | October 14, 2009Your Second-Favorite Team
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopNBA fandom usually begins with the love of a team. My love of the NBA, for instance, springs directly from a childhood spent listening to Blazer games...
Blog | August 21, 2009First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMike Bresnahan and Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times: "Even though Kobe Bryant and Ron Artest had words during a couple of games last sea...
Blog | July 07, 2009First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Absolutely,' the Heat president said Wednesday -- that's all I needed to hear about Michael Beasley's future. Start packing. Enjoy Toronto. Sorry it couldn't work out, because watching...
Blog | May 07, 2009First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: "Since we entered the new millennium, only one player has won the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award, ...
Blog | May 05, 2009First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJohn DeShazier of The Times-Picayune: "The word 'pathetic' is too kind. The Hornets scored 15 in the first quarter, 39 in the first half ...
Blog | April 28, 2009Monday Playoff Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopCleveland Cavaliers vs. Detroit Pistons Lay off Mo Williams's iPod. Holy cow. This is certainly the longest document created this seaso...
Blog | April 20, 2009Playoff Warmup Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopLeaguewide Bullets These bullets would be a lot better, but I could not stop watching this. If that doesn't give you playoff fever, nothing will...
Blog | April 17, 2009The Deep End of the Rotation: Assessing Playoff Benches
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopPosted 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, 2009NBA: No Bodies Available
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopPosted by Kevin Arnovitz The playoff run is heating up. It's a fan's dream, with top teams in both conferences jockeying for position with the...
Blog | March 09, 2009First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMarc Berman of the New York Post: "With some in the Garden crowd surprisingly chanting 'We Want Steph" with 11:10 remaining in the fourth (others booe...
Blog | October 31, 2008Experts Gaze into the Crystal Ball of 2008-2009
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...driving a resurgence of one of basketball's great rivalries. Other years have witnessed the rise of Michael Jordan, or the fall of Magic Johnson. Bigwigs, coaches, players, experts, insiders ... we asked all kinds of...
Blog | October 17, 2008First Cup: Training Camp Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBrian Hendrickson of The Columbian: "As the media was allowed into the season's first practice, No. 1 draft pick Greg Oden -- preparing for his first ...
Blog | October 01, 2008First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopLakers vs. Celtics Gail Goodrich writing in the Los Angeles Daily News: "There really is no other way to describe the Lakers' performance in Game ...
Blog | June 19, 2008First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...in the third quarter, here came those chants. 'You're . . . not . . . Jordan!' the fans sang, referring to Michael Jordan. No, clearly, at this point he is not." Gregg Patton of The Press-Enterprise: "With their...
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