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First Cup: Training Camp Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Marc J. Spears of The Boston Globe: "David Stern witnessed the Celtics win an NBA championship during his first year as the league's commissioner in 1984, as well as two years...

Blog | September 30, 2008

Watching Andrew Bynum Work Out

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...play." ... The Lakers had hoped Bynum would return in time for the first round of the NBA playoffs, but eventually announced he needed arthroscopic surgery to smooth over rough spots and fraying on the...

Blog | August 28, 2008

Chris Bosh on Olympic Intensity

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...still a few days away. This definitely feels like the playoffs right now, maybe even a little more intense.  Now, that's borderline NBA blasphemy. As the thinking goes, no puny Euro-geek summer...

Blog | August 19, 2008

Thinking Outside the Player Movement Box

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...will become a trend because there are not enough European clubs willing to spend money on an NBA level. Olympiacos is one of them, having offered Chris Webber a two-year contract that would have...

Blog | July 24, 2008

If the NBA Playoffs Were Run Like a Democratic Primary ...

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...before we play a seventh game and have all the results in. As anybody who follows the NBA knows, a seven-game series would be good for the league, and the added competition would make...

Blog | June 04, 2008

Chat with Chris Broussard

...On Tuesday, ESPN.com NBA Insider Chris Broussard will be joining us to chat about the NBA playoffs. Chris Broussard grew up in the Midwest dreaming of being the next great tailback at USC...

ESPN Insider Chat | May 26, 2008

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Nothing's hard for me.' The thing about it is, Stuckey is not just another cocky young NBA player with an inflated sense of his own ability. The rookie point guard from Eastern Washington has...

Blog | May 14, 2008

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...sample size, Batman! But for what it's worth, if you compare Chris Paul's first seven playoff games to every other great point guard's first seven, Paul's just about the best ever...

Blog | May 08, 2008

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...vs. Spurs John DeShazier of The Times-Picayune: "Know what? The Hornets actually are behaving like the playoff kids they are, no matter how much they'd rather not see or hear something like that...

Blog | May 06, 2008

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Fort Worth Star-Telegram: "To some of 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...

Blog | May 02, 2008

Phoenix: Out of Time

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...San Antonio, on yet another well-earned win. It is right that America loves the Suns. The NBA was sluggish and boring there for a while. Then a point guard imported from Canada and a...

Blog | April 30, 2008

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...league, it meant $25,000. That's how much the Celtics captain was fined for what the NBA called a 'menacing gesture.' Sources said the signal was consistent with a gang-related threat, though the...

Blog | April 29, 2008

Chat with Bill Simmons

...all that's going on in the sporting world - or anything on your mind - specifically the NBA playoffs. The Sports Guy's Boston Celtics dropped their second game in the playoffs to the Atlanta...

Chat | April 29, 2008

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...latest example of the fact that he runs NBA basketball teams about as well as he hit...point when New Jersey very much remained in playoff contention. ... Similarly, O'Neal bailed on the Heat...

Blog | April 28, 2008

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...to do all season. Even when the preseason predictions had the Sixers finishing dead last in the NBA East, when some people had them winning as few as 20 games, when they seemed hopelessly mired...

Blog | April 25, 2008