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Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...a four-game Western swing with a game against the Los Angeles Lakers, trying to avoid the NBA record for most consecutive losses to begin a season. We've chronicled the losses that could have...
Blog | November 29, 2009The (new) latest on the Stephen Jackson trade front
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...for the only time this season Tuesday night, bringing Jackson into direct contact with the team that NBA front-office sources say remains the most interested in trading for him. Discussions between Cleveland and Golden...
Blog | November 16, 2009To Play and Play in L.A.
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...fanfare Staples Center just hosted one of the most unusual four-day stretches of basketball in modern NBA history. The Lakers and Clippers hosted four games between them from Friday to Monday, yet only two...
Blog | November 10, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopGeoff Calkins of The Commercial-Appeal: "The Grizzlies should never have signed Allen Iverson. By signing him and then losing him, they're making it h...
Blog | November 09, 2009Who is Quinton Ross?
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...mystery guest in the Mavs' starting lineup. (Noah Graham/Getty Images) Defensive stopper is one of those NBA appellations more easily described than identified. Lots of guys stake claim to the title, but few actually...
Blog | November 01, 2009A Good Look for the Mavs
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBy J.A. Adande LOS ANGELES -- The Dallas Mavericks beat the Lakers in Staples Center, they shot 32 free throws to the Lakers' 14, and still Dallas ...
Blog | October 31, 2009TrueHoop Network 2009-2010 Preview: Shooting
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...while players 6-foot-4 suffer disadvantages. So while players 6-foot-3 definitely struggle at the NBA level, the absolute most you can say is that there is no strong relationship between size and...
Blog | October 27, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...points and grabbed 19 rebounds. Drafted in the second round because the Spurs believed him a legitimate NBA rebounder, Blair got a none-too-subtle reminder from Popovich that rebounding must remain his forte. '...
Blog | October 12, 2009Wayne Winston: Mark Cuban's Stats Expert Isn't Bashful, Part 4
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Tim Donaghy They should have spotted him. I really feel there's a big debate. The NBA is more secretive about how they analyze referees than we are in chasing Osama bin Laden. What...
Blog | October 05, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: "Perhaps the setting was fitting, a reminder of how far Tracy McGrady must go. But for the first time s...
Blog | October 05, 2009Wayne Winston: Mark Cuban's Stats Expert Isn't Bashful, Part 3
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopWayne Winston is a professor at Indiana University and for the last nine years he has been Mark Cuban's stat guru for the Dallas Mavericks. Winsto...
Blog | October 02, 2009Wayne Winston: Mark Cuban's Stats Expert Isn't Bashful, Part 2
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...series based on discussions with Winston, he begins by discussing how his metrics treat some of the NBA's elite names. Tracy McGrady is a player who has never helped his team as much...
Blog | October 01, 2009Follow-Up on Today's Wayne Winston Post
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...have been starters (Allen on the 2007/2008 Celtics, Lewis on the 2008/2009 Magic) on the NBA's best defensive teams, with good defensive ratings. His point: Put a motivated player in a...
Blog | September 30, 2009Wayne Winston: Mark Cuban's Stats Expert Isn't Bashful
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...explains the surprising things he has learned about what works and what doesn't in the NBA. Imagine you live on an island, with 13 people, and one of them is murdered. Murderers are...
Blog | September 30, 2009The Mavs Continue to Tweak
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMarc Stein has traded Manchester, England for Dallas, Texas and is back on the NBA beat. He has this report on the Mavericks' roster adjustments headed into training camp: In one...
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