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The Green NBA

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...plastic cup every time you need a cop of joe. In every one of these examples, the NBA has been, in my experience, just about as un-green as any organization I have exposure to...

Blog | November 19, 2008

Wednesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...insider trading under special circumstances that may or may not have been met in this incident.When NBA players drive to the hole, they often yell. Sometimes it is an effort to make the referees...

Blog | November 19, 2008

The Many Faces of Derrick Rose

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Kevin Arnovitz watched Derrick Rose very closely last night, and here's what he noticed. Two of my favorite recent pieces of basketball writing come b...

Blog | November 19, 2008

Greg Oden Arrived?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...environment. Remember, he's not just back on the basketball court after a layoff, but on the NBA court for the first time ever. And he's all fired up to impress everybody, trying to...

Blog | November 19, 2008

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...But at least they showed a willingness to fight back and not be bullied by the defending NBA champs. 'I don't really care if we got respect,' Quentin Richardson said. 'They respect us, whether...

Blog | November 19, 2008

Tim's mailbag: Muschamp's hiring, BCS votes

Tim Griffin, Big 12

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin Matt from Houston writes: Quick! What's your quick take on Will Muschamp being the next UT head coach? P.S. I love re...

Blog | November 18, 2008

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mark Cuban previews his legal defense, posting some evidence on his blog that he did not make any kind of confidentiality agreement with the CEO of Ma...

Blog | November 18, 2008

Remembering Pete Newell

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

As I'm sure you know, Pete Newell died yesterday. He was 93, and even though he hadn't been a head coach anywhere since 1960, he was one of the bigges...

Blog | November 18, 2008

Sam Cassell on Being a Veteran

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...ll tell Doc, 'Let him play. Just let him play.' Like in game six (of the 2008 NBA Finals). I could have subbed for him but I said to Doc, 'He's playing well. Let...

Blog | November 18, 2008

Stat Geeks and Coaches

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...again in some kind of grand long-term experiment. If I'm right, you could give every NBA coach essentially the same players over time, but some would win significantly more than others.  But...

Blog | November 18, 2008

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...blasted from mid-air by Shaq has identified it as a merciless foul, far beyond 'excessive,' the NBA's code word that automatically leads to ejection and, in many cases, suspension for a game or...

Blog | November 18, 2008

Twelve wins away: Don Meyer's hard road back from the brink

Buster Olney, ESPN The Magazine

He is their mentor, the most influential person in their lives. No wonder his players, coaches and family members were there for Don Meyer, the second-winningest men's basketball coach of all time, when he needed them most. Buster Olney explains.

Story | Conversation | November 18, 2008

Mark Cuban Mini-Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

A leaked e-mail as evidence that Mark Cuban's extraordinary ability to annoy people may have extended to some powerful people in Washington, with the ...

Blog | November 17, 2008

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Malcolm Gladwell has a new book about "Outliers," as in, people who are extraordinarily successful. The lessons apply to sports as much as anything. H...

Blog | November 17, 2008

Mark Cuban's Going to Have to Write a Big Check

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

As ESPN.com news services report, Mark Cuban has been charged with insider trading that netted him roughly $750,000 he allegedly should not have earne...

Blog | November 17, 2008