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Turkey's best basketball, marred by violence, again

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...for instance, rivals Galatasaray and Fenerbahce squared off, and the court was littered with past and future NBA players. The Bulls have high hopes for Ömer Asik, as the Cavaliers presumably do for Emir Preldzic...

Blog | November 17, 2009

Wednesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...says these young women are just a good agent away from making big bucks as your next NBA half-time show. One of the simpler things they do is stand on the handlebars of moving...

Blog | August 19, 2009

Brandon Roy, Hard Times and Guaranteed Contracts

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...2014, and a year longer if he so chooses. It's a no-brainer: In three NBA seasons Roy has been rookie of the year, and a two-time All-Star. The Blazers were...

Blog | August 06, 2009

Sell the Uniforms Already

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

The more I think about it, the more I'm all for the NBA selling sponsorships of NBA uniforms. My main thought: It's something that could bring in big...

Blog | August 03, 2009

Coleman Collins on the Merits of Charity Soccer

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...basketball. Take this basic concept, add a ridiculous amount of legendary talent from international soccer and the NBA, plus thousands of people who braved torrential downpours to get a glimpse of greatness, and you have...

Blog | June 26, 2009

Randy Smith: Athlete Turned Baller

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz Obscurity has been one of the hallmarks of the NBA franchise born as the Buffalo Braves in 1970, which later became the Clippers. No player personified that...

Blog | June 05, 2009

How Many Coaches?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

I just learned from reading the D.C. Sports Bog that Jay-Z considers himself to be a coach, of sorts, of LeBron James. The Bog's Dan Steinberg quotes ...

Blog | September 11, 2008

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...now. But if I'm the Warriors, and I know Biedrins wants to make it in the NBA, I cannot deliver him a $20M bonus just because he might go to Russia."Alan Hahn of...

Blog | July 25, 2008

Marc Stein on his Time in the Soccer Spotlight

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

ESPN's Marc Stein was at last Thursday's NBA draft. But his heart wasn't. His heart was still in the aftershocks of the emotional earthquake...

Blog | June 30, 2008

Soccer Stars: Steve Nash, Baron Davis, Thierry Henry and Company

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

ESPN's Marc Stein has word that Steve Nash and many of his friends -- including several NBA players, and some of the best soccer players on the planet -- will be playing a soccer game...

Blog | June 24, 2008

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...to make the 11-player trade in February was to help the Cavaliers get back to the NBA Finals. It did not work this year, and it may have had to do with the limited...

Blog | May 19, 2008

Joakim Noah on His Heroes

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

A while ago a trainer who has worked with Joakim Noah, Dan Barto, compared Noah's personality to Muhammad Ali's. A lot of people thought that was outl...

Blog | March 12, 2008

Clippers Loudest Fan

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...in exchange for a salary. Somewhere in there is a sad little commentary on the state of NBA fandom. (This would not happen, I'm quite certain, in European soccer.) If this does happen, the...

Blog | January 28, 2008

I Dare You Not to Like the Blazers

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...not writing today. Whoops.) ESPN's Chris Sheridan, I believe, is not a passionate fan of an NBA team. He's the special exception. Almost everyone else I have ever met working in sports backs...

Blog | January 28, 2008

Friday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Brian Windhorst of the Akron Beacon-Journal: "James scored just 14 points on a woeful 4-of-16 shooting, which indicated just how off his normal produc...

Blog | June 08, 2007