First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJohn Jackson of the Chicago Sun-Times: "Kobe Bryant had trouble adjusting to the splint he wore on the finger, so he tried out several options at the ...
Blog | December 16, 2009First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMike McGraw of the Daily Herald: "A small thing like points off the bench might make a huge difference for the Bulls, who probably never guessed they'...
Blog | December 10, 2009First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopPhil Sheridan of The Philadelphia Inquirer: "The 76ers staged a very moving tribute to Allen Iverson last night. It was a perfect way to induct a reti...
Blog | December 08, 2009Thank you, Rockets Buzz. Welcome Red 94!
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Anup at the University of Texas and Brody at Rice University. In addition to being full-time college students, both guys actually work professionally outside of their studies. Anup and Brody are the kind of...
Blog | December 07, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...was having injuries because he was growing so much. Now he's had some tough injuries since college. It looked like he was playing a lot better this year. Now, it's almost a disaster...
Blog | December 07, 2009When your game face features Hennessy breath
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...is his calling card. Acting like a drunk guy almost defines that which makes Artest great. His college coach, Fran Fraschilla (who now works at ESPN) is quoted in the same Steve Greenberg story saying...
Blog | December 02, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJonathan Abrams of The New York Times: "In a thankless assignment that fits in just perfectly with the franchise's history of foibles, high jinks and ...
Blog | December 02, 2009Wednesday Wizards
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...needed to add some defensive players. Hasheem was the guy who was blocking all the shots in college and we felt like he would be able to do that in the NBA and still feel...
Blog | November 25, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMichael Wilbon of The Washington Post: "As much as Abe Pollin changed the landscape of D.C. by building the arena on 7th St. NW, it was Michael Jordan...
Blog | November 25, 2009Sonny Vaccaro: Brandon Jennings broke the mold, part three
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Vaccaro discusses the future of basketball development. Will Vaccaro be helping many more high-schoolers skip the NCAA to go to Europe? He says European teams and American players have been expressing increasing interest. Or...
Blog | November 24, 2009Sonny Vaccaro: Brandon Jennings broke the mold, part two
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...school year playing professionally in Italy, instead of paying his dues to the powers that be in NCAA basketball. The way people talked about Jennings leading up to the draft does suggest opinion-makers weren...
Blog | November 20, 2009Sonny Vaccaro: Brandon Jennings broke the mold, part one
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...role -- for instance, by promoting young players and getting shoe companies to sponsor coaches -- in building up NCAA basketball to be the massive business that it is today. But that doesn't mean he loves...
Blog | November 19, 2009Sneaking a suspended player on the court in a teammate's uniform
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...known for missing the free throws that could have won the Conference USA tournament and secured an NCAA tournament bid for Memphis. UPDATE: Frequent TrueHoop contributor Coleman Collins plays in Germany. I asked him about...
Blog | November 19, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJohn Reid of The Times Picayune: "In the locker room after Tuesday night's game against the Los Angeles Clippers, New Orleans General Manager/Coach Je...
Blog | November 18, 2009Shane Battier, King of the Quad
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...school. I visited Duke with my friend Travis to see if we wanted to go there for college, and we spent Friday night with a friend of his. Saturday afternoon his friend was still asleep...
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