First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMichael Wallace of The Miami Herald: "Dwyane Wade must be a Coke guy. Because his teams just can't seem to get anything accomplished at the Pepsi Cent...
Blog | December 04, 2009Raja Bell Trade Target Update
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...trade for Bell between now and the Feb. 18 trading deadline? That part is TBD. The Warriors' news release projects Bell to be sidelined a minimum of three months, with an initial six-week period...
Blog | December 03, 2009First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...expected to make his debut with his new and former team." Phil Jasner of the Philadelphia Daily News: "Later, Eddie Jordan said, 'I would like to, without really seeing him on the floor, I would...
Blog | December 03, 2009Record night puts the 'Z' in bizarre
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...for the past 13 years, that still seems in short supply at the moment. First, the good news: Ilgauskas set the club record for career games played with 724 by checking in during the first...
Blog | December 02, 2009When your game face features Hennessy breath
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...time. Some of the Artest quotes from a story in an upcoming print version of the Sporting News include: "I used to drink Hennessy ... at halftime. I [kept it] in my locker. I'd just...
Blog | December 02, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...unsightly season will fall on the team's general manager, Kiki Vandeweghe, who, when asked at a news conference Tuesday if he ever wanted to be a head coach, replied: 'It wasn't a basic...
Blog | December 02, 2009The reluctant interim: Kiki Vandeweghe
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...their offices this morning and invited everyone downstairs to the practice court for Kiki Vandeweghe's introductory news conference as head coach -- a move that won't take effect until Thursday, leaving assistant coach Tom...
Blog | December 01, 2009First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopPhil Sheridan of The Philadelphia Inquirer: "If the 76ers sign Allen Iverson, they might as well skip ahead a few moves and make him coach and general...
Blog | December 01, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...an 0-17 record with Jason Kidd coming to town this week." Tim Buckley of the Deseret News: "When New Jersey fired coach Lawrence Frank on Sunday, it marked the 235th coaching change since Jerry...
Blog | November 30, 2009Whack Jobs: Wacky history of Nets coach firings
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...his mind but didn't tell the team and thus was a no-show for his introductory news conference). Back in the lockout-shortened 1999 season, the Nets dropped to 3-17 with a loss...
Blog | November 29, 2009WANTED: One extraordinary Blazer blog
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...m a Blazer fan myself -- so TrueHoop readers skew Portlandish and have high expectations for any Blazer news source. Meanwhile, Beyond Bowie was fighting with one arm tied behind its back. The two people who...
Blog | November 25, 2009Wednesday Wizards
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...the NBA and still feel that way." Jonathan Lemire and Larry McShane in the New York Daily News: "Knicks Hall of Famer Willis Reed remembers Dean Meminger in the Boston Garden, locking down a torrid...
Blog | November 25, 2009First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...take a few months, since he cold called Abe Pollin and invited him to lunch. But the news of Pollin's death hit him hard yesterday afternoon as he sat in his Los Angeles office...
Blog | November 25, 2009Sonny Vaccaro: Brandon Jennings broke the mold, part three
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBy Henry Abbott Last week, basketball insider Sonny Vaccaro explained why he feels defensive about Brandon Jennings, and told the story of how he c...
Blog | November 24, 2009First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopRonald Tillery of The Commercial-Appeal: "Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi, the first NBA player from Iran, and Omri Casspi, the first Israeli player in...
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