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First 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, 2009

First 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, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...said. 'For him to get his first win is very exciting.' It was Paul who took the news the hardest when Scott was fired, saying he was disappointed and should have been consulted before the...

Blog | November 18, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

John DeShazier of The Times-Picayune: "Byron Scott getting shoved out the door nine games into his sixth season in New Orleans, and less than two full...

Blog | November 13, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...able to step into a game and catch that flow.' " Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News: "Brace yourselves, folks, I think the volcano's ready to blow. When it does, everything else we...

Blog | November 10, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Eddie Sefko of The Dallas Morning News: "The NBA is the ultimate what-have- you-done lately league. A day after Dirk Nowitzki's...

Blog | November 05, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe: "Big Baby got into a fight with a friend at 4 a.m., broke his thumb, and won't be able to play until at least Dec...

Blog | October 30, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Frank Dell'Apa of The Boston Globe: "Kevin Garnett passed the alley-oop test in the Celtics' 106-90 exhibition win over Toronto last night. Garne...

Blog | October 15, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Scott Cacciola of The Commercial-Appeal: "Allen Iverson's abilities are a gift, which even he recognizes. In the same way that musical prodig...

Blog | October 14, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...he get into the second round' draft picks." Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: "DeJuan Blair was a smash in his preseason debut, scoring a team-leading 16 points and...

Blog | October 07, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Ronald Tillery of The Commercial Appeal: "Less than a week after the Grizzlies introduced Allen Iverson as the most significant free-agent acquis...

Blog | September 16, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Charles F. Gardner of the Journal Sentinel: "Brandon Jennings had a well-publicized taped phone conversation that played on YouTube earlier in th...

Blog | September 15, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Dan LeBatard of The Miami Herald: "The phone rings at 1 a.m. It is Tim James. The connection is tinny and echoing. How are you, Tim? 'It was ...

Blog | August 31, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Don Seeholzer of the Pioneer Press: "With an oral agreement but no signed contract, the Timberwolves didn't announce a coaching hire Sunday, ...

Blog | August 10, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel: "Are you telling me that in today's high-tech world of chemical competition when Rashard Lewis could ha...

Blog | August 07, 2009