First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...the millions you can touch now with the potential millions that might (or might not) be available next summer, when he'd be an unrestricted free agent? I know some of you are vehemently...
Blog | August 11, 2009Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...Jazz are carrying at least $94 million (maybe more) in salaries and potential luxury tax payments into next season. Ross Siler of the Salt Lake Tribune asks, "Nobody from the organization has portrayed it...
Blog | July 23, 2009The Other Side of the Tape
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopPosted by Kevin Arnovitz There's a long strip of yellow construction tape that cordons off sections 104 and 119 on opposite sides of the stands in...
Blog | July 17, 2009Referees, Stat Geeks, NBA Veterans -- Surprising Things from the D-League
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopNBA referees are a non-stop topic of conversation among basketball fans. But ... anyone know where they come from? Since 2002, I learned just this mor...
Blog | April 14, 2009Wednesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...to make money playing professionally in Europe. Fatsis also quotes Sonny Vaccaro predicting that this year or next a high school junior will bypass his senior year to play professionally in Europe."If that...
Blog | March 18, 2009Every Team Needs a Kim Perrot
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopYou have probably seen the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series. There's a new one by Pat Williams, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen called &...
Blog | February 27, 2009Tuesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopIn the New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell writes of different kinds of genius -- some that work quickly in youth, and others that take time to sort themselv...
Blog | October 14, 2008Monday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBeno Udrih makes Kobe Bryant fall over, which gets him almost enough good karma to overcome the play later in the game when he gave the Lakers a layup...
Blog | October 13, 2008You Didn't Watch the WNBA Finals Either?
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...respect the WNBA Finals were getting. In one paper, the tiny mention of their Finals was shoehorned next to ads for massages and nude women. (That blog lost the moral high ground, perhaps, when it...
Blog | October 09, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...sign a one-year qualifying offer, play out this upcoming season and become an unrestricted free agent next summer. For Detroit, which rarely makes a major free agency splash in the summer, having a chance...
Blog | July 28, 2008Tuesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...and a fancypants new arena on the way, get to host the D-League's annual showcase next year.Knick fans fantasize about the trades they'd like to make on Knickeblogger.net. Italian Stallion...
Blog | July 22, 2008First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopLakers vs. Celtics Steve Springer of the Los Angeles Times: "The primary targets are always the same: Kobe Bryant first, then Coach Phil Jackson, an...
Blog | June 02, 2008Monday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...D'Antoni reportedly officially on the market. Steve Kerr is adamant that he will not be the next coach of the Suns -- saying he won't coach until his kids are out of school.Pau...
Blog | May 05, 2008First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...makes the Pistons remarkably two-faced, even three-faced and always looking like it could be the next upset victim. Which Pistons do you get? There's the one that defends, traps, pressures, shares the...
Blog | April 24, 2008Late Wednesday Mini-Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopTrueHoop has had many posts through the years questioning the ban of high-schoolers from the NBA. Here's an article along those lines from Brandon Hof...
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