First Cup: Wednesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...very hard to get him here in the summer of 2006 and the season that followed. A number of times, the Celtics president of basketball operations was in talks with the 76ers before Iverson was...
Blog | November 25, 2009Tuesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...people will go to for attention. John Krolik of Cavs the Blog, parsing some new 82games.com numbers: "It's still early, but LeBron's jump shot has been really, really, really good. His eFG...
Blog | November 24, 2009Profiles in Frustration: Al Jefferson
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...his recovery can be heard from all quarters. Is Jefferson the same player that compiled those gaudy numbers last season? Has the strength of that right knee -- the one that sweeps toward the basket with...
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...
Blog | November 24, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...of honouring Carter in the Raptors' 15th anniversary season was broached. ... One day, Carter's name and number should take its rightful place in the ACC rafters and he'll be accorded the same reception...
Blog | November 23, 2009First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBill Plaschke of the Los Angeles Times: "Making his season's first appearance after sitting out the first 11 games because of a hamstring injury, Pau ...
Blog | November 20, 2009Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...about it, but Carlos Boozer has been sensational the last three games. Boozer's posted 20-10 numbers in all three and is averaging 23.7 points, 14 rebounds and 0.3 backboard-slaps-after...
Blog | November 19, 2009First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMark Bradley of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "The Hawks won their 10th game of the nascent season Wednesday night. In 2004-05, this franchise man...
Blog | November 19, 2009Wednesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBy Henry Abbott Magic Johnson vs. the credit crisis. The Chicago Bulls vs. the 1980s' last shreds of musical dignity. How not to guard Brandon...
Blog | November 18, 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, 2009Study: Referees favor aggressors
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...tendency to let it happen. They also, he told me, like to see both teams with similar numbers of fouls at the end of the game. The worst thing would be to let the other...
Blog | November 17, 2009Monday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...he could have faced in the NCAA. More on that. Mark Cuban says retiring Michael Jordan's number league-wide is a slippery slope, as he's not the NBA's only iconic player. Ty...
Blog | November 16, 2009It wasn't Shane Battier
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...no wonder Phil Jackson announced after the game that Bryant is banged up. Why did Battier's numbers look so bad though? Mostly because he didn't play much, which means he wasn't on...
Blog | November 16, 2009First Cup: Monday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: "This was why Trevor Ariza came to Houston, for nights like these. It was not that he wanted to beat the Lak...
Blog | November 16, 2009What's Working for the Raptors
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...theater run rampant during the opening weeks of any sports season. Look no further than the efficiency numbers of Paul Davis and Acie Law if you want an idea of how a tiny data set...
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