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First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Ailene Voisin of The Sacramento Bee: "Kevin Martin leaned against the wall in the Kings' practice facility Thursday afternoon, still very much in shoc...

Blog | November 06, 2009

Making history today: Latavious Williams

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

I was once part of an event with Dan Shanoff. It was great when they introduced us. There was Will Leitch from Deadspin. Henry Abbott from TrueHoop. A...

Blog | November 05, 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 outrageous fourth quar...

Blog | November 05, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...for Al Jefferson and fodder, Wolves fans were tired of losing in the first round of the playoffs, Danny Ainge was considered a general manager flop on par with Kevin McHale, and Celtics coach Doc...

Blog | November 04, 2009

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

By Henry Abbott Kevin Garnett tops a list of NBA defenders, as measured by a Dean Oliver-inspired metric that extracts individual accomplishments ...

Blog | November 03, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe: "The Celtics had to sign Rajon Rondo long-term, didn't they? He's far too good to be allowed to slip away, and what was ...

Blog | November 03, 2009

Steve Nash: Old white guy at the YMCA?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...ages since the Phoenix Suns entered the NBA season as anything other than a lock for the playoffs. Heading into the 2009-10 season, though, the Suns have been roundly appraised as a bubble team...

Blog | November 02, 2009

Magic and Bird: The Past On the Present

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...walking off the court without shaking hands after the Orlando Magic beat his Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs. I can remember when I played, I wouldn't shake anybody's hands after a loss, Bird...

Blog | November 02, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: "By now, the video has flown around the world, which is more than can be said of one of its stars. The ...

Blog | November 02, 2009

Who is Quinton Ross?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

By Kevin Arnovitz Why do athletes and fans put such a premium on starting? A player might log only 10 minutes, but there's something about being incl...

Blog | November 01, 2009

Tyrus Thomas Comes Alive

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...great on the second night of a back-to-back, but there are days off in the playoffs. Again, way too early to read anything into anything, but one or two games in, the standings...

Blog | October 30, 2009

Mark Warkentien's play-in tournament

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Game Count: The NBA Play-In Tournament." It's a proposal to take the eighth and last playoff spot in each conference and, instead of awarding it to the eighth team, making it the first...

Blog | October 29, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Michael Lee of The Washington Post: "Before the season opener in Dallas, Arenas said Coach Flip Saunders told him not to let the 'outside world' dicta...

Blog | October 29, 2009

Looking For The Real Amare

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Stoudemire also was poked in the eye and suffered a partially detached retina. There went the Suns' playoff chances, followed by Shaquille O'Neal to Cleveland then, for Stoudemire, a long summer of nothing. The...

Blog | October 29, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Bob Ryan of The Boston Globe: "The principals on both sides understand that this was only the beginning of a very long journey. By the next time they ...

Blog | October 28, 2009