92 Results for playoff

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Michael Wilbon of The Washington Post: "As much as Abe Pollin changed the landscape of D.C. by building the arena on 7th St. NW, it was Michael Jordan...

Blog | November 25, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

John 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, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Ronald Tillery of The Commercial-Appeal: "From talk radio to message boards to water coolers in the workplace, Allen Iverson's departure has been cont...

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 outrageous fourth quar...

Blog | November 05, 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: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...the NBA had in mind. Sending the Rockets back to Portland, to begin the season where the postseason began six months earlier, might have offered a nice bit of symmetry, a way to renew a...

Blog | October 27, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Terry Pluto of The Plain Dealer: "It's still hard to believe, Shaquille O'Neal in a Cavaliers uniform. Then there's LeBron James, the...

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

...how much money I owed him. A lot of you have said the Pacers should make the playoffs this season. It's way too early to give any kind of prediction, but I'...

Blog | September 15, 2009

Your Second-Favorite Team

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

NBA fandom usually begins with the love of a team. My love of the NBA, for instance, springs directly from a childhood spent listening to Blazer games...

Blog | August 21, 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

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...this is it, perhaps the greatest hope is that the Warriors can scrap into contention for a playoff spot." Marc Berman of the New York Post: "Not sure which is the bigger Knick...

Blog | August 06, 2009

Lamar Odom in Purple and Gold: Meant to Be

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...I say that: The Lakers just cracked open their potentially long championship window with Odom an essential playoff contributor. The team and the player would be motivated to keep the gang together to keep the...

Blog | July 30, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Sid Hartman of the Minneapolis Star Tribune: "Bill Duffy, a member of Jim Dutcher's greatest recruiting class when he coached the Gophers, is...

Blog | July 27, 2009

The State of Lamar Odom

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

After winning the title and heading into the off-season on a high, the Lakers had some free agents to worry about, most notably Trevor Ariza and Lamar...

Blog | July 14, 2009