19 Results for playoff

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Kobe Bryant called Hakeem Olajuwon, and Mark Berman of MyFoxHouston reports on the tutorial that followed: "'He gave me the biggest comp...

Blog | September 28, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Elliott Teaford of the Los Angeles Daily News: "Pau Gasol broke his left middle finger while practicing with the Spanish national team in Seville...

Blog | August 11, 2009

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...I'm hankering for? A big long video highlight reel of every great highlight of these playoffs. Anybody seen such a thing? A report from an advance screening of the LeBron James documentary. Florida...

Blog | June 16, 2009

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Cap Year shall thereupon be included in Team Salary (and if the tenth game played is a playoff game, then the excluded Salary shall be included in Salary retroactively as of the start of the...

Blog | January 08, 2009

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...part owner of the Lakers, is drinking the Trail Blazer kool-aid, saying Portland will make the playoffs this year, and make a run at a title in a couple of years.TrueHoop reader Guy...

Blog | October 14, 2008

Still Making People Mad: The WNBA

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

A couple of WNBA TrueHoop posts last week inspired a whole bunch of e-mail. The vast majority of them are not from the group of men I was really talki...

Blog | October 13, 2008

You Didn't Watch the WNBA Finals Either?

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

On Monday, I linked to a post about how little respect the WNBA Finals were getting. In one paper, the tiny mention of their Finals was shoehorned nex...

Blog | October 09, 2008

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Lakers 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, 2008

Tuesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

We hear from Commissioner Stern quite often about how trustworthy NBA officials are. Why not, then, trust officials to use their discretion to decide ...

Blog | May 06, 2008

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...the Hornets total scoring. Kobe 'MVP' Bryant has been worth 41% of his teams scoring in the playoffs, and he's been 'destroying' his opponents. Paul was good for nine points, three steals, two assists...

Blog | May 05, 2008

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Pistons vs. Sixers Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News: "The young and impetuous must be dealt with severely, or they never learn. The Pistons tried to ...

Blog | April 24, 2008

Late Wednesday Mini-Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...s the definition of a quality NBA team. So why is Denver in danger of missing the postseason."From the Sports Illustrated vault: Jack McCallum quotes Michael Jordan about how to stop Michael Jordan: ...

Blog | April 09, 2008

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Chris Paul on the brainy comedic NPR show "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me." He says he wasn't allowed to play basketball unless he had a 3.0 GPA. He also say...

Blog | September 17, 2007

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

The researcher whose study says NBA referees demonstrate racial bias has been attacked by the NBA as malinformed, claiming they have better (but priva...

Blog | May 07, 2007

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Don Nelson from earlier this season when nobody dared to even suggest the team would make the playoffs, a message for Charles Barkley, and a Baron Davis mix with a soundtrack that's part R...

Blog | April 30, 2007