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Wednesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

By Henry Abbott Tim Varner of 48 Minutes of Hell: "When the Spurs inaugurated their summer of spending, a popular justification was the need to prov...

Blog | December 09, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Nick Friedell of ESPNChicago.com: "Vinny Del Negro stood in front of the microphone at his postgame news conference in a daze. He stared at the number...

Blog | December 09, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

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Phil Sheridan of The Philadelphia Inquirer: "The 76ers staged a very moving tribute to Allen Iverson last night. It was a perfect way to induct a reti...

Blog | December 08, 2009

Tim Donaghy's claims on trial

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...mob, the FBI, the NBA and federal prosecutors got involved. Donaghy now joins Shoeless Joe Jackson, Ben Johnson, Pete Rose and the like in the pantheon of sports infamy. "Personal Foul" is hardly all gambling...

Blog | December 07, 2009

First Cup: Friday

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Michael Wallace of The Miami Herald: "Dwyane Wade must be a Coke guy. Because his teams just can't seem to get anything accomplished at the Pepsi Cent...

Blog | December 04, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...had forged the kind of relationship that Magic Johnson and Pollin had. The recent history of the...down. It happens. I'm OK with it.' " Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald: "Just to be...

Blog | November 25, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

John DeShazier of The Times-Picayune: "Byron Scott getting shoved out the door nine games into his sixth season in New Orleans, and less than two full...

Blog | November 13, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Brian Windhorst of The Plain Dealer: "Playing their most complete game of the young season, the Cavs looked like a cohesive, deep and tough unit in di...

Blog | November 12, 2009

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

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...their most indispensable, which is simply a function of the way Danny Ainge has constructed his team." Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald: "Doc Rivers might want to be nice to Rajon Rondo now that...

Blog | November 03, 2009

Magic Speaks On Isiah

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Steve Mills was deciding on the Knicks job, when he offered it to me, I was the one who told him to call Isiah. Because I thought Isiah could do a good job." Johnson...

Blog | November 02, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...tonight. We're going to have nights like that, but we're better than this.' " K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune: "Dwyane Wade thanked Heat fans in a brief pregame speech and later dissed...

Blog | November 02, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Dan Shaughnessy of The Boston Globe: "Big Baby got into a fight with a friend at 4 a.m., broke his thumb, and won't be able to play until at least Dec...

Blog | October 30, 2009

First Cup: Wednesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

John Gonzalez of The Philadelphia Inquirer: "In sports, as in politics, perception matters. Late last week in California, the perception was that Kobe...

Blog | October 21, 2009

The Art of a Beautiful Game

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...Avery Johnson was worried that Dirk Nowitzki was too obsessive about practice, so he limited his practice time. So, Nowitzki found gyms all across the country and snuck onto the court. When Steve Kerr...

Blog | October 20, 2009