15 Results for taj gibson

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

By Henry Abbott Remember when Greg Oden and Kevin Durant first joined the league? There was a metric ton of hype. Then Oden was out for the year, ...

Blog | November 12, 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

Tyrus Thomas Comes Alive

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...on 0-for-3 shooting, 2 rebounds, 2 fouls. He was outplayed by his potential replacement, Taj Gibson, whose shooting was off but who grabbed three offensive rebounds and was aggressive enough to earn...

Blog | October 30, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times: "It will be debated and discussed for the next five years. Did the Lakers do the right thing in essentially t...

Blog | October 19, 2009

First Cup: Thursday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Frank Dell'Apa of The Boston Globe: "Kevin Garnett passed the alley-oop test in the Celtics' 106-90 exhibition win over Toronto last night. Garne...

Blog | October 15, 2009

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: "If anyone thought him guilty of unearned hubris, he followed by punctuating his performance with a ...

Blog | October 12, 2009

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Milwaukee coach Scott Skiles has a brilliant way around the NBA's ban on criticizing replacement referees: "A huge percentage of our fouls,&q...

Blog | October 05, 2009

First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Ramona Shelburne of the Los Angeles Daily News: "Talk about a fast break. If the Internet reports are true -- and nowadays, we use the general te...

Blog | September 22, 2009

The Eight Biggest Stories of Summer League

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz The Las Vegas Summer League is a lot like the Sundance Film Festival of the NBA. Whereas the pageantry of most NBA games h...

Blog | July 20, 2009

The Other Side of the Tape

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz There's a long strip of yellow construction tape that cordons off sections 104 and 119 on opposite sides of the stands in...

Blog | July 17, 2009

Day Six Summer League Roundup

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...just on the perimeter, but in Scola-territory along the baseline at 15 feet. The Alexander-Taj Gibson matchup was an interesting one and it was anything but a pitching duel. Alexander finished 9...

Blog | July 16, 2009

David Thorpe Tweeting From Summer League

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

The NBA's Vegas Summer League is halfway home. David Thorpe is still at it, livetweeting away his best basketball insights. You can pay to wa...

Blog | July 15, 2009

The Back of the (Really Large Manila) Envelope Guide to the Las Vegas Summer League

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...the league with immense physical gifts, tremendous athleticism, but some question marks as a decision-maker. Taj Gibson The Bulls' other first-round pick, Gibson is another in a series of young, lanky...

Blog | July 09, 2009

First Cup: Friday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Jim Souhan of the Minneapolis Star Tribune: "David Kahn either has ESP or ADD. Someday we will view his selection of point guards on consecutive ...

Blog | June 26, 2009

Draft Hopefuls, Unedited

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...didn't seem that down. Sure, he questioned the wisdom of putting Keith Wilkinson in after Taj Gibson got his fourth foul (he suggested RouSean Cromwell or N'Diaye due to their superior athleticism...

Blog | June 25, 2007