First Cup: Thursday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopIra Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "If the Miami Heat is being used for leverage when it comes to Lamar Odom's free-agent negot...
Blog | July 16, 2009When Beer Tastes Like Champagne
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopPosted by Kevin Arnovitz Ryan McNeill got to spend time with Denver coach George Karl following the Nuggets' 114-107 win over Toronto on New Years Eve...
Blog | January 02, 2009Update on Gordon ... and Oden
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...So we won't be getting what looked to be one of the better individual duels at UNLV: Gordon's scheduled showdown Wednesday with O.J. Mayo of the Memphis Grizzlies. Gordon has missed 19...
Blog | July 13, 2008NBA Summer League: Liveblogging Day 1
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...a long-sleeve shirt under his jersey? Maybe the Warriors should play all of their games at UNLV -- Marco Belinelli has already gotten a rise out of the fans by draining two long jumpers. Although...
Blog | July 11, 2008Vegas Summer League: What to Watch
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...games from now until July 20 -- at the Thomas & Mack Center and COX Pavilion on the UNLV campus. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me Unlike Charlie Brown, who...
Blog | July 11, 2008First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopBrian Hanley of the Chicago Sun-Times: "Michael Beasley was as loose as the Bulls' defense, which he shredded for 9-of-21 shooting from the field and ...
Blog | July 08, 2008Kenny Mayne Has Written a Book
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopKenny Mayne is famous for a number of things, including his work at ESPN, but one of the things he has not been famous for is writing books. Until now...
Blog | April 24, 2008The Playbook: Portland Assistant Coach Dean Demopoulos
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...with [assistant coaches] Monty Williams, Luke [Maurice Lucas] and Bill Bayno, who, you know, played zone at UNLV. You know, and you have the luxury of having great video, you know, where you can break...
Blog | December 22, 2007The Business of College Sports
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopA few weeks ago, one of everybody's favorite sportswriters, Michael Lewis, wrote a column for The New York Times about the absurdity of not paying col...
Blog | December 03, 2007Tuesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopDoesn't it seem like NBA players come from pretty much every part of the planet these days--except South Asia? Hash, from Golden State of Mind, is Ind...
Blog | August 08, 2006The Boys of Summer League
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...is on the roster of the Kings. So are Quincy Douby, Kevin Martin, and Louis Amundson from UNLV who got a super-high GPA with a double-major, and played his ass off at the...
Blog | July 05, 2006The Democrats and Republicans of the NBA
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopEver since I heard that Greg Anthony was a Young Republican during his UNLV days, I have wondered about the political leanings of NBA figures. I just ran across a website...
Blog | March 08, 2006Sports Illustrated Profiles Steve Nash
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...fascinated to learn about different players' political leanings (Greg Anthony, for instance, was a Young Republican at UNLV) and the article satisfies with news of that kind of stuff:At the time, Nash was perceived...
Blog | January 27, 2006Antonio Daniels Shops Around
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...that was by accident," Daniels said while watching some of Wednesday's Vegas Summer League games at UNLV's Cox Pavilion. "As a former player, he understands a lot about the game, and one thing...
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