First Cup: Tuesday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopTom Knott of The Washington Times: "The firing of Eddie Jordan as coach of the Wizards was undeserved. The back-to-the-'90s move was implemented after...
Blog | November 25, 2008Two Reasons I'm Surprised Eddie Jordan Was Fired
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...mention, Jordan -- who took over a bad Wizards team, and coached them to 26 playoff games -- got consideration for Coach of the Year just last season. Few Washington D.C. coaches in any sport have...
Blog | November 24, 2008Monday: First Cup
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopChris McCosky of The Detroit News: "The Pistons have had three 6 p.m. Sunday starts and lost all three by an average of 18.7 points. 'That tells me we...
Blog | November 24, 2008Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...very moment Gilbert Arenas is scheduled to unveil a wax figure of himself at Madame Tussauds in Washington D.C. It's not a bad club to join -- according to the website, the sports lineup...
Blog | November 20, 2008Wednesday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopOne of Mark Cuban's lawyers talks, explains that anyone can be told valuable information. Acting on it is only insider trading under special circumsta...
Blog | November 19, 2008Monday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopMalcolm Gladwell has a new book about "Outliers," as in, people who are extraordinarily successful. The lessons apply to sports as much as anything. H...
Blog | November 17, 2008Friday: First Cup
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...you can. And sooner or later, the Mavericks wilt."Mike Jones of The Washington Times: "The Washington Wizards avoided a franchise-worst 0-6 start with a victory over the visiting Utah Jazz on...
Blog | November 14, 2008Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopDwight Howard's stat line must be acknowledged. 30 points, 19 rebounds, and ten blocks. TrueHoop reader Lawrence did a bunch of poking around and says...
Blog | November 13, 2008Wednesday: First Cup
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...But between taking Kwame Brown with the No. 1 pick and inserting himself into the rotation in Washington, drafting Sean May and Adam Morrison as high as he did in Charlotte, and never really making...
Blog | November 12, 2008Antawn Jamison Vents
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...in the Association. As Michael Lee reports in today's Washington Post, Antawn Jamison found no consolation in the reminder that the Wizards opened up last season 0-5, yet still managed to earn...
Blog | November 10, 2008Monday: First Cup
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopJeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: "Beset by nothing more supernatural than a rash of injuries and plain bad basketball, the Spurs' 1-4 st...
Blog | November 10, 2008Thursday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...aren't so shabby either: Charles Barkley, Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon."Which Wizard would make the best POTUS?Matt Yglesias says that, at this point, the president-elect might be...
Blog | November 06, 2008Monday Mini-Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopThe Painted Area, with tidy diagrams and everything, breaks down the new ways LeBron James is working in Cleveland's rejuvenated offense: "The stagnan...
Blog | November 03, 2008Friday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopDrew Gooden is my kind of guy: Hair thinning to the point of having to shave the whole dome. Lang Whitaker of SLAM spills the beans that Gooden's mach...
Blog | October 31, 2008First Cup: Friday
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...through 2013. For 29 NBA teams, a cloud just moved across the sun."Ivan Carter of The Washington Post: "Rather than harp on X's and O's before his team hit the court for...
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