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First Cup: Tuesday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Tom 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, 2008

Two 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, 2008

Monday: First Cup

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Chris 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, 2008

Thursday 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, 2008

Wednesday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

One 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, 2008

Monday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Malcolm 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, 2008

Friday: 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, 2008

Thursday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Dwight 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, 2008

Wednesday: 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, 2008

Antawn 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, 2008

Monday: First Cup

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Jeff 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, 2008

Thursday 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, 2008

Monday Mini-Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

The 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, 2008

Friday Bullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Drew 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, 2008

First 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...

Blog | October 31, 2008