C.J. Watson OK with giving up No. 23; Toney Douglas not so sure
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...said. Other NBA players currently wearing No. 23 are Devin Brown of New Orleans, Marcus Camby of the Clippers, Stephen Graham of Houston, Wes Matthews of Utah, Kevin Martin of Sacramento, Jodie Meeks of...
Blog | November 13, 2009Wednesday Mini-Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...and other honorees of this decade including Hubie Brown, Rick Carlisle, Larry Brown and Doc Rivers did...Alex Stepheson and Deon Thompson. Former Tar Heels Wes Miller and Sam Perkins also were among those...
Blog | April 30, 2008Friday Bullets
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...being destabilized with the emergence of the 'healthier' brown rice). Then I thought, why are there no...blame them for those particular representations?" The numbers: Wes Unseld was really good. The details of...
Blog | August 17, 2007Rolling With Leandro: Gregory Dole's Barbosa File, Part Ten
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopCanadian Gregory Dole lives in Brazil, and describes himself as a "freelance writer, English as a second language teacher, basketball coach, basketbal...
Blog | June 27, 2007Live (sort of) from the NFL draft
If Bill Belichick arrived at practice in a Ferrari Enzo one day, everyone would assume the Patriots coach was battling a severe midlife crisis. But se...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 30, 2007Down with the O.J. Mayo Era
...my new favorite incoming recruit: UCLA's Kevin Love, a 6-foot-9 power forward who studied Wes Unseld/Bill Walton tapes as a kid and throws the best outlet pass in 30 years. I...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 29, 2007Hooked on hoops
Some housecleaning on a Tuesday afternoon ... • If you missed the end of the George Mason-VCU game Monday night, you missed the greatest random...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 06, 2007Gregory Dole: My Summer with William Wesley
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...checked have all proven to be true: I spent a lot of time with William Wesley, or Wes, when I was working with Leandro Barbosa. I got to know Wes, which is hilarious in its...
Blog | January 31, 2007Lessons from William Wesley
Henry Abbott, TrueHoopIn many ways, the most imporant things I have learned from the William Wesley investigation so far are not about Wesley at all. They are about the nat...
Blog | August 25, 2006Ben Wallace: Bull
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...of Piston fans still expect the Pistons to make the NBA Finals. Marc Stein says P.J. Brown and J.R. Smith will likely come to Chicago for Tyson Chandler. Brown has an expiring deal...
Blog | July 04, 2006Great William Wesley/Allen Iverson Story
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...great little anecdote about hanging out at Wes's Chicago condo when Allen Iverson called. It must have been the summer of 2000, when Iverson and Larry Brown were squabbling all the time in the...
Blog | June 27, 2006Sean Deveney on the Shady World of Agents
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...leading "runners:" William Wesley: "Worldwide Wes" transcends the runner label. He is a...has been connected with agent Dan Fegan. Reggie Brown: Known for his persistence in flipping players to...
Blog | June 27, 2006Random Weekend Observations
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...turntables. Need4Sheed will show you. A friend of Wes's told me that Wes actually arranged Rip...quot;that wouldn't have happened under Larry Brown." They might have had ten thousand other...
Blog | May 14, 2006Pieces of the William Wesley Puzzle: An Updated Chronology
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...then is out of the league. GQ reports that "as Milt progressed from Louisville to the Lakers, Wes was there, watching." One thing he reportedly learned: players need help getting mortgages. Wesley has told reporters...
Blog | January 20, 2006Roland Lazenby Describes "The Facilitator"
Henry Abbott, TrueHoop...for length) from my notes of our conversation: Facilitators: Not a New Thing There have always been Wes characters. Sid Hartman, for instance. He ran the Lakers behind the scenes, when they were in Minneapolis...
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