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Rookies almost never make good teams better
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (599+ words) I don't know Bobby Marks, ESPN's astute cap expert, the former GM of the Nets and a longtime NBA executive before his ESPN gig. We have mutual friends, and let's just say I hope they speak as well of me…...
League still silent on Clippers?
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (831+ words) I'm a Blazers fan. There was a lot to love about Tuesday's win over the Clippers in Los Angeles. New Blazers honcho Tom Dundon was in attendance. I only know a little about him, but I know his presence meant…...
The dirty billionaires who doomed the Sonics
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (155+ words) Substack is emerging as a key place for Jeffrey Epstein insight. A couple of my current favorites are Kait Justice and Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, who are way ahead of mainstream media on important stuff. Now, here's a new wrinkle in Epstein's…...
The CIA and Jeffrey Epstein
2+ week, 2+ day ago (964+ words) Not so long ago I bragged a little about Julian Dorey calling TrueHoop's Epstein research "some of the best shit I have ever read." That was kind of him. This all works better with you. But in that episode, Kiriakou…...
Pablo Torre vs. the Billionaires
3+ week, 3+ day ago (161+ words) Pablo Torre vs. the Billionaires'TrueHoop | Henry Abbott Pablo Torre vs. the Billionaires Do they even love the game? Had a great time talking to my former ESPN colleague Pablo Torre, which you watch above or listen to wherever you listen…...
A mere six contenders
4+ week, 1+ day ago (474+ words) At TrueHoop we like to talk about the championship bus. When the season begins, almost every team is on board as it rumbles along toward the Finals. But things happen. Stars get hurt. Strategies are exposed. Trades, tanking " there are…...
Not the year to tank - by CoachThorpe
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (300+ words) Kansas's Darryn Peterson might be from the same lab. A 6-6 smooth-as-silk wing who has explosive athleticism and a picture perfect jumper, Peterson is the prototypical shooting guard the NBA has coveted since the days of Michael Jordan. Everyone wants to…...
Adam Silver doesn't face the media often
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (231+ words) On Valentine's Day, NBA commissioner Adam Silver will do something he almost never does: take questions from the press. We have a backlog! Here's my list of suggested questions for NBA media friends who will be in attendance. The Epstein…...
Our limit is pain - by Henry Abbott - TrueHoop
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1970+ words) At the bleeding edge of human performance is pain. We don't talk about it much, but there's a reason players go harder in the playoffs than on tanking teams, and it has a lot to do with accepting more risk…...
The Thunder and Pacers killed the trade deadline
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (178+ words) But when Henry asked me who won the trade deadline, my immediate thought was that as no one went all-in for 2026, the real answer is last year's Finals teams. The Pacers and the Thunder made killer moves for 2027. In Jared…...