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It’s Sneaker Week at TrueHoop! Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with our TrueHoop BRING IT IN Friday guest Jarod Hector, multimedia journalist, voice, on-air personality and podcast host. They played NINE BY NINETY, where they get 90 seconds each to rapid-fire cover nine topics. They talked about controversial releases in the Nike SB division, Michael Jordan as a synonym fo...

It’s Sneaker Week at TrueHoop! Today on BRING IT IN David Thorpe and Henry Abbott spoke with Matt Powell, vice president and senior industry advisor for The NPD Group and nationally known expert on the sports industry. Why has no one succeeded in threatening Nike in the U.S. market? What is the lesson of LaVar Ball’s Big Baller Brand? How will COVID-19 affect the market? Are we about to see big ad...

It’s Sneaker Week at TrueHoop! Today on BRING IT IN David Thorpe and Henry Abbott spoke with “Big Wos” Wosny Lambre, NBA culture writer for the Athletic and devout sneakerhead. He talked about his first pair of Air Jordan 9s, how Michael Jordan’s coolness infused into American culture, and argues that sneaker culture is not really about the NBA players anymore. The video is here: RECENT BRING IT I...

Today on BRING IT IN, TrueHoop Special Correspondent Adena Jones interviews expert NBA sneakerhead (and her husband) Chad Jones aka Sneaker Galactus. Chad got super scientific and assessed NBA players’ various kicks display practices (oxidation, people!). He also talked about the cultural politics of sneakers, the aesthetics of Damian Lillard’s signature sneakers, and half steppin’, the sacrilege...

It’s Sneaker Week at TrueHoop! Today on BRING IT IN David Thorpe and Henry Abbott spoke with Ben Aronson, a marketing executive with a lot of experience in sports. He talked about his latest TrueHoop article on race, culture, economics, and the impact of the NBA on the sneaker industry. What does it mean to have a pair of LeBrons? And who does Nike think is the most influential demographic in the...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with our TrueHoop BRING IT IN Friday guest Jarod Hector, multimedia journalist, voice, on-air personality and podcast host. They played NINE BY NINETY, where they get 90 seconds each to rapid-fire cover nine topics. They talked about some people rooting for sports not to come back, Michael Jordan as a specific type of leader, Ahmaud Arbery a...

Today on BRING IT IN, Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Scott Raab, esteemed Writer at Large for Esquire magazine for 20 years and author of The W***e of Akron and You're Welcome, Cleveland, both about LeBron James. He talked about how the NBA—which he described as “the best of American pro sports leagues,”—has woven into his career, and told some incredible stories about his favorite inter...

Today on BRING IT IN, Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with legendary point guard Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm. TrueHoop special correspondent Adena Jones showed us what Sue has been up to with highlights from the incredible IG stories she has been making with her girlfriend Megan Rapinoe. Sue talked about “Megan Goggles,” trying to prepare for the WNBA season on the hoop in her sister’s drive...

Today on BRING IT IN, Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Washington Wizards GM Tommy Sheppard. He talked about his family’s insane number of pets, including three different duck varieties. He says he has been blown away by John Wall’s shooting ability, talked about keeping the Wizards ready to play over Zoom, the role confidence plays in improving players, a player that came to the front off...

Today on BRING IT IN, Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Dwayne Kennedy is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. As a producer, he won a 2019 Emmy Award for the CNN original series United Shades of America. His latest album, “Who The Hell Is Dwayne Kennedy?” is out now. We listened to some of his stand up, talked about Michael Jordan’s hyper competitive nature, managing testosterone, and D...

Friday with Jarod! “What are you guys doing? What is happening? … These protestors they just don’t care. It’s ultimately: it’s America, I do what I want and I don’t care. It’s sad.” Jarod Hector, multimedia journalist, voice, on-air personality and podcast host joins David Thorpe and Henry Abbott for the Friday tradition of NINE BY NINETY, where they get 90 seconds each to rapid-fire cover nine to...

Today on BRING IT IN, Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Jane McManus, the Director of Marist College’s Center for Sports Communication and columnist for the New York Daily News. She has covered New York sports since 1998. (Some may know her as “Lesley E. Visserate” from the roller derby circuit.) She talked about sports journalists’ role in covering the coronavirus, what she would be doing...

Today on BRING IT IN, Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Brandon Grier, NBA and NFL agent and co-founder of the Athlete Management agency, which represents players like Georges Niang, Dewayne Dedmon, Ekpe Udoh, Quincy Acy, Kay Felder, and many others. He talked about his experience recovering from the coronavirus, spending his childhood with Jalen Rose and Chris Webber, his theories on who w...

Today on BRING IT IN, TrueHoop Special Correspondent Adena Jones brought her own theme music and breaking news about NBA players dancing, at home, in quarantine. She also tells us why she got a reputation as the Dennis Rodman of her high school basketball team. And, together with Henry Abbott and David Thorpe, she invented the #TrueHoopBookClub! Our first book: My Losing Season by Pat Conroy, his...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with NBA agent Bernie Lee, owner of Thread Sports Management, who represents, among others, five-time All-Star, Jimmy Butler. They talked about Jimmy Butler’s mind, the future of the G-League vs. international leagues, why Jimmy cares so much about avoiding fouls (and how he does it), how Bernie almost got a job on an NBA coaching staff, and...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with our TrueHoop BRING IT IN Friday guest Jarod Hector, multimedia journalist, voice, on-air personality and podcast host. They played NINE BY NINETY, where they get 90 seconds each to rapid-fire cover nine topics. They discussed Mark Cuban as an economic expert, John Wall on his relationship with Bradley Beal, David Thorpe’s latest TrueHoo...

Today on BRING IT IN David Thorpe and TrueHoop correspondent Jarod Hector spoke with Stan Jones, Associate Head Coach at Florida State University. They talked about culture building, how the game has changed, the NBA draft, Zion, and more. The video is here: RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES: * WEDNESDAY April 29, 2020 Seth Partnow on how well Michael Jordan would fit in today’s NBA. * TUESDAY April 28,...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Seth Partnow, NBA Analyst at The Athletic and former Director of basketball research at the Bucks. They jumped into a time machine and talked about how well Michael Jordan would fit in today’s NBA, got math-y about X’s and O’s, and pondered who would be today’s Phil Jackson. The video is here: RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES: * TUESDAY Apri...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Jonathan Abrams, award-winning journalist who writes for Bleacher Report. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling oral history of The Wire called All the Pieces Matter, as well as a book about high-school basketball players going straight to the NBA, called Boys Among Men. He was previously a staff writer at Grantland, the Lo...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Thomas Beller, author of Seduction Theory: Stories, The Sleep-Over Artist, How To Be a Man: Scenes from a Protracted Boyhood, and J.D. Salinger: The Escape Artist, which won the New York City Book Award for biography/memoir. He is an associate professor and director of creative writing at Tulane University and serious pickup basketball...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Jarod Hector, multimedia journalist, voice, on-air personality and podcast host. They played NINE BY NINETY, where they get 90 seconds each to rapid-fire cover nine topics. They talked about Michael Jordan as an antihero, Scottie Pippen as hero, the first thing that should change in the NBA, the league’s machismo, and more. The video is...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry and surprise guest Amin Elhassan—who worked with Gentry on the Suns. They talked about tanking, Zion Williamson, Lonzo Ball, Jaxson Hayes, how the Pelicans’ playoff race might end, player development during quarantine, and then there were some war stories about Amare Stoudemire, Boris Diaw, Chris Paul an...

Today on BRING IT IN TrueHoop special correspondent Adena Jones returns to report on what NBA families are up to during the lockdown. Then she joins Henry Abbott and David Thorpe for a 90-second speed round commentary on the MJ documentary, the bad economy’s effect on NBA teams, the Draymond/KD beef, protecting players from injury, and more! Things get interesting when David Thorpe feels the need...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe reunite with Jade Hoye, the man who created ESPN’s TrueHoop TV and TrueHoop podcasts at ESPN—and current Executive Producer of audio at The Athletic. This is part 2 of Jade’s appearance. Part 1 is here. And the archived video is here: This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, vi...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe reunite with Jade Hoye, the man who created ESPN’s TrueHoop TV and TrueHoop podcasts at ESPN—and current Executive Producer of audio at The Athletic. Video of part 1 of Jade’s appearance is at the bottom. Part 2 is here. Here are some of the old videos Jade discussed. Spreecast: Secret Santa: Coleman Collins: TrueHoop TV’s secret origins in the sq...