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May 23, 2011 – Allen Moll Where is arguably one of the greatest collegiate coaching minds and most successful in recent times to wind up after being un-ceremonially dismissed from one of the SEC’s top hoops programs? The NBA’s D-League I suppose. Of course, I am speaking of former University of Tennessee head man Bruce [...]

May 23, 2011 – Joshua Sexton The progress Oklahoma City has made the last two seasons has been very impressive. Last season, after a 23 win season the year before, the Thunder nearly pushed the eventual champion Lakers to a seventh game in their first round playoff series. Flash forward to this postseason. The Thunder [...]

First Kobe, now Joakim Noah caught calling someone a gay slur... [...]

May 23, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors I think it’s safe to say that Dallas Mavericks’ Puerto Rican Guard J.J. Barea has overachieved given his size and athletic ability. He’s currently a very key piece of a Mavericks team that is clicking on all cylinders in the Western Conference Finals against the OKC Thunder. This [...]

May 23, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors They say a picture says a thousand words? But for Michael Jordan it takes 20,000…. The Hoop Doctors recently stumbled across this artist’s digital image of Michael Jordan completely re-done using Typeface. In 20,000 words related to Michael Jordan and his career the artist known as ‘PhreshSoldier’ designed [...]

May 22, 2011 – Ben Berry adidas adiZero Crazy Light “Triple Black” It is not uncommon to spot someone at your local court have laced a pair of all black sneakers to play in. Whether Jay-Z’s “all black everything” line had anything to do with the liberal use of the color seen on so many [...]

May 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The aging Spurs surprised the league by winning the West’s regular season with 61 victories. But their first round exit at the hands of the 8th seeded Grizzlies have many thinking their window is just about shut. One of those people is Tony Parker. Even if the NBA [...]

May 20, 2011 – THD Podcast This week on THD Podcast Kevin Burke discusses his take on the playoffs thus far… If you often find yourself too busy to watch The Hoop Doctors Podcasts, get them on the go for your iPhone or iPod! Subscribe to our Podcasts in the iTunes Directory, free of charge. [...]

May 20, 2011 – Allen Moll Every year there seems to be a handful of uber athletic high flyers from the high school ranks that play the game of basketball from above the rim. Long gone are the days of the slow footed back-to-the basket centers and prototypical textbook style jump-shooters that could barely jump [...]

May 20, 2011 – Joshua Sexton In the first quarter of Game 2 between the Mavericks and Thunder, Kevin Durant completely posterized Brendan Haywood with what was probably the best dunk of the playoffs (sorry Taj Gibson). Some have even started writing obituaries for Haywood after the dunk. Even more surprising than the nasty flush [...]