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January 12, 2011 – R.S. De France While I’ve always been one to stick up for and defend Kobe Bryant, he’s way off base saying the Lakers are better than the Celtics at defense. Bryant’s comments on defense start in around 3 minutes and 50 seconds in, so towards the end of this clip.  Bryant’s [...]

January 12, 2011 – Kevin Burke Last week we told you who will be participating in this year’s slam dunk competition. Blake Griffin is clearly the favorite and I’m still trying to understand the Brandon Jennings angle. Everyone not named Blake in this competition certainly has their work cut out for them. In fact, some are [...]

January 12, 2011 – Allen Moll With NCAA conference play already kicking off and as we turn the calendar to 2011, many of the college game’s best dunkers are starting to take their game to another level. Some of the NCAA’s best finishers from small schools and Division I’s top tier programs alike make my list [...]

January 12, 2011 – THD Podcast This week on THD Podcast Kevin Burke discusses the latest happenings around the league… 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. Also, [...]

January 12, 2011 – Kevin Burke Can you imagine the pressure on the son of the greatest man to ever touch a basketball? Can you even fathom the basketball scrutiny and critique with which he much endure daily? No matter what type of player he would turn out to be, he would forever be compared to [...]

January 11, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Make no mistake, since Hedo Turkoglu left the Orlando Magic in the Summer of 2009 the team has missed his unique talents. What was not as obvious was the way Turkoglu has missed the Magic. After leading the team to the Finals in 2009, Turkoglu signed a contract with [...]

January 11, 2011 – Allen Moll Win or lose, buzzer beaters are arguably the most entertaining of any type of shot in the game of basketball. After all, how many games come down to the final ticks of the game clock, with a player attempting a last gasp, final toss towards the rim and who [...]

January 10, 2011 – Kevin Burke They are still the highest scoring offense in the entire league and in most cases, they can run people out of the gym. But that’s usually only the case when their shots are falling (since they shoot so many 3s). When they’re not, it’s a different story. To that [...]

January 10, 2011 – Allen Moll Now that the 2010-2011 NCAA season is roughly a third of the way complete, we are starting to get a clear picture of just who are this year’s prime time players(to borrow Dickie V’s famous saying) in college basketball.  Many of the NBA’s future pro prospects overseas have also [...]

January 8, 2011 – Kevin Burke All-Star weekend is continuing to take shape and a few days ago we told you who would be participating in the dunk contest. The voting ballots for starter of the game opened up about 8 minutes after the season began but it’s becoming clearer who the starters will be. We’ll find out who [...]