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December 7, 2010 – Allen Moll Many predicted prior to the season beginning that Philadelphia 76ers swingman Andre Iguodala, after getting some valuable experience playing overseas in Turkey, was primed for a break-out season and in teaming with #2 overall pick Evan Turner, helping lead the Sixers back to the Playoffs. Some even predicted that [...]

December 6, 2010 – Dr. Dime We all know there is a lot of pressure on athletes to perform. We also know that NBA players undertake a borderline OCD level of routine when it comes to how they approach free throw shooting. To become one of the greats you need to be so repetitive in [...]

December 6, 2010 – Kevin Burke Pardon me, while I deviate from the usual format of Monday’s Weekly Knicks Notes, but it’s only fitting because things are anything but usual in Knicks country these days. This just in: The Knicks are for real. With yesterday’s win in Toronto, that gave the Knicks their 9th road [...]

December 6, 2010 – Allen Moll You can’t stop him. You can only hope to contain him. Surely that is becoming the defensive philosophy of opposing coaches on just how to defend UConn’s Kemba Walker, who has undoubtedly been the NCAA’s best player through the early season so far. Just when everyone thought he couldn’t [...]

December 04, 2010 – 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, [...]

December 3, 2010 – Allen Moll Don’t look now but the Indiana Hoosiers are well on there way back to basketball relevance under the tutelage of 2nd year head coach Tom Crean. He has been making his mark on the recruiting front after the roster was gutted over the Kelvin Sampson recruiting violation fiasco a [...]

December 3, 2010 – Kevin Burke Who else is glad that’s over? LeBron James finally made his much anticipated return to Cleveland last night and all of a sudden it feels like the first day of the rest of our lives as basketball fans. It now means that the “What do you think about LeBron [...]

December 2, 2010 – Allen Moll Every freshman in college basketball has that one game that makes a statement letting his teammates and fans know he has arrived. For Duke’s Kyrie Irving, Wednesday night’s contest against the #6 ranked Michigan State Spartans served as his coming out party as he dropped 31 points, 6 rebounds, [...]

December 2, 2010 – Kevin Burke Basketball fan or not, anyone with a pulse circled this date on the calendar the moment the NBA schedule was released. Tonight, the LeBron James-led Miami Heat take their talents to Cleveland to face the once LeBron-led Cavaliers. It will surely be interesting to see how it all shakes [...]

December 2, 2010 – Joshua Sexton In the 1960s and 70s it was not rare to see NBA players working double duty as both player and head coach (with a staff of assistants of course) for their respective teams. One of the most famous player coaches of all-time was Bill Russell, arguably the best player [...]