Blogs

September 17, 2010 – Kevin Burke It’s no secret that the NBA goes through different eras.  All of which played a role in giving us the league in which we know and love today. We currently live in the the era of the scoring perimeter player. Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Tracy McGrady, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, [...]

September 17, 2010 – Allen Moll Many American fans tout the legendary Michael Jordan, “Dr J” Julius Erving, or even Vince Carter as the best all-time NBA dunk artists. But one international streetball legend named Kadour Ziani has been doing some spectacular dunks for nearly 20 years world-wide, that would make even the legendary MJ or [...]

September 16, 2010 – Allen Moll Do you long for some great throwback NBA and NCAA footage of superstars of the past featuring some of the game’s best players? Do you miss watching games in which the jump shot was an art form and not an afterthought? Longing to see some of the hardwood’s greatest [...]

September 16, 2010 – Allen Moll Before sustaining an unfortunate and untimely knee injury playing football last September, Tony Wroten Jr. was well on his way to becoming the #1 rated point guard prospect in the stacked 2011 HS Class. That’s saying a lot, considering the class is loaded with a plethora of game-changing pont [...]

September 15, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap Stephon Marbury has been one one crazy character in the NBA for a long time. He is a media darling and a PR nightmare all at the same time due to his antics and odd off the court behaviour. But he’s in China now, trying to salvage what’s left [...]

September 15, 2010 – Kevin Burke Back for it’s 3rd season, the award-winning Gatorade REPLAY stages re-matches of classic games between some the nation’s best high school sports teams and gives former teammates the chance to prove once you’re an athlete, you’re always an athlete. This year, it reunited two South Side Chicago high school [...]

September 15, 2010 – Allen Moll With the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame recently inducting former Chicago Bulls great Scottie Pippen into their hallowed halls of greatness, what better time to give one of the NBA’s Top 50 Players of All Time his very own multi-part, weekly Player Rewind Series. Scottie was the antithesis of [...]

September 14, 2010 – Dr. J-Water How do you measure an athlete’s reputation with fans? Pretty much every basketball blog in the entire blogsphere has either posted, polled, or asked the question: “Has your opinion of Lebron James changed since his ESPN special on ‘The Decision’?”. But still that all seems a bit anecdotal and [...]

September 14, 2010 – Dr. Browntorious Brandon Jennings is reppin’ Under Armour’s new basketball line. And at The Hoop Docs we’ve made it no secret we love the line, the kicks are niiice. Jennings has been with Under Armour for more than two years. They showed him love before he even got to the NBA, [...]

September 14, 2010 – Kevin Burke Back for it’s 3rd season, the award-winning Gatorade REPLAY stages re-matches of classic games between some the nation’s best high school sports teams and gives former teammates the chance to prove once you’re an athlete, you’re always an athlete. This year, it reunited two South Side Chicago high school [...]