Blogs

September 1, 2010 – Kevin Burke The other day, The Hoop Doctors Rumor Patrolreported that the New York Knicks have signed Patrick Ewing, Jr. to a contract. That alone doesn’t jump off the screen at you, and it shouldn’t.  For a franchise that has had more go wrong than good in the past decade, it’s [...]

September 1, 2010 – Dr. Browntorious He is according to the San Antonio Express-News twitter feed. Makes you wonder if Darius Miles has finally matured. If there is anyone that can get maturity out of players and get them to act right and stay focused it’s Gregg Popovich. [H/T to Slam Online] [...]

September 1, 2010 – R.S. De France Even though the Miami Heat is a relatively young franchise (1988-1989) in NBA terms, the organization has amassed some impressive playoff runs, including a run to the 2006 NBA championship.  In that historic series, the Heat came back from a 2-0 deficit and a big deficit in game [...]

August 31, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap Whenever Shaquille O’Neal signs with a new team (which is more and more frequent these days) he likes to make a splash when he shows up for work. Although a bit more low key than we are used to seeing the diesel (maybe because of his apparent engagement), it [...]

August 31, 2010 – Allen Moll For all of those Knicks fans who may have wished that the overpaid and oft injured Eddy Curry would disappear off the face of the Earth for turning out to be one of the most disappointing players in franchise history, their wish may have come true, since word out [...]

August 31, 2010 – Kevin Burke We all know that the 82-game NBA season can be grueling. When you really stop and think about it, the condition that these guys are in, so that they can make through an entire season, is unreal. It’s almost impossible for them to really take an extended period of [...]

August 30, 2010 – Dr. Dime NBC Sports recently asked Shaquille O’Neal, while in Boston, about his rivalry with Kobe Bryant and whether or not he was upset that Kobe got his 5th title, putting him one behind in the race to the most rings. Shaq surprisingly, yet quite cleverly dodged the question by saying [...]

August 30, 2010 – Kevin Burke A week ago here on TheHoopDoctors.com, we gave you exclusive insider access to Brandon Jennings’ Under Armour sneaker launch in New York. Well, later on in the week, I had to the change to chop it up with Brandon while he was in LA for the Boost Mobile Elite [...]

August 30, 2010 – Allen Moll While most high school hoop fanatics can’t wait for the McDonalds All American Game each season to catch a glimpse of the college ranks incoming diaper dandies, Boost Mobile has succeeded in wetting the appetites of hoop fans by putting on the Boost Mobile Elite 24 Game for 5 [...]

August 27, 2010 – The Hoop Doctors Damon Harge just began the 6th grade at Modesto Christian and as you are about to see he has some pretty amazing skills for a kid his age. Hell for any age really. He Got Game. This past summer after a dominant performance at the Adidas Phenom Camp [...]