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August 27, 2010 – Kevin Burke The great Scottie Maurice Pippen was recently inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Pippen’s multi-dimensional skill-set, on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball, truly made him unique. His tools were rare for a guy of his size. A six-time NBA Champion and one of [...]

August 27, 2010 – Dr. Browntorious Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports last night had an update on the Carmelo Anthony/Denver Nuggets contract extension talks that you will want to read. Apparently Anthony’s reps World Wide Wes and Leon Rose are trying to strong are the Nuggets into a sign and trade, and they have given [...]

August 26, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap For those of you not aware, the Boost Mobile Elite 24 will be hosted at Los Angeles’ Venice Beach Friday and Saturday, August 27 and 28th. Not only is the best high school talent hanging around to watch the action, but many NBA stars will certainly be in the [...]

August 26, 2010 – Dr. Dime If you’re not following Alex Kennedy from Hoops World on Twitter yet, get on it fellas. Kennedy posted this awesome pic a couple days ago of Dallas Mavericks Rookie Dominique Jones’ new tattoo. I guess Jones is happy he realized his dream and made it to the NBA? David [...]

August 26, 2010 – R.S. De France In a recent interview with John Thompson on ESPN 360, Boston Celtics Coach Doc Rivers made himself sound ridiculous speaking of the 2010 NBA Finals, and even made me think about a new way to characterize the Boston Celtics’ 2008 Championship. “They [the Los Angeles Lakers] still have [...]

August 25, 2010 – Dr. Browntorious Reports are surfacing that J.R. Smith of the Denver Nuggets had to deal with a police inquiry on August 13th after a Nuggets practice in Denver at their practice facility. Apparently the Nuggets Coaching Staff asked an invited D-League player to ‘play physical with Smith on defense’ which went [...]

August 25, 2010 – Kevin Burke Team USA was just a matter of days away from being forced to trim their 13-man roster down to the mandatory 12. Speculation leading up to the final cut was that Stephen Curry, Russell Westbrook and Eric Gordon were the three guys on the bubble and each were fighting [...]

August 25, 2010 – THD Podcast This week on THD Podcast Kevin Burke breaks down the Team USA exhibition games in their preparation for the World Championships in Turkey… 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 [...]

August 25, 2010 – Allen Moll We all already know just how good Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh are since they have put together quite an impressive resume which includes 2 MVP’s, 3 Scoring Titles, and 17 All Star Game appearances between them. But just how good is their supporting cast for next [...]

August 24, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap Today the GM of the Charlotte Bobcats announced the official signing of free agent big man Kwame Brown. Yes, that’s right folks. That means Michael Jordan who drafted Brown with the #1 overall pick 2001 when he was the Director of Basketball Operations for the Wizards (which many consider [...]