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August 5, 2010 – THD Podcast This week on THD Podcast Kevin Burke breaks down more summer transactions, and gives some predictions for this season… 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 [...]

August 4, 2010 – Kevin Burke Man, the NBA really knows how to keep itself relevant even during the long summer months. Despite the season ending close to two months ago, we haven’t really stopped talking about the league since. First, the Draft, then free agency, and now a partially released schedule for the 2010-2011 [...]

August 3, 2010 – Allen Moll Considering the fact that 4 time NBA Champion and future 1st ballot Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal is still begging teams for a job for next season, the newest behind the scenes footage of his TV show “Shaq VS” isn’t helping his cause. In the segment, the big man [...]

August 3, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap According to multiple sources, including the following from David Aldridge of TNT and NBA.com, it looks like the Boston Celtics and veteran Shaquille O’Neal are very close to agreeing on a contract for next season. The Boston Celtics were “close” on Tuesday, according to a league source, to signing [...]

August 3, 2010 – Kevin Burke Last week, Chris Paul met with Hornets brass to discuss his future with the team and whether or not it involves him in the Big Easy. Apparently, Chris wasn’t pleased with the direction the team was headed and all parties needed to hash it out. Heading into this meeting, [...]

August 3, 2010 – Allen Moll With Lebron James’ and Chris Bosh’s recent defections from the teams that drafted them to the supposed promised land of South Beach, to play alongside Dwyane Wade on the Heat, many fans have already annointed the trio of All Stars as the favorites to win not only the 2011 [...]

August 2, 2010 – Kevin Burke Former NBA All-Star, Stephon Marbury, has agreed to continue to play basketball in China for three more years. He played 15 games last season with Shanxi Zhongyu of the Chinese Basketball Association where he averaged 22.8 points, 9.8 assists and was actually a fan favorite. Marbury will play two more years for the [...]

August 2, 2010 – Allen Moll Details were sketchy nearly two months ago, when reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans was arrested and charged with reckless driving for doing a reported 130 mph in his new Mercedes S550 on a California interstate. We found out after his court date on July 23rd that [...]

July 30, 2010 – Kevin Burke If you thought the widespread hate for LeBron James was just germane to the basketball world, guess again. It has apparently seeped into other sports as well, namely baseball. A few nights ago at Progressive Field in Cleveland, the hometown Indians were hosting the New York Yankees. There were [...]

July 30, 2010 – Allen Moll A lot of NBA players seem to have too much free time on their hands and don’t know what to do with it during the Summer months. While rookies are getting their first taste of NBA action in the Las Vegas and Orlando Summer Leagues, players like Carmelo Anthony [...]