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June 11, 2010 – Kevin Burke Kobe Bryant is arguably the most talented player in the league. He is the best closer and the guy who seems to routinely make tougher shots than anyone else.  He is also the guy who is hated more than anybody: by both fans and other players across the league. But the [...]

June 11, 2010 – Ned Murphy The high intensity Boston bench came through for the Celtics in game four of the NBA finals. Led by Glen “Big Baby” Davis and Nate Robinson, the C’s bench scored an impressive twenty-one fourth quarter points. Davis decided that being a couple of inches shorter than the Lakers front [...]

June 11, 2010 – Allen Moll After arguably being the most productive player per 40 minutes in all of college basketball last season, Kentucky big man DeMarcus Cousins is the most negatively talked about player at this year’s NBA Draft Combine. With college teammate and projected #1 overall pick John Wall impressing teams by showing [...]

June 10, 2010 – THD Podcast This week in THD podcast, host Kevin Burke discusses the NBA Finals matchup between the LA Lakers and Boston Celtics now that we are 3 games in, prepping for Game 4 tonight….. If you often find yourself too busy to watch The Hoop Doctors Podcasts, get them on the [...]

June 10, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap Kentucky Wildcat John Wall is a lock for the #1 overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. As things currently stand, the Washington Wizards hold that pick. Given the debacles and underachieving that has plagued the Wizards franchise the last couple of seasons, there is no way they would [...]

Derek Fisher was visably upset with Paul Pierce's taunts to the Laker crowd in Game 2, and he made the Celtics pay with his performance in Game 3. [...]

June 9, 2010 – Dr. Dime Earlier this week we all heard the rumors that the Cleveland Cavaliers had offered their vacant head coaching position to Michigan State’s Head Coach Tom Izzo. Personally I had somewhat passed it off as a rumor at the time, not being able to wrap my mind around visualizing Izzo [...]

June 9, 2010 – R.S. De France After the Lakers’ Game 2 loss, where they seemed to just mail in the game, I started to get that lump in the back of my throat, the same one from 2008.  The disappointment, the anxiety of following what many consider to be the most talented team all [...]

June 9, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap Kobe Bryant is clutch. He has established himself as one of the most lethal 4th quarter scorers the game has ever seen. This season alone he has had double digit game winners. The man can close Games. Series. Careers. But has anyone ever stopped to ask the man himself [...]

June 9, 2010 – Allen Moll Is it me, or are referees making more and more bad calls that affect both the tempo and outcome of the game? During the NBA Playoffs we have seen a number of blown calls and technical fouls overturned by the league office after the fact. During virtually every game [...]