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March 30, 2010 – Allen Moll In case you missed it over the weekend, Chicago Bulls center/power forward Joakim Noah gave notice to his opponents that he is back from an extended stay on the bench due to injuries by serving up a facial dunk over Pistons forward, Jason Maxiell. This will also surely make [...]

March 30, 2010 – R.S. De France By now, we’ve all heard the latest LeBron James quote, a line perhaps better reserved for someone like Michael Jordan, who won eight consecutive scoring titles. “If I really wanted to,” James said, “If I really wanted to be the scoring [champion] every single year—every single year—I could [...]

March 30, 2010 – THD Podcast This week in THD Podcast, Kevin breaks down the NCAA final four, the NBA playoff picture, and some interesting events from the NBA this past week. Don’t miss who Kevin dishes his pump your brakes award to. *Hint – it involves the New Jersey Nets and some paper bag [...]

March 29, 2010 – Allen Moll If you haven’t had the chance to check out the quality content over at theOnion.com, you absolutely should for some pretty humorous pop culture commentary and especially for their comedic take on the world of sports. The Hoop Doctors are big fans of “The Onion” since we have showcased [...]

March 29, 2010 – Allen Moll Kentucky basketball. Opposing players and fans either love them or hate them. Apparently we found out that a number of West Virginia players, namely Da’Sean Butler and John Flowers, aren’t exactly fans of Kentucky freshmen John Wall or DeMarcus Cousins,…………or more specifically their dance moves. After pulling off a [...]

March 29, 2010 – Kevin Burke A few months ago during an NBA on ABC telecast in a game featuring the Miami Heat, Mark Jackson (who called the game along with Jeff Van Gundy and Mike Breen) said that Dwayne Wade is the 3rd best shooting guard of all-time (#1 and #2 are obviously Michael [...]

March 29, 2010 – Allen Moll While we all would agree that the NBA Slam Dunk Contest has lost it’s luster as the premiere event during All-Star Weekend, many of us hardcore, old school fans of the once marquee event have longed for some top notch performers like Vince Carter, Lebron James, or even Josh [...]

March 26, 2010 – Allen Moll I guess you could say that Butler’s senior guard, Willie Veasley absolutely loves the friendly rims in Salt Lake City. For those of you who didn’t have the pleasure of watching the game, Veasley hit a three pointer from the corner with just under 2 minutes to go that carromed [...]

March 26, 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 [...]

March 26, 2010 – Dr. Browntorious Yes, Jordan Crawford of Xavier is the same guy that was at the center of the Nike/Lebron James controversy last summer with the confiscated video tapes. Jordan Crawford did dunk on Lebron James at the star’s own skills academy. But that pales in comparison to the enormous three pointers [...]