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March 1, 2010 – THD Podcast We want to welcome everyone reading this, to our first ever podcast on The Hoop Doctors. Our weekly podcast is hosted by none other than Kevin Burke. Episode 001 covers everything from the trade deadline moves, to talk about the playoff race heating up, to the week that was [...]

March 1, 2010 – Allen Moll In our last MVP rankings, Lebron held down the top spot with Kobe a very close 2nd, and Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Durant, and Melo rounding out the Top 5. With numerous injuries to some of the leaders over the past month, there have been a few shake-ups throughout our [...]

February 27, 2010 – Allen Moll In a phenomenon that has spread like wildfire, seemingly everyone is doing “The John Wall Dance.” The Kentucky freshman phenom unknowingly started a pop culture dance move nicknamed, “The Blue Jesus“, that has become so popular to do, that it has been seen all across the globe as thousands [...]

February 27, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap We told you in early February that Michael Jordan had less than a month to make an offer to buy controlling interests in the Charlotte Bobcats or he may find himself out of a job. It was quite likely that any other new owner would want to put his [...]

February 26, 2010 – Kevin Burke Kevin Durant’s string of consecutive games scoring 25 points or more came to an end a few nights ago, at 29, against the Spurs. That’s the second longest streak in history. Second only to MJ’s 40 straight games in the ’86-’87 season. Durant is an unguardable scoring machine. When he [...]

February 26, 2010 – Allen Moll Whether unfairly or not, Hall of Fame coach and current ESPN college basketball analyst, Robert Montgomery Knight, will forever be best known for his tossing a chair across the court incident during an Indiana/Purdue game back in 1985. While most may not agree with “The General’s” methods of expressing himself [...]

February 25, 2010 – Allen Moll The Washington D.C. area has had a tough year so far for hoops fans. Before the NBA and NCAA seasons began, both the Washington Wizards and Maryland Terrapins had high hopes of making deep post-season runs. While both have either struggled at times(Maryland) or imploded(Wizards), Maryland has apparently righted [...]

February 25, 2010 – Allen Moll Recently, during the 3 Point Shoot-Out won by the Celtics’ Paul Pierce at All Star Weekend, TNT announcers Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith argued over whether Pierce has done enough in his career to be mentioned as one of the Top 10 All Time Celtics players. While Charles disagreed [...]

Kobe's return to the Lakers bench brings Los Angeles back into the top spot in the Week 17 Power Rankings. [...]

February 25, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap If you told me a year ago that Rudy Fernandez of the Portland Trailblazers would be talking about leaving the NBA and heading back to Europe to play ball just a year later, I would have told you that you were completely insane. Seriously. Why would Rudy even dream [...]