Offbeat

Sometimes the marketing machine in sports can be more creative and cut throat than political attack ads. Check out this creative Chicago Billboard that shows Bulls’ Joakim Noah literally ‘extinguishing’ the Heat’s Lebron James. Clever. (H/t to TheScore/TBJ for the Image) [...]

It will be no surprise to anyone that Lebron James won the 2013 NBA Most Valuable Player award once again. In fact he was as close as you can get to a unanimous vote. Almost perfect… James totaled 1,207 points, including 120 first-place votes, from a panel of 121 voters that consisted of sportswriters and [...]

And as this new Chuck Burgundy image appears from above to give us a laugh, don’t forget last year when Charles Barkley fell for the old Ron Burgundy teleprompter prank by TNT: [...]

Most NBA fans and analysts would agree that LeBron James is the best basketball player in the world. However, LeBron James’ salary of $16 million a year makes him only the 13th highest paid player in the league. Yes, LeBron James earns millions of dollars in endorsements. And yes, he is in the top 1% [...]

After the Boston Celtics won Game 5 over the NY Knicks Wednesday night, to tighten the 1st Round Playoff series 3-2, little used bench player Jordan Crawford decided to add some fuel to the fire by taunting Carmelo Anthony, or more specifically his wife, as the players left the floor. The former Atlanta Hawk and [...]

I’m starting to get the feeling that the Boston Celtics have figured out that talking about Carmelo Anthony’s wife La La Vasquez, and claiming infidelity, gets under his skin. We all know about the Kevin Garnett and Carmelo Anthony feud during the season after Garnett told ‘Melo his wife ‘tastes like honey nut cheerios‘. But [...]

The Hoop Doctors last month celebrated our 5 year anniversary, and we are happy to report that our readership has once again grown substantially over the past NBA season. For that we have all of you reading the site to thank. We are very grateful for your time in visiting the site and reading our [...]

Over the last few years beards became cool again in the NBA. The surge in popularity of the NBA beard started with Baron Davis, but hit its peak with James Harden when he was a member of the Thunder. However, a case could be made that Dirk Nowitzki single-handedly ruined the NBA beard this season [...]

For all intents and purposes, I think it’s safe to say that the 2012-13 NBA season was a huge disappointment for prized big men Dwight Howard and Andrew Bynum after that blockbuster trade last summer that sent Howard to the Lakers and Bynum to Philadelphia. While Howard struggled to regain his form after back surgery, [...]

Steph Curry clearly plays with a lot of emotion. So after a close road loss where the Warriors mounted what appeared to be a comeback from an insurmountable deficit, tempers tend to flare. I’m not sure what the fan said to Curry when he walked by en route to the dressing room, but whatever it [...]