Offbeat

September 10, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Although you don’t hear too much in the way of locker room hazing these days, you certainly hear of a good bit of showmanship or ‘one upping’ your teammates. It’s a guy thing. It’s often an ego thing. If the multiple NBA Championships weren’t enough for Kobe Bryant [...]

September 10, 2012 – Allen Moll On a night when the Naismith Hall of Fame welcomed another 12 members into their illustrious halls in Springfield, Massachusetts, 5 time NBA All Star Reggie Miller once again came up huge on the biggest stage as he gave both a heartfelt and humorous acceptance speech before 1,500 invited [...]

September 4, 2012 – Allen Moll It has been a glorious Summer around Lexington, Kentucky as the Bluegrass State’s beloved Wildcats have been celebrating winning the school’s 8th National Championship, taking down Kansas to cap off another exciting college basketball season. But as the ’12-’13 season is rapidly approaching, a farm in Harrodsburg, Kentucky has [...]

August 29, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors They may not make the playoffs next year, but there is no doubt that the new look Brooklyn Nets will be improved from last year’s horrid season. It feels like they have a clean slate, with a new location, new look, and now a new court design… [...]

August 29, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Anthony Davis, the number one overall consensus 2012 NBA Draft pick, who was taken by the Hornets, is a 6’10” beast with a crazy long wingspan. And he has a now infamous unibrow. But shockingly, he wasn’t actually born that way. In fact it is well documented that [...]

August 28, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Brian Scalabrine has been somewhat of a fan favorite wherever he goes. I never can tell if people are laughing with him or at him with all the ‘White Mamba’ hype and internet meme’s. None the less, he has taken the NBA fandom by storm over the last [...]

August 28, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Indiana Pacers’ high flying dunker Paul George, is making waves on twitter the last couple days for a dunk he pulled off while at the Nike+ Festival of Sport event in China. With next to no warm-up time, George literally did the impossible by doing an east-bay between [...]

August 27, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We saw on Beyond the Buzzer that Nelly was in Chicago, performing at a nightclub to kick off the weekend festivities for his 5th Annual Wade’s World Foundation weekend. Check out Wade, acting as hype guy and taking pictures of Nelly as he performs. Wade on the event: [...]

August 27, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Which NBA player has made the most money over the course of their career in NBA history? You may be surprised by the results… **Note that the figures don’t include endorsements or bonuses. This is just pure salary figures from the players’ careers. Click to enlarge. [...]

August 24, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors I know its been a slow off-season for the NBA media since the Olympics have finished, but seriously ESPN? Is this the type of coverage you really believe NBA fans want to spend even a fraction of a second watching? Kobe Bryant has the nickname the ‘Black Mamba’, [...]