Rumors

This was a no-brainer, even though it didn’t happen as soon as many would’ve thought. Tom Thibodaeu has been nothing short of great since becoming the Bulls head coach. He deserved this extension and should still lead a competitive bunch even without Derrick Rose. The Chicago Bulls have given coach Tom Thibodeau a four-year contract extension [...]

Veteran leadership is very important for winning basketball. No team knows that more than the Knicks. They’ve already added Jason Kidd, Kurt Thomas and Marcus Camby this off-season. And they’ve somehow convinced Rasheed Wallace to unretire as well. Veteran forward Rasheed Wallace has informed the New York Knicks that he will come out of retirement to [...]

George Karl has never been the type of coach to buy into the hype. He’s also never been the type of coach to give players ‘superstar’ treatment. However when the Nuggets acquired center JaVale McGee last season people assumed he only started in 5 out of 20 games because Karl didn’t want to mess with [...]

Courtney Lee this weekend told the media that he turned down more money with other offers in order to sign with the Boston Celtics. Partly due to his friendship with Rajon Rondo, but mostly because he believes in the culture of winning that the Celtics have shown year in and year out for decades. The [...]

Big Lead Sports published a Q&A recently with the Golden State Warriors superstar sharpshooter Steph Curry. It was a really entertaining read, especially if you are a fan of the Warriors. But there was one question in particular that we thought you would all enjoy Curry’s response. He was asked who talks the most trash [...]

This is a critical year coming up for John Wall. Many feel as if he has underachieved so far during his brief two year career after being selected first overall a few years ago. But this certainly doesn’t help his cause. Wall will have to sit out 8 weeks with a bad knee, which means [...]

The fine art of ‘flopping’ was showcased this season more so than in others. Without looking at the statistics, my guess is that there were a lot less players taking charges than in years past. The league took notice. David Stern has vowed to do something to ‘clean up’ flopping. League Spokesman Tim Frank said [...]

September 25, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The Lakers have assembled a pretty impressive roster to say the least. So you’d think some Lakers greats would pick them to go all the way next season. Not James Worthy. Do they have enough to beat Oklahoma City? ‘Oklahoma City is younger. But with Dwight in at [...]

September 24, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Once upon a time, Vince Carter was revered in Toronto. He could do no wrong. Then, towards the end of his tenure with the Raptors, Vince fell out of the good graces with the fans and was booed constantly. During that time, there were also rumors that he [...]

September 24, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Is this 2012 or 2002? When word was getting around this weekend that the retired Rasheed Wallace was at the Knicks practice facility working out with Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas, I immediately got excited. Then I snapped to reality and remember that this is the year 2012, [...]