Rumors

April 5, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors You would’ve thought that when Dwight Howard decided to remain in Orlando, everything would be calm. Now it appears as if they’re more volitale than ever. The front office in Orlando seems like a mess and maybe Dwight has too much power. Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy [...]

April 5, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors As if the Lakers-Clippers series hasn’t been intense enough this year. Last night, Kendrick Perkins may have been relieved of his duties as poster boy. Blake Griffin took it to Pau Gasol not once, but twice with two vicious posterizing dunks. What made matters worse for Pau is [...]

April 5, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This flagrant foul call on Russell Westbrook in last night’s Thunder-Heat game will certainly be highly scrutinized over the coming day or two. Main reason why? The flagrant was on the NBA’s prized superstar, Lebron James. No one wants any player to be put in a position that [...]

April 4, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Nowadays, a sophomore is almost equivalent to what a senior was back in the day. Jared Sullinger surprised many when he decided to return to Ohio State last season. He slimmed down some and refined his offensive game a bit more. He’s probably as good as he’s going [...]

April 4, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Many haven’t gotten over the fact that NBA has the rule stating guys must be one year removed from High School in order to enter the NBA draft. Especially when there isn’t such a rule for other sports and because you can serve your country in the military [...]

April 4, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This doesn’t appear to be an April Fools joke either folks. According to FIBAasia.net, Mohammad El Akkari of Moutahed scored an incredible 113 points in a Lebanese Division A League Final 8 game. [...]

April 4, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors A speed painting artist named David Garibaldi last week was hired to be the half-time show at Madison Square Garden during a Knicks game. What better way to entertain the crowd than to use the injured guard Jeremy Lin as his subject. The performance was a big hit. [...]

April 4, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors From the moment he landed in Chicago, Tom Thibodeau has instantly turned this team into a contender. He may win two consecutive coach of the year awards and a contract extension is in order. But not right away, though… “To us it’s a non-issue,” Forman said on “The [...]

April 3, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors In case you haven’t noticed, ESPN’s Skip Bayless doesn’t hold his tongue. Even if he gets under your skin, you almost have to admire his passion. He is from Oklahoma and always professes his fondness for the Thunder. However, he also routinely voices his displeasure for how often [...]

April 3, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We have been living in the brand new world of communications through social media for a while now. Nonetheless every once in a while I get taken aback by the level of access that this new medium gives us to professional athletes. Most recent example being this photo [...]