Rumors

March 23, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The Minnesota Timberwolves (try) singing karaoke to Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time’. I’m not sure what PR machine is behind these wacky Timberwolves videos this season, but for now i’ll just chuckle and say ‘why?’: [H/T to SB Nation for the Video] [...]

March 23, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The ongoing saga of Allen Iverson trying to lace ’em up one more time in the NBA, just doesn’t seem to end. After failed attempts at playing pro overseas, and failed attempts to use the lockout shortened season as a point of re-entry to the NBA, Allen Iverson [...]

March 22, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Kobe doesn’t open up much. He has layers upon layers upon layers. A couple of times since Derek Fisher has been traded, Kobe has expressed how much he misses Fish. He opened up even more and said playing against him will be emotional. Despite all the accolades for [...]

March 22, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors And you thought the NBA was getting soft? Check out this flip from the Philippines. Mick Pinissi flops more than a bit delayed when Will McDonald hits him in the head with the ball. Thank the use of video recording and YouTube all over the world for this [...]

March 22, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Oh, and in the title of this post if the degree of difficulty didn’t sound large enough, I forgot to mention he pulled off the shot over his shoulder and off an alley-oop. On route to a 109-93 Lakers win over the defending champion Dallas Mavericks, this was [...]

March 22, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors There are some players in NBA history that you just can’t help but associate with a franchise. Usually they are the franchises star players for a long period of time. So when they get moved or sign with another team, it looks down right strange when they don [...]

March 21, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors You have to admire Mike Woodson’s candid feedback. I mean, what was he supposed to say? But he indirectly gives ammo to detractors of the Knicks. Q: Message to Knick fans. A: ‘To be patient with us, stay behind us. Stay behind and be positive and help us [...]

March 21, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The irony, some 40 years later, contained within this image from Sports Illustrated’s vault is more than words. Phil Jackson of the New York Knicks guarding the lethal Pat Riley of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1972. There is foreshadowing in the fact that Pat Riley later coached [...]

March 21, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors You knew that sooner or later, the endorsement deals would flow in for Jeremy Lin. While “Linsanity” isn’t as powerful as it was a month ago, he’s still a big international draw and should be for a while. Just ask Volvo who just signed him to a two [...]

March 21, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors “Shaquille O’Neal” appeared last night on Conan. Mixing these two comedic geniuses together is always good for a laugh. Last night Shaq explained why he is retiring the name Shaq: [...]