Rumors

January 9, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Russell Westbrook’s detractors harp on the fact that he’s not a true point guard. Many said that back-up PG Eric Maynor was more of a natural floor general. Well, Maynor’s out for the season so it’s going to be Westbrook and more Westbrook. Thunder guard Eric Maynor will [...]

January 9, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The Inside the NBA crew on TNT is arguably the best/most entertaining broadcast crew-studio show in sports. If nothing else, they’re entertaining and they each can take heat from the others. Can’t wait to see Shaq’s reaction to Chuck’s rendition of him on Saturday Night Live: [...]

January 9, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors People often talk about who the oldest and youngest teams in the NBA are by calculating the average age of the players. But very few people actually talk about the more accurate statistic which is the average age of the players when accounting for minutes played. In other [...]

January 9, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Now that Kobe Bryant is a veteran in this league and on his last legs, people often forget that Kobe was playing in the league back in the days of Michael Jordan and his famed Bulls with Rodman and Pippen. Every writer, including ours, have spent a great [...]

January 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors “Relevant” and “Clippers” in the same sentence will be an adjustment for many. That includes Jimmy Kimmel. Chris Paul made an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last night and Kimmel really gave it to Paul for being a Clipper rather than a Laker. It was all in good [...]

January 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Many Knicks fans aren’t concerned with what Isiah Thomas thinks about personnel decisions with the roster. But in this case, does he have a point? Conveniently appearing on the Sid Rosenberg Show on Miami radio yesterday following the Knicks’ 2-4 start, Thomas questioned Glen Grunwald’s acquisition of Chandler, [...]

January 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Last night Chris Bosh was the only member of the Big Three in Miami that suited up for the game against the Hawks in Atlanta. Bosh was a beast all night long, singly handedly keeping Miami in the match. Tracy McGrady once again stole the show in the [...]

January 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors In another seriously WTF moment in the NBV off the court, what do Dirk Nowitzki and Britney Spears have in common? You’re about to find out… [...]

January 5, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors It’s not often that a team chooses a player over a coach whenever there’s a dispute but in this case, that’s what happened in Sacramento. Westphal and DeMarcus Cousins have been at odds since day one and it finally culminated in Westphal’s release. The Sacramento Kings have announced [...]

January 5, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors While this isn’t the “Dwight Howard was just traded to X for Y” trade that we’ve all been anticipating, this is still a significant move and impacts three up and coming teams who could all make a push for the playoffs. The 76ers traded center Marreese Speights to [...]