Rumors

December 9, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The exploits of Taylor and Blake Griffin ballin’ together have been well documented throughout their state championships in High School and then a couple years later at the University of Oklahoma. What isn’t well documented is their one one one games on their back deck. Until now. Sweet [...]

December 8, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors ESPN just reported that the Chris Paul trade to the Lakers is now officially dead. The deal was nixed by NBA League Commissioner David Stern. How can he do that you might be asking? Because the NBA are the current owners of the New Orleans Hornets. So in [...]

December 8, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Yahoo! Sports is reporting that Micky Arison some of the NBA Owners are pushing David Stern right now to kill the deal sending Chris Paul to the LA Lakers. No word on what clause Stern could base the veto on, but we are monitoring the situation to see [...]

December 8, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The Knicks’ biggest deficiency from a year ago was defense, particularly at the 5 spot. Rumors at the end of last year said they’d be after Marc Gasol and DeAndre Jordan. But there wasn’t much talk about Tyson Chandler. If this happens, it would fill a very big [...]

December 8, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It was only about 3 – 4 years ago when McGrady was regarded as one of the best players in the game. But injuries took their toll on him in the worst way. After a quick pit stop in Detroit, T-Mac is now a certified jouneyman as he’s [...]

December 8, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Shane Battier is known for his perimeter defense and ability to hit clutch shots. He’ll fit in nicely in Miami and they’ll be even stronger defensively now. But has he not learned anything from his teammate LeBron about these public team-switch announcements? From his Twitter account: [...]

December 8, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Poor Richard Jefferson. If it wasn’t bad enough to be getting cut by your team through the amnesty clause, it has to be even worse reading about it online on Yahoo! Sports before your team or agent bother to call you. Either that or Yahoo!’s Adrian Wojnarowski is [...]

December 7, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors At first we thought it would be Brandon Roy, but now it appears as if Richard Jefferson will be the first amnesty victim. After all, it probably is time for the Spurs to get younger. The San Antonio Spurs have decided to use their one-time amnesty clause on [...]

December 7, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Syracuse’s story is much different than Penn State’s, but they’re both disturbing nonetheless. Bernie Fine is no longer with Syracuse, and may not face charges after all. A county district attorney who at first sharply criticized police and Syracuse University for their handling of sex-abuse allegations against an [...]

December 7, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Apparently the writers of the hit TV show “How I met your mother” are basketball fans. Or at the very least they may have one or two from Cleveland, Ohio. Check out this clip from this week’s episode. Sorry ‘Bron, even though you don’t want to be the [...]