Rumors

November 1, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Over the weekend, rumors started to swirl which implied that Derek Fisher secretly was fine with a 50/50 BRI split, just so that the NBA season could begin. As you know, currently the players are not willing to go lower than 52.5% and the owners aren’t willing to [...]

November 1, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors You would think that this far into the lockout, owners would be well aware of the gag order during a work stoppage that forbids any owner of talking about anything NBA related. Michael Jordan had to pay the price and so is Heat owner, Micky Arison (who probably [...]

October 31, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors If you haven’t heard of ‘Tebowing’ it is sort of like the new ‘planking’ but for NFL fans….and players. Specifically those that can’t stand Broncos QB Tim Tebow. It has become a viral sensation on sports blogs these days. Well Dwight Howard wanted to get in on the [...]

October 31, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors In the ‘least surprising news of the day,’ TMZ.com is reporting that Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from NBA Player Kris Humphries. That’s right folks, after only 72 days of wedded bliss the two are callin’ it quits. Who could possibly see that one coming? Well I [...]

October 31, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Last week, we told you that certain players backed out of the World All-Star Tour. Many thought that had to do with the fact that a new CBA deal was imminent. However, since talks broke down (surprise, surprise) late last week and games have been cancelled through November [...]

October 31, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Matt Barnes of the LA Lakers just announced last week that he split up with his fiancee and mother of his children Gloria Govan, who is one of the stars of the show ‘Basketball Wives’. It didn’t take long for the media to try and tie Barnes to [...]

October 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It seems like we post something like this every year. Hopefully this will be the last time and big man we be able to stay healthy. The Portland Trailblazers’ former No. 1 pick Greg Oden posted Thursday on his personal Twitter account that he ran for the first [...]

October 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors You certainly like to hear young players have confidence, but let’s take it easy. He could’ve picked another great player, but he decided to go with MJ himself. Perhaps he’s getting caught up in the fact that his first name is Jordan? Not to mention the fact that [...]

October 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Yesterday’s labor meeting actually provided some legitimate progress.  Both the players and owners sounded very optimistic following the meeting. “It’s moved to a very good place,” one source briefed on Thursday’s 7½-hour bargaining session told Yahoo! Sports. “There’s a strong expectation [within the negotiations] that hands will shake [...]

October 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Dwight Howard this week announced on his twitter account that he’s going to host an exhibition game of his own at the University of Central Florida on November 13th. But this one will be special for fans of the Orlando Magic. Dwight’s game will be a Magic All-star [...]