Rumors

October 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Looks like the lockout is starting to take its toll on the players. Even highly paid superstars like Amare Stoudemire of the New York Knicks are needing to look for alternative means of making cash. Amare is turning to Foot Locker for a job, and they apparently tape [...]

October 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors When all is said and done and their respective careers come to a close, the duo of Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire in Phoenix will go down in basketball history as one of the greatest one-two punches of all-time. They were no Stockton and Malone mind you, but [...]

October 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Perhaps they have a feeling that the lockout will be lifted soon? Organizers say Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Dwyane Wade are expected to headline an exhibition basketball game in Puerto Rico on Sunday. According to a press release, the World All-Star Classic also will feature Amare Stoudemire, [...]

October 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Yesterday, both sides met for 15 hours in New York. Now, we’ve seen this movie before. The length of these meeting is by no way any indication of progress. But both sides seemed optimistic when the meeting broke at roughly 3am. They will be back at it this [...]

October 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The President of the United States last night appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Given the fact that the POTUS is a known basketball junkie, Leno had to ask him his thoughts on the lockout. Aside from voicing his concern that the lockout would cause the [...]

October 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Yesterday when we featured the Kenneth Faried block on Enes Kanter as our play of the game from the Kentucky Alum’s ‘Big Blue All-stars’ vs. the ‘Villains’, we neglected to mention Rajon Rondo had a litany of highlight reel worthy plays in the same game. Everytime I see [...]

October 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors A couple days ago we featured a very creative parody image designed by The Knicks Wall that made light of the lockout and the NBA’s “Where Amazing Happens” ad campaign. Well that image sparked some creative follow-ups, and this one was worthy of your attention. Video edition folks. [...]

October 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors If you remember, Phil Jackson retired and Mike Brown was named head coach. That was much to the dismay of long-time assistant Brian Shaw who thought he was next in line. Feeling slighted, Shaw fled for Indiana. That left his role vacant, which was just filed by Darvin [...]

October 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Rudy Fernandez is one of the most inconsistent ‘could be stars’ in the NBA. He’s currently gone back to Europe during the lockout to play for Real Madrid, although he does plan on playing in the NBA again for the Blazers Mavericks when the lockout ends. During a [...]

October 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Last night a team of former Kentucky players called the Big Blue All-stars took on a team of college and pro players called the ‘Villains’ at Rupp Arena. The Villains squeaked out the victory 152-149 in overtime. Jodie Meeks led all scorers with 42 points on 18-30 shooting, [...]