Rumors

October 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors I guess if he’s sick and can’t make it…he’s sick and can’t make it. But if both sides are reportedly getting close, couldn’t he just bring some DayQuil  with him to the meeting? [...]

October 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Sixteen hours on Tuesday, eight hours yesterday and they’ll be back at it today. Sounds like this time with the mediator is paying off. Who knew? Previously the owners had offered the players a range of BRI, between 49 and 51 percent, based on the level of revenues [...]

October 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Ever since Ron Artest officially changed his name to ‘Metta World Peace’ we have been waiting anxiously for the day we can see that name emblazoned on the back of his jersey. In the meantime if you need a good laugh, just check out this highlighted sentence from [...]

October 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors If there aren’t any games to be played, I guess we should commend the players for keeping the NBA’s brand relevant… While NBA commissioner David Stern and players’ union executive Billy Hunter meet with a federal mediator in hopes of saving the NBA season, the league’s top players [...]

October 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The World Series begins tonight as the Dallas-area based Texas Rangers take on the St. Louis Cardinals. Dirk Nowitzki was in line to throw out he first pitch but it doesn’t look like he will be afforded that opportunity any longer. The Texas Rangers nominated Dallas Mavericks star [...]

October 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors This was by far the longest labor meeting since the lockout began. And wouldn’t you know…some progress was made. How about that? And they also reconvened again at 10a today. NBA players and owners spent a marathon 16 hours meeting with a federal mediator and planned to return [...]

October 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Michael Jordan, the GOAT, has had more than his fair share of TV time over the years. But that said I made it my business growing up to watch every last second of Jordan interviews and appearances. Then I stumbled across this video yesterday, and I can’t recall [...]

October 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Owning part of a professional sports team has almost become a prerequisite to being a celebrity nowadays. Jennifer Lopez, Jay-Z, Nelly and Usher come to mind. Let’s add Will and Jada Smith to that list. Now, we’re not a gossip site or anything, but wasn’t it rumored that [...]

October 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors One of the biggest road blocks in the negotiations is the split between basketball-related income. Naturally, each side wants more but are the players ready to lower their previous demands to save the season? Does this point about max salaries bear out in the math? A 15 percent [...]

October 18, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh Image via Ben Golliver at CBS Sports here. Classy, don’t you think? Let us play! Good one, Derek. [...]