Rumors

October 6, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Let’s add J.R. Rider to the ever growing list of current and former NBA players who have gotten in trouble this off season… Former NBA 1st round draft pick Isaiah “J.R.” Rider was arrested in Arizona this week for violating his probation … TMZ has learned. Rider — who [...]

October 6, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It’s not exactly the $3M for 10 games that Kobe might play for in Italy, but to each’s own. Tony Parker will play with a French team during the NBA lockout, earning a mere $1,995 per month despite his star power on and off the basketball court. ASVEL, [...]

October 6, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Last night the retired Shaquille O’Neal appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and as always was entertaining and charismatic… [...]

October 5, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Yesterday was a critical meeting in labor negotiations. Surprise, surprise…there was no progress. Therefore the rest of the preseason was called off and if there is no deal by Monday, the first two weeks of the regular season are gone. However, there doesn’t rule out a full 82-game [...]

October 5, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors NBA players (especially internationally born) are fleeing the country to play for big contracts in international leagues at an alarming rate due to the NBA lockout. Andrei Kirilenko is no exception and announced yesterday that he has signed to return to Russia to play out a three year [...]

October 5, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Magic Johnson could heat it up on the hardwood, but when we saw this image, we realized he could also really get it cookin’…. [...]

October 4, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors This isn’t the first time Derek Fisher has written a letter to the players during the lockout and probably won’t be the last. The agents made some claims regarding what’s going on in the labor situation, to which Fisher disagreed with. So, he decided to clear any confusion. [...]

October 4, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Luol Deng was born in the Sudan but grew up in London, where he is revered. So much that they’re giving him his own money…literally. Maybe it’s just me, but when I first heard this news I immediately thought of Prince Akeem in “Coming to America.” Currently, the [...]

October 4, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors These farmers in Memphis really love their Grizz… [...]

October 4, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Concerned that leaders of the NBA players union continue to negotiate with owners about a new collective bargaining agreement that contains massive concessions by only the players, six of the most powerful player agencies jointly composed a warning letter over the weekend and sent it Monday to their [...]