Rumors

October 3, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Looks like the Milwaukee Bucks Stephen Jackson has been busy in the off-season and during the lockout working on a second career, in hip-hop. Jackson this week released his first rap video, themed around the lockout. Not all language is SFW, and I have a feeling Stern is [...]

October 3, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors You had to figure this day was around the corner, especially seeing how sparingly he played last year for the Heat. A succession of foot surgeries nearly brought a premature end to Zydrunas Ilgauskas’ basketball career. On Friday, he announced his departure from the game on his own terms. [...]

September 30, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It appears as if a deal that would bring Kobe Bryant to Italy is just about done. But don’t worry, obviously he has an NBA out-clause if this thing comes to fruition. We have reached an economic deal,” Virtus president Claudio Sabatini told a local radio station. “There’s [...]

September 30, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors With the lockout still looming over the heads of NBA players, they are all starting to look for jobs or activities to keep themselves occupied. Andre Iguodala decided to combine his interest in finance and investements with his name recognition to get an internship on the NYSE: Iguodala [...]

September 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors If you thought all the Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal drama was behind us now that Shaq has retired, you were wrong. Or maybe Kobe just felt he could get the last word in while visiting another country and Shaq wouldn’t find out. Well you were wrong Mamba. [...]

September 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors A few months ago, Delonte West posted on his Twitter account that he was going to apply at The Home Depot because he needed money and the lockout wasn’t helping his financial situation. Well, yesterday, he claimed that he was hired by Regency Furniture, where he includes a [...]

September 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors If we were to link here all of the strange NBA related stories  that have happened this summer during the lockout, it would take all day. Well, here’s another one to add to the list. Wallace, 37, of Bloomfield Hills was pulled over about 3 a.m. Saturday behind [...]

September 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors These overseas teams just will not give up on their pursuit for Kobe. First, Turkey, then China and now Itlay. But it looks like an Italian club may be getting closer. Kobe Bryant said it was “very possible” he will play in Italy during the NBA lockout, adding [...]

September 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Up until now, the reigning MVP has been very mum with regards to playing overseas during the lockout. Apparently, he’s not shooting down the idea. “Yes, I am taking into consideration that I might move overseas,” Rose said. “I don’t know where. There are a lot of great [...]

September 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors That glimmer of optimism we had a few weeks ago when we thought talks were heating up, quickly died. The news then was that while the players made concessions on the amount of basketball related income (BRI) they would be willing to take, the owners reportedly wouldn’t budge on their [...]