Rumors

September 15, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Amid the growing pessimism, NBPA President Derek Fisher wrote a letter to all NBA players. Here it is in its entirety, from SportsIllustrated.com. To Each & Every Player, After the latest round of meetings, I thought it would be best to update you personally as to where the [...]

September 14, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors During the season, there was talk as to whether or not Isiah Thomas would once again have an official role with the Knicks. While that hasn’t happened, apparently his presence is still being felt within the organization. Amar’e Stoudemire has been spending some quality time with Isiah Thomas. [...]

September 14, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Well, OK then. Not quite sure where to go with this one, but in a new book, it indicates that Sarah Palin and then Michigan Wolverine, Glen Rice had….relations in Alaska when he was traveling for a basketball tournament. Publishing sources familiar with the contents of author Joe [...]

September 14, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Steve Nash has done some pretty hilarious Vitaminwater commercials over the last couple of years, but this latest ‘are you nash enough?’ spot takes the cake. It’s pretty fitting given the lockout situation, that Nash would have nothing better to do than sit around picking his nose, farting, [...]

September 14, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors A good impersonator can not only imitate a person’s physical looks and movements, but they do enough research on their subject that they get the entire essence of their personality and expressions. Enter Dizzy Grant below nailing Kobe Bryant in the post, getting fouled, and going to the [...]

September 13, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Apparently, the players made concessions with regard to player salaries, but owners are not budging when it comes to wanting the hard salary cap. The start of the NBA season was thrown into doubt Tuesday after players and owners made no progress at a key labor meeting, with [...]

September 13, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The Kurt Rambis experiment in Minnesota mercifully came to and end. Now, let’s usher in the Rick Adelman regime. The Minnesota Timberwolves have announced that they are hiring Rick Adelman as their next coach. News of Adelman’s deal first came out Monday, and the Timberwolves made the official [...]

September 13, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Why would anyone want to eat an orange peel? It’s so bitter and gross. Well Ron Artest has always been known for doing things his own way. Even when it comes to eating his fruits I guess. Check out this Dancing with the Stars promo video of Artest [...]

September 12, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The rules during the lockout are simple. If you’re affiliated with an NBA team, you pretty much can’t say….anything pertaining to the league. It’s difficult to toe that line as MJ just found out. The NBA fined Michael Jordan $100,000 for public comments he made last month about [...]

September 12, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors When Matt Barnes tweeted this message and accompanying picture of his new tattoo I don’t think he was referring to Kobe Bryant as the ‘snakes’ (Black Mamba). Since they are now on the same team, he must be referring to the competition, or possibly the owners during the [...]