Rumors

August 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors “Dancing with the Stars” certainly isn’t for everybody. Just ask Shawn Marion. But Ron Artest seems like a no-brainer… In the strange world of Lakers forward Ron Artest, there are always things surrounding him that have little to do with what’s happening on the basketball court.  This week [...]

August 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors There are far too many amazing dunks from Blake Griffin this season to whittle it down to just one. He pretty much ruined defenders lives this season, poster after poster. On this particular play the defender, Suns Marcin Gortat, got the elusive ‘charging’ call on Blake Griffin. But [...]

August 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Before Kobe Bryant was known as ‘The Black Mamba’, ‘The Closer’, ‘KB24’, ‘Lord of the Rings’, or ‘King Kobe’ he was just ‘Little Bean’ the son of NBA and international basketball player Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant. Young Kobe was happy to follow his Dad all over North America and [...]

August 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Yes, the same Javaris Crittenton that was involved in the Gilbert Arenas locker room gun scandal, is now wanted on murder charges and has yet to be apprehended by authorities. Crittenton is wanted for the shooting death of Jullian Jones, a 23-year old mother of four. Authorities don’t [...]

August 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The similarities between Dwight and Shaq are alarming. Dominant Orlando big men? Check. Both nicknamed Superman? Check. Hired a free-throw coach while in Orlando? Check. They even had the same shooting coach. In his quest to become a better free-throw shooter, Dwight Howard has turned to a man [...]

August 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We originally told you that he was thinking about it, why he wanted to do it and when it would become official. Today was supposed to be the day but thanks to outstanding traffic warrants, it did not happen today. Only Ron. Ron Artest’s bid to become Metta [...]

August 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We just stumbled across this video of a 16 year old Lebron James doing an interview trying to deal with the rumors that he wanted to quit high school early and go straight to the NBA. Seems like some things never change, huh? [...]

August 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It’s almost go time. Training camps are supposed to open up next month… Lead negotiators for the N.B.A. and its players union will hold a bargaining session next week — just the second since the lockout began — with an unofficial deadline fast approaching to save the start [...]

August 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Chris Bosh went through similar measures to keep an old girlfriend off of this reality show. Guys don’t want their former love interests to go on national TV and air their dirty laundry. But it’s interesting that there probably aren’t any actual basketball wives on “Basketball Wives.” What [...]

August 24, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The list of new ventures by locked out NBA players continues… New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony will play himself in a guest star-heavy episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, TVGuide.com has learned. Anthony and fellow NBA star Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat will each make cameo [...]