Rumors

August 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We’re now getting to the point in the calendar where if things don’t get resolved soon, we’re going to have to sacrifice certain things. League sources have pegged September 15th as the last possible date to reach a deal before Training Camps and Pre-season games are likely scrubbed. [...]

August 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It’s official. The Knicks have brought someone on board to provide the much needed defensive mindset that Mike D’Antoni lacks. The Knicks have hired Mike Woodson as Mike D’Antoni’s defensive assistant and are expected to announce the move later today, according to a person familiar with the situation. [...]

August 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We’ve all been flooded with rants and opinions in the past few weeks about the latest College Athletics scandal surrounding the University of Miami. But leave it to Orlando Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy to call it like he sees it. And in many ways ‘call it like [...]

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? [...]