Rumors

August 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors He originally got 20 days but only served 16. Wonder if ESPN will keep him. ESPN analyst and former NBA player Jalen Rose was released early Thursday from a suburban Detroit jail after serving time for drunken driving. Rose, 38, was released from the Oakland County Jail after [...]

August 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The lockout not only impacts players, it can effect other employees of teams as well. Nice gesture by the Lakers… Kobe Bryant insisted on giving some of the team’s playoff bonus to two members of the Lakers’ video department whose contracts were not renewed after the season. Chris [...]

August 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Shaq and his ‘relatively’ short girlfriend Nikki ‘Hoopz’ Alexander recently posted this hilarious video to the interwebs of smoke going in Shaq’s ear and out his nose. Hey, how’d he do that? LOL: [...]

August 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Unlinke his Ratpor teammate Sonny Weems who signed with a Lithuanian team without and NBA out-clause, Barbosa has that provision built in so he’ll be back when the lockout is lifted…  The Raptors have lost another player, but this one will come back if the NBA season gets [...]

August 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors He wasn’t an NBA ref for very long, but this is still very sad news… A former NBA referee shot and killed himself in a suburban New Orleans hotel room on the same day his wife was found strangled at their Houston-area home last week, authorities said Wednesday. [...]

August 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Kevin Durant has set a personal deadline of October 1 as to whether or not he will play overseas. His agent isn’t wasting any time… Kevin Durant’s agent is in talks with Russian powerhouse CSKA Moscow, according to a report on the Russian Web site championat.com (via HoopsHype). [...]

August 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors With all of the basketball being played this summer, it’s almost surprising that more guys haven’t gotten hurt. Injury-riddled Knicks center Ronny Turiaf suffered a broken finger in his left hand and is expected to be out for about 4 to 6 weeks, which could cause him to [...]

August 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Don’t worry Nuggets fans. He has an NBA opt-out clause in his contract… Ty Lawson will join Zalgiris Kaunas of Lithuania, signing a deal that will allow the Denver Nuggets point guard to return to the NBA if the lockout ends. Paulius Motiejunas, the general director of Zalgiris [...]

August 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Over the weekend, OKC big man Kendrick Perkins was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct. Not only is Perkins maintaining his innocence in the matter, but he and his attorney are considering pursuing a police brutality claim against the arresting officers. The attorney for NBA star Kendrick Perkins [...]

August 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors On Saturday, a host of NBA players will face off in an all-star game of sorts, known as Capital Punishment. Michael Beasley was slated to play, but had to withdraw. Now, perhaps Kobe will participate… Sources say that Bryant has yet to decide whether or not he wants [...]