Rumors

August 4, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The Knicks were one of the highest scoring teams in the league. But at the same time, they were one of the worst defensive teams in the league as well. Mike D’Antoni isn’t a defensive guru by any stretch, so the Knicks are looking to address that… Mike [...]

August 4, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Darius Miles has always been an interesting case. Heralded coming out of high school, he made the leap to the NBA. But unfortunately, he never panned out due to injuries and he was forgotten quickly. However, in his short career, he made a ton of cash for some [...]

August 3, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Check out the always hilarious Shaquille O’Neal (‘The Big Retiree’), on Conan this week. He talks about his tiny car, crashing the whitehouse, twitter, and of course the controversial calling out of ESPN’s Skip Bayless: [...]

August 3, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Most NBA players have found something to do to keep busy this summer, whether it’s summer league or otherwise. Luol Deng will take his talents across the pond… Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng has been cleared to play for Britain in the European Basketball Championships after resolving a [...]

August 3, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors When Rafer Alston filled in for Jameer Nelson down the stretch a few years ago where he helped in directing the Magic to the Finals, it seemed like he was resurrecting his career. Not so much though. But remember when he slapped Eddie House upside his head during [...]

August 3, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors On the surface, it looks like this isn’t heading in the right direction. But, if you want to keep an optimistic outlook, this is the same exact thing that happened during the NFL’s lockout and they were able to resolve things… Trying to head off the chance of [...]

August 2, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Yesterday, both sides met in New York for the first time since the lockout began. Unfortunately, not much happened… NBA owners and players held a formal collective bargaining session for the first high-level negotiations in a month Monday but after nearly three hours of discussions the sides emerged [...]

August 2, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors On July 6 2011, at Rucker Park NYC, perhaps the greatest dunk ever was thrown down. T-DUB is only 5’9 and he gets soooo high off the ground. Even though it is a relatively simple dunk… many people are calling it the greatest dunk they have ever seen. [...]

August 2, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The first time an athlete ever appeared on “Dancing with the Stars”, it was a big deal. But since then, it’s become the norm as we have even seen athletes win the competition. But the next winner will not be Shawn Marion… Dallas Mavericks star Shawn Marion isn’t [...]

August 2, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We told you why Ron Artest has decided to change his name to Metta World Peace, and now we know when that will officially happen… On July 19th, Ron’s LAST declaration to become Metta World Peace  was published in the L.A. Daily Commerce — but the name change [...]