Rumors

July 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors In this edition of “I might play overseas”, our next contestant is Amar’e Stoudemire of the Knicks… “All the clubs have called the office inquiring about me,” Stoudemire said. “Teams from Israel, China, Turkey, Spain. A lot of countries have been calling.” Initially, Stoudemire didn’t seem interested in [...]

July 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors With the NFL lockout all but over, NBA fans are getting antsy. However, it doesn’t look like another meeting is set for at least a few weeks from now. More than two weeks after NBPA vice president Maurice Evans told SI.com he fully expected the two sides to [...]

July 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It seems like Larry Brown has coached just about every NBA team, so you knew it would just be a matter of time before he his name would resurface again. So far the Timberwolves have interviewed, among others, Bernie Bickerstaff, Rick Adelman, Don Nelson and expected sometime fairly [...]

July 22, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Deron Williams’ Turkish team, Besiktas, sure is persistent. They have been hot on Kobe’s heels, reportedly offering him $500K a month to play. They are also very confident as they expect to sign Kobe by the first week of August. Kobe Bryant’s representatives have had conversations about a [...]

July 22, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The lockout puts an end to certain league dealings, but teams with coaching vacancies still must fill that void. The Pistons have tabbed Lawrence Frank as their new coach. Frank actually did a decent job in New Jersey (up until his final year anyway). The Detroit Pistons have [...]

July 22, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Nowadays, whenever a guy doesn’t have a tattoo he stands out, whereas it was the opposite 15 – 20 years ago. We thought that Kevin Durant stood out for that reason, because he didn’t have any visible tats. But during the playoffs, we can across a photo that [...]

July 22, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors During the playoffs, it was revealed that Dallas Mavs Point Guard, JJ Barea was datingformer Miss Universe, Zuleyka Rivera. They tried to keep that part of the their lives private, but come one, it’s 2011. Nothing is safe. Well, now we know that Rivera is pregnant and the [...]

July 22, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Last year, Michael Jordan was on the cover of NBA 2K11 and it was so successful that 2K Sports will feature him again. There will also be editions available with Bird and Magic. If the game is half as good as these covers, fans will be very happy. [...]

July 21, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors During a lockout, the rule is that teams cannot have any contact with players. Teams are well aware of that, but sometimes it happens. And since we live in this new age of Twitter, you can’t use that as a form of communication either. Apparently, two teams weren’t [...]

July 21, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors LA Lakers Star Center Andrew Bynum was apparently caught on camera and fined this week for parking in a handicap spot at a grocery store. Although it doesn’t get much worse than stealing a parking spot meant for handicapped people, what makes it that much worse is you [...]