Rumors

July 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Shaq just recently joined the TNT crew and made an appearance today when the NBA’s schedule for next season was announced. In referring to the Miami Heat’s supposed “Big 3”, Shaq called them the “Big 2”, taking a subtle jab at Chris Bosh. He’s going to fit right [...]

July 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Yesterday we reported that Lamar Odom was recently involved in a car crash in New York, where he wasn’t the driver. While Odom wasn’t seriously hurt, unfortunately, the other party involved (a motorcyclist) died as a result of the accident. In fact, Odom was in New York to [...]

July 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The Minnesota Timberwolves finally pulled the plug on Kurt Rambis and relieved him of his coaching duties after delaying that process for some reason. Apparently looking for a former NBA point guard to serve as their new head coach, in order to mentor Ricky Rubio, Terry Porter is [...]

July 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Deron Williams signed his contract with his Turkish club (Besiktas) over the weekend, so it’s official. We reported to you previously that Deron’s team was courting Kobe as well. Apparently, that has picked. The team has reportedly offered Kobe a salary of $500,000/month, before putting talks on hold. [...]

July 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It has been an interesting summer for Lamar Odom so far. He was involved in trade talks with Philly and reports indicated that the only thing that held it up was his L.A. ties with his reality show and his wife. He was just involved in a car [...]

July 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We’re starting to lose count of the number of guys who have been reported to have interest in playing overseas during the lockout. But when a big name says something pretty conclusively, we need to listen. Dwight Howard sounds like he’s serious. We’ll see. Orlando Magic center Dwight [...]

July 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Blake Griffin wants to be more than just an NBA star. He wants to be a producer of sorts, maybe even fill a bit of the void retired Shaquille O’Neal will leave behind as the NBA king of viral video, tweets, and one-liners. Check out this hilarious video [...]

July 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors No one has felt the wrath of a scorned city like LeBron James this past season after he left for Miami. But maybe not all hope is lost for LeBron in Cleveland as there were plenty of cheers for James as he played in a Chris Chambers City [...]

July 15, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors A little over a month ago, Tony Parker said that he didn’t believe the Spurs had another run in them. Of course, he took back those words afterwards. But how does he feel now knowing that he only has a couple more years left with Manu? Believe it [...]

July 15, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Serge Ibaka was born in the Republic of Congo but played in Spain for many years before coming over to the NBA. He apparently enjoyed his time in Spain and was granted nationality. He now joins Pau and Marc Gasol in the frontcourt for Spain on the national [...]