Rumors

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 [...]

July 15, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Earlier this week at a game of the Greater NC Pro-Am, Julius Hodge was having a pretty solid game and started feelin’ it. So much so, that he thought it was a good idea to taunt and trash talk the Washington Wizard’s star point guard John Wall. Hodge [...]

July 15, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We knew this day was a possibility. With business suspended due to the lockout, revenue generation has been suspended as well. Because of this, the League has been forced to lay off employees. The NBA says it’s not directly related to the lockout, but it surely has an [...]

July 14, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The Indiana Pacers recently removed the interim tag from Frank Vogel and made him their permanent head coach. They have just added Brian Shaw to help round out the staff. Shaw has to feel a bit slighted. He was an assistant under Phil Jackson for many years in [...]

July 14, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors A little over a month ago, we reported that the Philadelphia 76ers were looking to sell the team. It appears as if that is now a done deal. Comcast-Spectacor reached an agreement Wednesday to sell the 76ers to a group of investors led by New York billionaire Joshua [...]

July 14, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Billy Hunter, the head of the NBA players union, sent all NBA players yesterday a letter that encouraged them to consider heading overseas to play in the European professional leagues if the NBA lockout persists. More than anything I think Hunter was looking for players to start ‘voicing’ [...]

July 13, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It looks like the NBA players will be able to hold out a bit longer on CBA negotiations with word today that they will be owed money out of escrow withheld from past earnings by the NBA… Escrow money withheld from all NBA players’ paychecks each season will [...]

July 13, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Contrary to popular belief, not all NBA players will be bored stiff during an NBA lockout. Sure some may go overseas to play hoops, some may play in pro-am leagues, but others might just play cards. That’s right cards…and Texas Hold ‘Em Poker to be exact. For the [...]

July 12, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Elton Brand loves movies and has made efforts to get involved in the biz since his days as an LA Clipper. He doesn’t seem to be giving up on the dream, as he recently announced he will be the co-producer of a new film in production about Tupac [...]