Rumors

June 30, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Word is just now being released via ESPN that the NBA is going to lockout the players as of midnight tonight when the current collective bargaining agreement is set to expire. There were some last minute attempts to come to an agreement between the owners and players today [...]

June 30, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors In all likelihood, this will be the final deal before the looming lockout takes effect. Looks live the Cavs are giving the frontcourt keys to Tristan Thompson already. The Cleveland Cavaliers have traded power forward J.J. Hickson to the Sacramento Kings for swingman Omri Casspi and Sacramento’s protected [...]

June 30, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Last summer, the Bulls made a bit of a splash by signing Carlos Boozer to sure up their front line. But down the stretch in the playoffs, Chicago didn’t get what they expected out of him. Some even say Taj Gibson outperformed him. The Chicago Bulls have exercised [...]

June 30, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Whenever the pending lockout allows, there will be some legit free agent names out there to be acquired. It’s not exactly the Summer of 2010 but there are a bunch of serviceable Centers available. We can now add Denver’s Nene to that list. Nene will opt out of [...]

June 30, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Kobe’s got game no doubt. But given the natural comparisons to Michael Jordan the GOAT, it may be best to avoid these kind of photo ops, my man: Photo Credit: Sports Illustrated [...]

June 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We all know that the NBA’s current collective bargaining agreement expires tomorrow at midnight unless a deal can be met beforehand. There’s one more meeting scheduled tomorrow, in attempt to avoid that. With the clock ticking down, NBA owners and their representatives are still hoping for a last-second [...]

June 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We just saw these photos of a new innovative basketball court in Munich on the Yahoo! Ball Don’t Lie basketball blog. They are super freaky to look at, and quite clearly the design of the court was developed by artists and not athletes. Seriously, between the Tim Hardaway [...]

June 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Every once in a while we come across some NBA apparel that leaves us scratching our heads. Something so ridiculous that it has us wondering out loud “who is buying this crap?” For today that piece of ridiculous apparel is the Dallas Mavericks Team Heads Plush Hat. Just [...]

June 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The Oklahoma City Thunder probably have the best young core in the entire NBA and turned the corner this past season. Expect more of the same and the team has picked up the option on a few key guys. The Oklahoma City Thunder have picked up the option [...]

June 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors A few days ago, news broke that Ron Artest had plans to play in Finland this season. Well, that’s news to his agent. Ron’s agent, David Bauman, is shooting down these reports and has even called it a “publicity stunt.” Amid various internet reports indicting Lakers forward Ron [...]