Rumors

June 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It seems like forever that the Minnesota Timberwolves chose Ricky Rubio 5th overall. But it was only 2009, and since then Rubio has been in his native Spain playing ball. But it looks like he’s finally set to come across the pond. Ricky Rubio is making his long-awaited [...]

June 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Dirk Nowitzki can play the hell out of some basketball can’t he? But after watching this clip from yesterday’s Mavericks parade, I can tell you he shouldn’t quit his day job: [...]

June 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Brandon Knight has received some flack of late because the perception was that he didn’t want to work out against other highly touted guards like Kemba Walker and Jimmer Fredette in preparation for the NBA Draft. But Knight has just called out Kyrie Irving. The former Kentucky guard [...]

June 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Winning a championship does wonders for the legacy of players. It also makes coaches and assistant coaches more attractive for other jobs as well. Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Dwane Casey has emerged as the clear favorite to land the Toronto Raptors’ coaching job and could be installed as [...]

June 16, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Most people with an opinion have taken shots at LeBron James. But in an interesting turn, former player Rick Barry defends LeBron and calls out his coaches. In a radio interview with The Rise Guys on KHTK in Sacramento, Barry said the Heat should have swept the Mavs [...]

June 16, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Jason Kidd, the future Hall of Fame point-guard and 2011 NBA Champion Dallas Maverick, has officially accepted his invitation to compete in the 2011 American Century Championship Celebrity Golf Tournament at Lake Tahoe this July. The 54-hole tournament will broadcast nine hours of live coverage on VERSUS (Friday, [...]

June 16, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Mario Chalmers came into his own in the playoffs, specifically the Finals, even though he was platooning with Mike Bibby. He hit some big shots and played strong defense. His play was enough for Miami to want to retain him. Getting in position to try to keep Mario [...]

June 16, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The hilarious website Funny or Die put together this spoof video of the “If I Could Be Like Mike” commercials from the 90’s. Except as you can only guess, all the kids are wearing blonde wigs and nailing one-legged fade away jump shots, then yelling like only Dirk [...]

June 16, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors LeBron is probably thinking about Stevenson: How does karma taste? Dallas Mavericks shooting guard DeShawn Stevenson was arrested for public intoxication in Irving, Texas, on Tuesday night, two days after the franchise won its first NBA championship. Irving police were called to the Grand Venetian apartment complex at [...]

June 15, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Oh c’mon Cuban, I know you are happy your Dallas Mavericks squad finally won the Larry O’Brien trophy but this is a little much. When the NBA said you could “take the trophy anywhere you want”, I doubt this is what they had in mind… [...]