Rumors

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… [...]

June 15, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Shaq has barely been retired two weeks, but he’s still gaining attention. But even this story is newly chartered territory for Shaq… Seven members of a South Los Angeles street gang have been charged with kidnapping and other crimes after they allegedly abducted a man who claimed he [...]

June 15, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Before the season began, LeBron James told Heat fans that they would eventually win multiple championships. Jason Kidd of the Champion Dallas Mavericks agrees. The Dallas Mavericks point guard finally won his first title after 17 seasons, ensuring that James remained ringless after his eighth season and first [...]

June 15, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Surely he’ll somehow get criticized for doing this, but LeBron showed class by writing a congratulatory message to the champion Mavs on his website, LeBronJames.com. The message reads: “Congratulations Mavericks on the Championship …especially Dirk, J.Kidd, & Terry who have done so much for our league and worked [...]