Rumors

May 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors When former players become media figures and analysts when their playing days are over, they often times wonder how the current crop of players will react to their criticism. But then, there’s Charles Barkley who doesn’t care what you or I think, or anyone for that matter, thinks [...]

May 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors This is why many consider these Oklahoma City Thunder fans the best fans in the league right now. They love their team, win or lose, and show their appreciation for a great season and tough fought post-season battles…. [...]

May 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Two nights ago, Dallas punched their ticket to the Finals and last night, Miami did the same thing. This 2006 Finals rematch certainly isn’t lacking star power. LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh had a plan when they decided to team up in Miami and chase a [...]

May 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The basketball world is still buzzing about the Lakers hiring Mike Brown. Kobe Bryant expressed public support for Brian Shaw being named head coach. Well, apparently he’s speechless after learning Brown is the new coach. Apparently the Buss family followed through on its declaration not to “consult the [...]

May 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors I’ve got to agree with Dwyane Wade here that Tim Hardaway had the most difficult to pull off crossover in the history of the NBA, with the double shimmy. But if you’re talking the greatest crossover (most difficult to defend) it was by far Allen Iverson. The man’s [...]

May 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Jalen Rose seems to be taking over ESPN. He has become more and more visible of late. He’s one of their NBA analysts, he has co-hosted Mike and Mike, often times takes on Skip Bayless on First and 10, and has even been on Outside the Lines to [...]

May 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Last night, the Dallas Mavericks punched their second ticket to the NBA Finals in the last five years after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 100 – 96 in Game 5. They will await the winner of Chicago vs. Miami, but it looks like we’ll have a rematch of [...]

May 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Just a few days ago, we reported to you that former NBA player Stromile Swift was arrested. Now, former player ‘Hot Rod’ Williams has had his own run in with the law. Police in Louisiana have arrested former NBA player John “Hot Rod” Williams on a misdemeanor count [...]

May 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Back in November, we brought you the very unfortunate news of a toddler who fell from the luxury suite at Staples Center and died as a result. A lawsuit has been filed by the family of this young boy. A lawsuit was filed Tuesday on behalf of the [...]

May 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers is one of the premiere coaching gigs in all of sports. It appears as if the next guy to hold this title is former Cavs coach Mike Brown. It’ll be interesting to see what Kobe thinks of this move considering he [...]