Rumors

May 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Everything starts right now for the Cavs. Since they landed the 1st and 4th overall picks in next month’s NBA draft, hopefully they can now forget about LeBron and move forward. The new face of the Cavaliers is 14 years old, wears a bow tie and has battled [...]

May 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The ink has barely dried on Doc Rivers’ new contract with the Celtics. Now he must undergo throat surgery, which shouldn’t impact his ability to bark instructions from the sidelines next season. Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers has returned to Boston from his Orlando, Fla., home to undergo [...]

May 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We knew that everyone was looking forward to Sunday’s Game 1 Eastern Conference Finals matchup between Miami and Chicago, but who knew it would break a record? TNT,  the cable network that is carrying this Miami Heat-Chicago Bulls best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals, announced Monday that Sunday’s Game 1 [...]

May 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors I know Miami Heat fans are still probably mourning Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals while they await Game 2. So The Hoop Doctors thought we would brighten Heat Fans’ spirits a bit with a little shine for the Heat victory over the Celtics to get their [...]

May 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It’s very rare to have a prominent figure in male sports “come out of the closet” and reveal that he is gay. When it does happen, it’s typically a player. Until now… Phoenix Suns president and CEO Rick Welts, in an effort to breach what he sees as the [...]

May 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Charles Oakley was noted for tough play back when he was a member of the Knicks. He defined an era by himself. But even Oak can realize when someone has crossed the line. Charles Oakley, one of the NBA’s all-time tough guys and now a Charlotte Bobcats assistant, [...]

May 15, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors On their way to a dominating 103-82 win over the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bulls showed some flare. In particular, this poster dunk by Taj Gibson over the Heat’s Dwyane Wade should get you off your seat: [...]

May 13, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Ever since OKC Thunder star Kevin Durant showed up to a post-game presser last week sporting a backpack, the NBA blogosphere has been on fire questioning why he wears one and what he carries in it. Well in a presser after Game 5 of the Thunder’s 2nd round [...]

May 13, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Every year in the post-season there is a player that you may think is fairly pedestrian, or a ‘role’ player, that has a performance game after game that tells the world, “I’ve Arrived”. That player for me this post-season has been Serge Ibaka of the Oklahoma City Thunder. [...]

May 13, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors After being eliminated by Miami just a few days ago, all signs pointed to Doc Rivers returning as Celtics coach. Well, that was just made official. Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge was making his way to a makeshift podium for his end-of-season news conference when [...]