Rumors

April 23, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Today the NBA announced the one game suspension (Game 4) for both Zaza Pachulia of the Atlanta Hawks and Jason Richardson of the Orlando Magic. Pachulia and J-Rich were both involved in an altercation in the closing minutes of Game 3 (video after the jump). The league’s disciplinarian, [...]

April 22, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Shaquille O’Neal will miss his third game of the opening round matchup between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks tonight. His calf injury is showing improvement but he’s still not where he needs to be to get back on the floor. Although it seems like the [...]

April 21, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Last summer, the day after Al Jefferson was traded to Utah from Minnesota, The Hoop Doctors spoke to Kevin Love and asked him if he thought his role would be expanded due to Jefferson’s departure. “I hope so” he told us.  Well, after recording an NBA record 53 [...]

April 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors With Chauney Billups out with a bad left knee and Amar’e Stoudemire playing limited minutes due to back spasms, Carmelo Anthony poured in 42 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in Tuesday night’s Game 2 defeat for the Knicks at the hands of the Celtics. The outcome may have [...]

April 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The top seeded Bulls have had their hands full against the eight seed Pacers. Granted, the Bulls are up 2-0 but many thought it would be easier than it has been. In Game 2, Indiana PG, Darren Collison hurt his ankle after stepping on a courtside cameraman. Who [...]

April 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Many people think that this has been Lamar Odom’s best season in the NBA. You could credit that with the fact that he has accepted role coming off the bench, or with the fact that his celebrity has grown exponentially since exchanging nuptials with a Kardashian. What ever [...]

April 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It’s that time of year when teams who did not qualify for the playoffs start looking towards next season. The Rockets are the first team to do so as they have announced that head coach, Rick Adelman will not be on the sidelines for them when next season [...]

April 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The playoffs don’t just get players fired up. They have the save effect on coaches as well. Just ask Portland head coach, Nate McMillan who was just fined $35,000 after criticizing the officiating during his team’s Game 1 loss to Dallas… Portland Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan was [...]

April 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The only thing worse about knowing that a ref blew a call that may have contributed to you losing a game, is to hear them actually admit that they were wrong after the fact… Denver coach George Karl started to lean up against a courtside table at the [...]

April 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors When you think of  big men in the league today, Zach Randolph’s name rarely if ever comes to mind. That’s probably because he doesn’t play above the rim. In fact, the biggest Randolph fan can probably count on one hand the number of times they’ve actually seen him [...]