Rumors

December 17, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Yao Ming has been saying for days that he is ready to return to the court and feels a lot stronger but has been sidelined by the Houston Rockets’ team doctors. Well today it was announced by the Rockets that Yao Ming has a stress fracture in his [...]

December 17, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Remember the SA Spur player who shakes hands with imaginary teammates after free throws? Yeah, well his name is Gary Neal. And that may be the last time you hear his name, because he doesn’t actually exist anymore. Why? Because he got absolutely, undeniably destroyed last night by [...]

December 14, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Toronto Raptors sophmore DeMar DeRozan last night threw down a huge facial on the Charlotte Bobcats Tyrus Thomas. He cocks it way back on the way to the rim. Damn, this is so sweet. Notice ‘Air Jordan’ himself was in attendance for this one… [...]

December 14, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Superman has left the building! Permanently folks. “I’m retired for life,” Orlando center Dwight Howard said in an interview with FanHouse on Monday about how he won’t ever again compete in the NBA dunk contest during All-Star Weekend Howard won the event in 2008 in New Orleans with [...]

December 14, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol ‘Defense Wins Championships’. Everyone knows that, including the young Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra. So to help get the Miami Heat out of their early season funk, Spoelstra put in place a reward system. A system that helped put the focus back on defense, and take the pressure [...]

December 13, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Contrary to the buzz this weekend, Carmelo Anthony is not making demands that he be traded to the New York Knicks as the only way he will sign an extension. Does ‘Melo want to play for his hometown Knicks? Sure. But he’s not closed off to considering other [...]

December 8, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol I don’t care if you love the Miami Heat, I don’t care if you hate the Miami Heat. It doesn’t matter who you are, if you are a fan of the NBA or not, you have to admit that this might very well be the coolest NBA Action [...]

December 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Ron Artest last season was the Lakers hero in Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics. He was the old Ron Artest on defense and was the old 20+ ppg Artest on offense. So what happened over the summer? This season Ron Artest has barely [...]

December 6, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Considering how unhappy we know Allen Iverson was in the NBA over the last few years when he didn’t start or didn’t get sufficient touches or plays called for him, we can only assume he has been unhappy playing overseas in Turkey where he has yet to have [...]

December 6, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol It looks like the National Basketball Association is entering into the world of bailing out their own franchises. In a move that may be surprising to some, the NBA is on the verge of completing a deal to buy the New Orleans Hornets from current owner George Shinn… [...]