Rumors

September 11, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Kevin Durant is unlike most of America’s biggest basketball stars. He couldn’t wait to wear the red, white and blue this summer. Especially on Sept. 11. With a special memorial message on his sneakers, Durant carried the United States into the gold-medal game at the world championship, scoring [...]

September 10, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The New Jersey Nets signed veteran free agent forward Joe Smith to a one-year contract and hired Milton Lee as director of basketball operations on Friday. Smith received the veteran minimum of $1,352,131, the team said. The first pick overall in the 1995 draft, Smith is joining his [...]

September 10, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Wiley ol’ Pat Riley is not taking the shots from critics of the Miami Heat and Lebron James too well these days, and now he’s lashing out against them in public fashion… Pat Riley and LeBron James already have one thing in common. They’re keeping track of what’s [...]

September 10, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Kevin Durant really took care of business as the US beat Russia to advance to the Semi-Finals. Durantula is on pace to be considered in this tournament as one of, if not the best, player in the world…. And by beating Russia on Thursday, the Americans brought a [...]

September 8, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Well Team USA probably just let out a small sigh of relief as their road to a World Championship just got a bit easier. Serbia is no slouch but no one left in the tournament will be sad to see the defending World Champions, Spain, get booted from [...]

September 8, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol With training camp just three weeks away, Warriors general manager Larry Riley still has some work to do. He’s got an open spot or two on the roster to fill, and he’s still got to hire a couple of assistant coaches. “I think in another week we’ll have [...]

September 8, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol If there is one thing we never want to see, hear, visualize, or for that matter even write about after this, is the thought of Dennis Rodman doing it dirty. We get it Dennis, you like attention, good or bad. But c’mon, to turn on a microphone in [...]

September 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Houston Rockets Forward Luis Scola is leading the FIBA World Championship tournament in points, and today was no different as he put up a huge 37 points to help Argentina beat Brazil and advance to the quarter finals. Luis Scola scored 37 points, carrying Argentina to a thrilling [...]

September 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The Hoop Docs loved Sean May’s college game. The guy played with passion and focus. It’s hard to watch as his NBA career falls apart due to injury and poor physical condition. The New Jersey Nets have waived forward Sean May. Nets general manager Billy King said Tuesday [...]

September 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Chris Paul is in an envious position to make demands of his team executives if they want a shot at keeping him around once he’s a free agent. After the summer of Lebron, the remaining stars will have more pull than ever once they become free agents after [...]