Five Reasons the Heat MUST Win the Championship This Year

April 30, 2012 – Kevin Burke I‘ve stated from day one that the overwhelming negative reaction aimed at LeBron James and his Miami Heat cohorts has been over the top. I’m the furthest thing from a Heat fan, but James and Bosh agreeing to join Wade in South Beach didn’t really bother me. [Read more]…  Read More →

Mourning Tells THD He Wishes Players Had to Stay in College Four Years

April 16, 2012 – Kevin Burke Each year, Gatorade recognizes high school student-athletes, for excelling both academically and athletically, in the form of a Player of the Year award. Last week, it was time for the Boys National Basketball Player of the Year to be announced [Read more]…  Read More →

Miles Simon Talks NCAA Tourney With THD

March 26, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This time of year, it’s always fun to reminisce on great memories from years past in the NCAA tournament. It makes the current tournament that much more special because of what may happen. A guy who knows something about special moments in the tournament would have to be Miles Simon from the 1997 Arizona Wilcats... [Read more]...

Letterman’s Top Tep Worst Jeremy Lin Puns

February 17, 2012 – Kevin Burke As a Knicks fan, I absolutely love The Jeremy Lin Show. I love that it has brought attention to the Knicks and the League as a whole. I’m not completely jaded however, and I do feel that there are some things that he needs to do more consistently and he agrees with that notion. But all in all, I wouldn’t... [Read more]...

Paul Pierce Passes Larry Bird on Celtics All-Time Scoring List

February 8, 2012 – Kevin Burke The sentence alone doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue: “Paul Pierce has scored more points donning Celtic green than Larry Bird.” But it’s true for The Truth. He is now second all-time behind only John Havlicek. [Read more]…  Read More →

Kobe Passes Shaq For 5th On All-Time Scoring List

February 7, 2012 – Kevin Burke Despite their past differences, Kobe and Shaq will forever be linked. Here’s one more reason: Kobe just leaped Shaq to become the 5th leading scorer in NBA history. He’s still roughly 10,000 points behind the leader, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, but we’ll see if he can eventually make a run at that. Granted... [Read more]...

What’s Wrong With Amar’e Stoudemire?

January 30, 2012 – Kevin Burke Think back to a year ago.  In January of 2011, people were already unofficially handing out early season awards. Given the anticipation of last season, it was only natural. A recipients of one of those awards was brand-new Knick, Amar’e Stoudemire. And he was just being handed any ol’ award. Many were tabbing... [Read more]...

Video: LeBron Channels Vince Carter

January 30, 2012 – Kevin Burke Most basketball fans remember where they were during the Sydney Olympics of 2000. In particular, they remember their location when they saw Vince Carter hurdle 7’2″ Frederick Weis. It seemed like something that Carter should’ve been banned from Olympic play for based on the sheer enjoyable disrespect... [Read more]...

JR Smith Breaks Ankles in China; Marbury Victimized As Well

January 20, 2012 – Kevin Burke When the NBA finally solved the lockout, players who chose to play in the Chinese Basketball Association no doubt were questioning their move. [Read more]…  Read More →

Shaq Swears On Last Night’s TNT Telecast

January 13, 2012 – Kevin Burke Perhaps I was in the minority but when it was announced that Shaq was joining the TNT crew, I had my reservations. Sure he’s been great at giving witty soundbites throughout his career but I wasn’t sure how that would translate to “Inside the NBA.” Not to mention the fact that the chemistry between... [Read more]...