Blogs

July 17, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim The NBA summer league games have done well in giving us hoop-heads something to pick apart while the off-season rolls on. The Orlando games were a good start, revealing to the rest of us a snippet or two of what to expect from a few guys. Most notably, Perry [...]

July 17, 2012 – Dan Favale The Los Angles Lakers continue to make a wealth of noise this offseason. As ingenious and polarizing as Steve Nash’s acquisition was, it didn’t strengthen the Lakers bench, which was the deepest root of purple and gold’s string of problems last season. But that’s okay, because Los Angeles has [...]

July 16, 2012 – Allen Moll Former #1 NBA Draft pick Kyrie Irving has had quite the roller coaster ride over the past 2 seasons since finishing his vaunted HS career at the famous St. Patrick’s HS in New Jersey.  After somehow emerging from the shadows of playing alongside several fellow highly touted HS teammates [...]

July 16, 2012 – Griffin Gotta The Minnesota Timberwolves believe that a player with the lanky resourcefulness of Nicolas Batum would look just great filling the wing while Ricky Rubio makes defenders go cross-eyed alongside him. They think he’d look fantastic running down a Kevin Love outlet for an easy two after getting his hand [...]

July 16, 2012 – Dan Favale Jeremy Lin’s most recent offer sheet from the Houston Rockets has been called ridiculoushas been called ridiculous, yet what’s truly ridiculous is the New York Knicks not matching it. Forget that Lin is projected to boost the Knicks’ revenue stream by $50 million alone next season. Forget that he’s [...]

July 13, 2012 – Ben Berry Sole Collector has been one of the premiere authorities for a while now when it comes to sneakers. They have collaborated with companies on more sneakers than the ones listed we listed, but over here at The Hoop Doctors, we’re only focusing on the ones done specifically on basketball [...]

July 13, 2012 – Ben Berry There is no doubt in my mind that the recent surge of popularity the classic Foamposite One & Foamposite Pro has been in the last three years is the reason why Nike has decided to revive Penny Hardaway’s Air Penny line. There have already been images of pairs inspired [...]

July 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors There’s been a lot of talk of late about the 1992 Dream Team vs. the 2012 Olympic team. Kevin Burke addresses this and more… [...]

July 13, 2012 – Griffin Gotta Blake Griffin’s meniscus tear in his left knee was a bummer, and a highlighter to the fine print of the Olympics reminding everyone, fans and players and franchises alike, that there is potential NBA-impacting risk involved here. [...]

July 13, 2012 – Dan Favale After having a second consecutive free agent roster decimation, the Dallas Mavericks appeared to be on the verge of NBA obscurity. But then they got down to business. [...]