Blogs

November 3, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors New LA Lakers assistant coach Ettore Messina is a legend in Europe, specifically Italy, for his basketball mind. But you have to imagine its heavily weighing on his thoughts about how he will be able to quickly establish a relationship with Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest players [...]

November 2, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We’ve seen players doing all sorts of things during the lockout that they normally don’t have time to do during the NBA season and/or off-season training. Just this week for example we saw Kevin Durant playing flag football at OSU with students to pass time. Well Chris Paul [...]

November 2, 2011 – Ben Berry When super-producer Swizz Beatz became the acting Creative Director of the Reebok Classic division, a few things became certain in regards to the future of the company. It has been well documented already that Mr. One-Man Bandman is an admirer of Jean-Machel Basquiat’s work and since the artist already [...]

November 2, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It would be a heavyweight battle of epic proportions, wouldn’t it? Kobe Bryant and all of his shooting abilities, one-on-one moves, will to win vs. Lebron James’ raw power, speed, and athleticsm. That would be a pay-per-view event worth every last penny. The LA Times this week caught [...]

November 2, 2011 – Ben Berry The Air Flight One made its debut to the world during the ’94-’95 NBA season on the feet of a player who has come to be known as ‘Penny’ Hardaway. Before his own signature sneaker series with Nike, Hardaway was a premiere player in the Nike Flight campaign and [...]

November 1, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors During the lockout the reputation of both NBA players and NBA owners has taken a nose dive. The longer the lockout lasts the more damage that will be done to the marketability of basketball, particularly however the public perception and marketability of the NBA. And this isn’t just [...]

November 1, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors After we showed love to young cats like KJ Farfan, Jaylin Fleming, Allonzo Trier, Dakota Simms etc., you may be surprised at how many emails we get from parents wanting their son or daughter to get a feature. We love and respect the game enough to take the [...]

November 1, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors If you are multi-millionaire athlete Kevin Durant and you are sitting around bored on a Monday afternoon due to the NBA still being in lockout mode, what do you do? [...]

November 1, 2011 – Ben Berry When a basketball player receives a signature sneaker, ‘home’ and ‘away’ versions that feature the players current team colors are generally amongst the first colorways released. With the NBA still having an active lockout there isn’t much use team colors so sneaker manufactures have the chance to look past [...]

November 1, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh The flat-top. The “retro” Pacers jersey. The ducktail. When you think of Detlef Schrempf, these are the things you think of. [...]