Blogs

September 28, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh Long ago, way back before most of you started seeing David Stern and Adam Silver as Statler and Waldorf, the NBA was a league that fully embraced social media as a part of its marketing plan. As clips were amiably put up on YouTube, Twitter accounts were created and [...]

September 28, 2011 – Allen Moll What we all speculated during last year’s NCAA Tournament, that Duke’s fab freshman PG Kyrie Irving wasn’t playing at 100%, was apparently true. Per a story at the Cleveland Plains Dealer, doctors have told Irving that his injured right foot won’t be completely healed for another 3 months. Would [...]

September 27, 2011 – Ben Berry Without a doubt the Air Jordan III is one of the most iconic silhouettes in the sneaker world. After seeing an onslaught of Jordan III colorways since the release of the Doernbecher edition last November there was bound to be pairs that didn’t receive a barcode and these two [...]

September 27, 2011 – Allen Moll Not too many coaches in the college ranks can recruit as well as Ohio State Buckeye head man Thad Matta. He annually reels in one of the Top 10 recruiting classes in the country and has seen many of his players move on to the professional ranks like most [...]

September 27, 2011 – Joshua Sexton On Veterans Day, the Michigan State Spartans will take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in the inaugural Carrier Classic. The game between the two storied college basketball programs will be played on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson. I can’t think of a more patriotic, unique way [...]

September 27, 2011 – Allen Moll In one of the feel good stories during the NBA Lockout, the Philadelphia 76ers are in the news for something other than bloated contracts(Elton Brand), disappointing rookies(Evan Turner), or star players that are continually on the trading block(Iguodala). The Sixers public relations staff is amongst the best in the [...]

September 26, 2011 – Allen Moll Earlier this month, NJ Nets PG Deron Williams became the first NBA player to officially play a game overseas during the Lockout, winning his debut with Turkish team Beskitas nearly a week ago. Many fans in Europe were already calling Williams the biggest NBA star to ever suit up [...]

September 26, 2011 – Dane Carbaugh How the league’s marketability after the lockout is affected is something that should be of great interest to fans — it certainly will be for NBA owners. As the lockout is predicated on the issue of money, jersey and merchandise sales are a healthy branch of the revenue NBA [...]

September 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Buckets magazine just announced that their next issue set for release on November 2nd, will be a ‘Yearbook’ edition covering everything under the sun related to basketball culture. We wanted give a heads up to the readers of TheHoopDoctors.com before the pre-order sells out. There will be spotlights [...]

September 23, 2011 – R.S. De France When one thinks of the greatest professional sports teams ever assembled in all of sports, which squads come to mind? The 1927 New York Yankees, 1960’s Boston Celtics (11 Championships), 1972 Miami Dolphins (14-0), 1975-1976 Cincinnati Reds, 1980’s Los Angeles Lakers, 1980’s Edmonton Oilers, 1980’s Boston Celtics, 1984 [...]