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June 9, 2011 – Ben Berry At last week’s Best of the Best amateur basketball combine sponsored by UA, the 80 participants were treated to pairs of the yet-to-be-released Micro G Supersonic. The last time we heard anything about this shoe was back in March when we covered Under Armour’s 2011 entire basketball lineup. Peep [...]

June 8, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Did the Miami Heat not learn anything from the Dallas Mavericks loss in the 2006 NBA Finals? You don’t do something publicly that could give your opponent the motivation to overachieve. And specifically in the case of the 2006 Finals, you don’t start counting your chickens before they [...]

LeBron was accused of "shrinking" by a reporter after Game 3. But was that the case in Game 4? [...]

June 8, 2011 – Allen Moll The Philadelphia 76ers have long been searching for a prolific scorer to replace future Hall of Famer Allen Iverson. The Golden State Warriors are in need of a lot of things, but nothing more evident than a lock-down perimeter defender. With both teams struggling to emerge from mediocrity, wouldn’t [...]

June 08, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Much like your first love, a young boy’s first sports hero always holds a special place in his heart. Last week, my first sports hero hung up his size 20 sneakers, after 19 seasons in the NBA. If the posters on my wall and extensive basketball card collection weren’t [...]

June 8, 2011 – Ben Berry In the year that LeBron James could very well capture his first NBA title, this seasons shoe, the Air Max LeBron VIII could be called the most popular of the series so far. [...]

June 8, 2011 – Allen Moll It’s been a short minute since former heavyweight boxing champ “Iron” Mike Tyson has been in the news for something either good, bad, or indifferent unless you consider his cameo role in The Hangover. That’s probably a good thing, despite being known as one of the greatest knock-out artists [...]

June 08, 2011 – THD Podcast This week on THD Podcast Kevin Burke discusses his take on the playoffs thus far… If you often find yourself too busy to watch The Hoop Doctors Podcasts, get them on the go for your iPhone or iPod! Subscribe to our Podcasts in the iTunes Directory, free of charge. [...]

With the resignation of Donnie Walsh, should the Knicks bring back Isiah? [...]

June 7, 2011 – Ben Berry With Hyperfuse proving to be the driving force behind Nike Basketball right now, Shane Kohatsu and Ben Shaffer take us through parts of Nike’s Innovation Kitchen. First Shane breaks down the making of the Hyperfuse then Ben takes us through some of the other application for Hyperfuse technology. [...]