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May 13, 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. [...]

May 13, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Thunder at Grizzlies (-2) The Oklahoma City/Memphis semifinal playoff series has provided fans with a little bit of everything. For starters, both team’s home crowds are arguably the best in the league. The enthusiastic, small market environment [...]

May 12, 2011 – Ben Berry With the White Cement III already sold out in stores and the release of the new ‘Stealth’ colorway approaching, you would think that the Jordan III couldn’t get any more spotlight. Words quickly retracted as pictures of a never-before-seen colorway of the Air Jordan III makes its way around [...]

May 12, 2011 – Kevin Burke Winning a Conference Semifinal series doesn’t earn you a championship ring. All it does is guarantee you a spot in the Conference Finals. But for LeBron James, I’m sure it feels like a bit more than that. Last night, the Miami Heat ousted the Boston Celtics from the playoffs [...]

May 12, 2011 – Joshua Sexton To say Pau Gasol’s performance in the playoffs was a disappointment would be understating the issue. In ten playoff games, Gasol failed to reach his regular season scoring average of 18 points one time, and he only reached his regular season rebounding mark three times. There were reports circulating [...]

May 11, 2011 – Joshua Sexton The NBA playoffs can easily be compared to a masterfully crafted novel, with each game serving as a small part of a larger storyline that unfolds over a two month period. The players serve as the characters in the novel, whose talents, personalities and histories can elicit admiration or [...]

May 11, 2011 – Allen Moll With a number of top tier players like Jared Sullinger, Perry Jones, and Harrison Barnes pledging to return to school for their sophomore seasons, the 2011 NBA Draft has decidedly gotten weaker. This year’s field may be one of the least potent in recent memory, going back to the [...]

May 10, 2011 – Allen Moll During this time of year NBA scouts are scouring over hours and hours of game footage in preparation on the upcoming 2011 NBA Draft. While most top prospects have at least one year of collegiate games to be further evaluated, finding footage potential Lottery selection Enes Kantner has been [...]

Derrick Rose shouldn't be forced to play PG simply because he's 6'3". He's clearly a SG... [...]

May 9, 2011 – Kevin Burke I’m willing to bet that even the Dallas Mavericks are secretly at least a little bit surprised that they swept the 2-time defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. Surely, they thought they could prevail in the series, but not in four games. But of course, that isn’t the story today. [...]