Rumors

Last night, the Miami Heat cruised to a relatively comfortable victory over the Chicago Bulls to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. However, lost in that victory is the health of Dwyane Wade. D-Wade wasn’t really much of a factor due to his shaky knee. He has been dealing with a bruised knee for a [...]

Last year, Tyson Chandler of the Knicks was named NBA Defensive Player of the Year. But the strange thing is that didn’t make the all-NBA first team. He was named to the second team. This year, he was the same situation with Marc Gasol. Gasol, this year’s DPOY was named to the second team. Perhaps [...]

The Knicks’ Iman Shumpert admitted to The Hoop Doctors that he was “uncomfortable” when he came back from his ACL injury when we had the chance to chat with him several weeks ago. Translation: he probably came back too early, and has even felt discomfort since. Therefore, this latest news isn’t shocking, but definitely disturbing. [...]

Being on the losing end of a tough playoff game has to very frustrating for a coach. Down 2-1 to the Heat, Tom Thibodeau of the Bulls was fed up following game 3. After Nazr Mohammed was ejected for showing LeBron, Thibs sounded off in the post-game presser. Tom felt as if LeBron flopped and [...]

After Nazr Mohammed shoved Lebron James in chest and he stumbled back and hit the court, the Bulls were immediately telling the refs he flopped. It was an after the play altercation, clearly not a wise move by Mohammed, who as a veteran should have known better, give Lebron had already been called for the [...]

The New Orleans Pelicans’ (yes, that’s what they are called now that the season has ended) guard Eric Gordon has had a rough go ever since being traded for Chris Paul. He hasn’t been healthy enough for long enough to truly make an impact. But if he is ever able to stay healthy, New Orleans [...]

Luol Deng of the Bulls has been out for a while with what was originally diagnosed as the flu. But obviously, it was much worse than that. He underwent a spinal tap and he body didn’t respond well to that. The good news is that he’s now out of the hospital and apparently on the [...]

Ever since J.R. Smith was suspended for elbowing Jason Terry during the Knicks – Celtics series, he hasn’t been himself. Smith earned Sixth man of the year honors for timely scoring and the ability to heat up quickly. However, since coming back from injury, he’s been anything but himself. His shooting has been abysmal. In [...]

Pau Gasol missed a bunch of games for the Lakers this year due to plantar fasciitis in his foot. But when he was on the court, he struggled to find minutes in D’Antoni’s offense. Needless to say, he wasn’t a good year for Paul. Not to mention the fact that trade rumors were swirling about [...]

This morning Russell Westbrook held a press conference to talk about his injury. He has been hounded by reporters since he went down and required season ending surgery. Apparently holding a presser was easier than getting one offed with by dozens of individual interview requests. Westy talks about everything from how he’s coping with watching [...]