Rumors

April 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors When David Stern vetoed the Chris Paul to LA trade, it really brought to light the need for an independent owner of the Hornets. The owner of the New Orleans Saints of the NFL picked up the tab.  Tom Benson brought stability to the Saints nearly three decades [...]

April 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Lamar Odom has harmed his image by pouting his way out of Dallas. To some, it appears as if he’s a quitter. Surely, teams will take notice of that. It looks like Coach K certainly has. [USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo] said he will have a meeting May [...]

April 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The NBA franchise most plagued by injuries, just got plagued a little further. As if Brandon Roy retiring and the long overdue releasing of Greg Oden wasn’t enough, LaMarcus Aldridge needs hip surgery. The Trail Blazers announced that All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge will have arthroscopic surgery to repair [...]

April 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We’ve seen some pretty big NBA blowouts over the years. 30-40 point wins or more are not out of the question. But I’m going to chalk this Heat vs. Bulls score as a scorekeeper fail. Anyone else surprised this error took place in Chicago? Double whammy for the [...]

April 12, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors After Lamar Odom was dealt, he reportedly flirted with retiring and his wife is who cheered him up. Apparently, Ron….Metta World Peace had similar thoughts before the season began as well. Before he changed his name to Metta World Peace, the Los Angeles Lakers forward was considering an [...]

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April 12, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors I realize he was likely just messing around. But for the losing team, I’m sure this sort of stuff just gets under their skin and is seen as a sign of disrespect. Ah well, just chalk it up to another classic head scratcher move by Andrew Bynum. Guy [...]

April 12, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We have been patiently waiting to find out where the top two high school players would be playing next year. Shabazz Muhammad and Nerlens Noel have both been rumored to be headed to Kentucky. Calipari only got half his wish. Muhammad is heading to UCLA, while Noel will [...]

April 12, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The LA Lakers took it to the SA Spurs last night. The purple and gold was led by Andrew Bynum in this one, behind a massive career-high 30 rebounds in the contest. To give you an idea of what Bynum’s thought process is like, check out the post [...]

April 12, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Blake Griffin is getting out of hand now. He is routinely dunking on guys who never get dunked on. Latest on that list on that list is Serge Ibaka from Oklahoma City during last night’s Clipper win. Serge is a very solid defender and always protects the paint. [...]