Rumors

March 15, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Leandro Barbosa was once a very coveted player but finds himself on the move again. This acquisition makes the Pacers a very sexy playoff pick now. According to Y! sports… “The Indiana Pacers acquired guard Leandro Barbosa from the Toronto Raptors for a second-round draft pick, a league [...]

March 15, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors First Jeff Green, now Chris Wilcox. What are the chance that two guys from the same team miss significant action in the same season due to heart ailments? We here at The Hoop Doctors wish both a speedy recovery. In a routine that has become a little too [...]

March 15, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors After Ricky Rubio went down with a season ending knee injury things got a little less exciting in Minnesota. The guy is not only flashy on the court, but also entertaining off it. But not to fear NBA fans, it looks like Rubio is keeping in touch through [...]

March 14, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This morning THD’s Dan Favale discussed Carmelo Anthony vs. Mike D’Antoni. As it turns out ‘Melo won that battle and will now be likely facing criticism from some that he forced out his coach. Then again, that will only hold up if Melo can turn things around under [...]

March 14, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors It’s humanly impossible to handle free agency worse that Dwight Howard has. At this point, it’s probably best if just keeps quiet. “I’ve been telling those guys [in the Magic front office], and I’ve been telling them for the past two or three weeks now, that I want [...]

March 14, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We’ve all heard of these popular daily deals or daily coupons sites like ‘GroupOn’ popping up like wildfire. It seems that the Hawks’ Tracy McGrady is trying to use his popularity on social networks to get in on the trend at the ground floor. His web business launched [...]

March 14, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Seems a bit premature before a deal gets done for the NBA Store to start selling Dwight Howard New Jersey Nets T-Shirts, doesn’t it? Well I guess somebody at the NBA e-Commerce Shop must have goofed, because last night they went live with the product. The page has [...]

March 14, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Monta Ellis’ name has been involved in trade rumors for some time now and it finally happened. But where he went is somewhat shocking. A backcourt of Monta Ellis and Brandon Jennings will be interesting to say the least. And so, with about 42 hours to go before [...]

March 14, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We apologize for skipping over this important tidbit of news yesterday. With the lockout condensed season, things are happening quickly on a day to day basis in the NBA. We thought however this was worth noting for the ‘Big Fundamental’. Tim Duncan on Monday night against the Wizards [...]

March 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Well this certainly changes things for the Orange. Despite only having two losses this season many aren’t completely sold on Syracuse and their number one seed. Now, we get word that Syracuse will be without Fab Melo, the guy who anchors that defense, for the entire tournament. Go [...]