Rumors

March 21, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors You have to admire Mike Woodson’s candid feedback. I mean, what was he supposed to say? But he indirectly gives ammo to detractors of the Knicks. Q: Message to Knick fans. A: ‘To be patient with us, stay behind us. Stay behind and be positive and help us [...]

March 21, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The irony, some 40 years later, contained within this image from Sports Illustrated’s vault is more than words. Phil Jackson of the New York Knicks guarding the lethal Pat Riley of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1972. There is foreshadowing in the fact that Pat Riley later coached [...]

March 21, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors You knew that sooner or later, the endorsement deals would flow in for Jeremy Lin. While “Linsanity” isn’t as powerful as it was a month ago, he’s still a big international draw and should be for a while. Just ask Volvo who just signed him to a two [...]

March 21, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors “Shaquille O’Neal” appeared last night on Conan. Mixing these two comedic geniuses together is always good for a laugh. Last night Shaq explained why he is retiring the name Shaq: [...]

March 21, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors NBA TV’s Open Court discussing who the better big man was during the 90’s, Hakeem Olajuwon of the Rockets or Patrick Ewing of the Knicks? THD agrees whole heartedly with the panel that ‘The Dream’ was the better player of the two. But that’s no disrespect to Mr. [...]

March 20, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors If the Grizzlies are getting the Gilbert Arenas from Washington, where he was one of the best scorers in the business, they’ll be in good shape. But chances are that he’s a shell of his formers self. Either way, he should pay dividends for the Grizzlies coming down [...]

March 20, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors A year ago, who would’ve thought that Andrew Bynum would be getting consideration for the “best center in the league” title? While, that may be a bit premature since Dwight’s consistency has spanned years and Bynum’s is new-found, he has definitely improved. “The definition of a no-brainer? The [...]

March 20, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Last night was supposed to be all about Hall of Famer, Chris Mullin and his jersey retirement. This was very deserved and long overdue. However, fans had something else in mind. Presumably upset about the recent trade that sent away Monta Ellis, the home crowd somehat overshadowed Mullin’s [...]

March 19, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors There have been rumors swirling around for a while now that Antoine Walker is broke. Well, that doesn’t appear to be a rumor any longer since we know that he’s in the D-League. What other reason would a former premiere NBA player have  to be in the D-League [...]

March 19, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This MTV video isn’t new, but sometimes we stumble upon a video that is worth a second look. Check out some great footage of Kobe Bryant in high school, narrated by none other than….Kobe Bryant: [...]