Rumors

January 16, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Dikembe Mutombo has been endlessly praised for his philanthropy and providing much needed services to his native country. So, this news catches us off guard. Mutombo was in New York on a more personal cause — trying to interest a Houston oil executive in a $10 million deal [...]

January 16, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors A new movie starring NBA star Kevin Durant is set to begin filming, however with a new working title. Originally the plan was to call the movie “Switch” but instead the producers have changed the title to “Thunderstruck” to take advantage of the rising popularity of the OKC [...]

January 16, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The Dallas Mavericks have finally set the date for their pre-game ring ceremony. It’s always a special event for the players and fans to see the last years NBA World Champions receive their bling. The Mavericks raised their Championship Banner before the season opening game, but have been [...]

January 16, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Check out this rare footage of Michael Jordan blocking the crap out of Charles Barkley in the 1990 Eastern Conference Semi-finals. Unfortunately the block didn’t officially count, but it definitely should have been worth two on the stat sheet. I’m sure to this day MJ doesn’t let Chuck [...]

January 16, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors During the summer, Lamar Odom was in New York to attend a funeral and if you remember while he was there, he was in a car accident that claimed the life of the other party involved. Then when he was dealt to Dallas, it was too much for [...]

January 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors I think we’ve all had a brain fart from time to time. Especially when it comes to mathematics. But lucky for your average person, you probably aren’t on national television when it happens to you. The worst that happens is a couple of your boys have a good [...]

January 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The NBA lockout has had many ripple effects besides just the owners and players. Between the government’s cut on taxes and the arena employees who got put out of work during the lockout, it was near devastating to many. Here is a decent infographic we came across that [...]

January 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors There are many similarities between Dwight Howard and Shaq. They both played in Orlando. Both nicknamed “Superman.” Dwight is rumored to land in L.A. eventually and both get fouled intentionally because of their free throw shooting woes. When Howard was done, he had taken an astounding 39 free [...]

January 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors For about the past 3-4 years or so, the Hawks always seemed as if they were one player short from being elite. Now with the loss of Horford, they slide right back into mediocrity. Atlanta Hawks All-Star center Al Horford is expected to be out for at least [...]

January 12, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors ESPN Sport Science television series is like ‘mythbusters’ for sports fans. The show explores the science and engineering underlying athletic endeavors, but they always put a cool spin on things for entertainment purposes. Last week the show took a look at Kevin Love’s ability to rebound and box [...]