Rumors

November 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors NBA players and owners have reached a tentative deal to end the 2011 lockout. The owners got pretty much what they wanted while the players saw their share of revenue slashed from 57% to between 49% and 51%. Rather than address the problems that got the league into [...]

November 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors How great is this? We can now actually begin talking about basketball and player movement again. Free agency will begin December 9 but let the talks begin… “That would be fantastic,” Dalembert said in an interview Sunday night from Haiti with FOX Sports Florida about the possibility of [...]

November 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors LeBron, ‘Melo, CP3 and Wade were planning on holding a “Homecoming Tour” in the coming weeks. But with news of the new labor deal, they’ve made the wise decision to call it off. Ticketmaster on Sunday listed the LeBron James stop on the “Homecoming Tour” of lockout all-star [...]

November 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors When the Cavs made the decision to draft Duke’s Kyrie Irving first overall, we knew that Baron Davis’ days were numbered. That may happen sooner than we think. But all may not be lost for the Los Angeles native as he could be returning home. Could Baron Davis [...]

November 24, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors A basketball fan’s dream, right? (Image Source) [...]

November 23, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Lacks a bit of energy, but then again Durant could have been worse in this freestyle in a home studio with his boy Dave East. This is what players are resorting to during the Lockout to fill their time. Damn, I miss hoops. [...]

November 23, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports is reporting that their sources confirmed the NBA Owners and the Players have resumed negotiations yesterday and have continued today in an effort to save the season, in particular in time for the Christmas Day games which are a big revenue generator for [...]

November 23, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors President Obama (well, his handlers anyway) is staging a charity basketball game where proceeds with benefit the Obama Victory Fund. Retired and current NBA stars will participate. Magic Johnson has decided to participate Add Hall-of-Famer Magic Johnson, former NBA All-Star Steve Smith and current Boston Celtics standout Paul [...]

November 23, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors When the players were still deciding whether or not to accept the owners’ final offer, many thought that it should have been put to a vote amongst the 450 players. DeShawn Stevenson may have been one of them. In any event, he isn’t please with how Billy Hunter [...]

November 23, 2011 – Allen Moll Sometimes a failed dunk attempt can be every bit as entertaining or undeniably breathtaking as a successful flush. Take for instance, Shannon Brown of the Lakers, who nearly jumped over the Suns Jason Richardson in the ‘10 NBA Western Finals or the Wizards’ Javale McGee’s failed attempt at duplicating [...]