Rumors

November 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The fact that any chance of having a season seems very slim means that we may see more and more big name NBA stars heading overseas to make some money this season before its too late. The agent for Kevin Durant confirmed an overseas media report Thursday that [...]

November 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Unfortunately, it takes sad situations such as this for us put things in perspective. And here we are agonizing over the NBA lockout. Our thoughts are with the victims’ families. Oklahoma State women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant Miranda Serna have died in a plane crash along [...]

November 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors I’m not an owner of a club but I’d like to think that allowing Shaq in, regardless of if his attire adheres to your code, so that he can tweet about where he is does more for business than sticking to your guns and not allowing him in. [...]

November 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Big ups to the Windy Citizen for this image of a letter Duke Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski wrote in 1980 to Michael Jordan after trying to recruit him to play for Duke. [...]

November 17, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Remember a few years ago when the Knicks traded for Cuttino Mobley (as part of Donnie Walsh’s plan to make room for LeBron), but he never ended playing a game for the Knicks, before retiring amid the new discovery of a rare heart condition he had? Well, Mobley [...]

November 16, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Shaquille O’Neal was interviewed by Robin Roberts of Good Morning America today on his new book “Shaq Uncut”. He opens up to her about his beef with Kobe Bryant, his past relationships, the book, and his desire to one day be called ‘Dr. O’Neal’… [...]

November 16, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Apparently the lack of NBA basketball being played has some of the players heading for the New York City night clubs mid-week instead. A number of NFL and NBA stars were partying at a Chelsea nightclub when all hell broke loose. A gunman opened fire in the Juliet [...]

November 16, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors On Monday when the union rejected the NBA’s recent offer, many thought that it was just a bluff in order to force the owners’ hands. But, it looks like they are following through with it. NBA players sued the league alleging antitrust violations Tuesday, in part using commissioner [...]

November 16, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Well, this isn’t much of a surprise really. We know that whenever a CBA is signed, the soonest games can begin is 30 days thereafter. So if you want to keep count yourself, just look at the calendar each day and know that games are cancelled at least [...]

November 16, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The stage couldn’t have been set any better. Coach K was tied with Bobby Knight at 902 for most wins ever in men’s college basketball. Coach K played for Bobby Knight at Army and ultimately became his coaching mentor. Last night, Knight was in attendance to witness the [...]