Rumors

November 2, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors I’m the first to admit there will never be another Michael Jordan. But when you look at the league today, who do you think of when you consider potential to be able to dominate the game like Jordan did? I can only come up with one… [...]

November 2, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It’s always sad when a guy who was an every day starter in the league has to fight, scratch and claw his way back in. Antoine Walker comes to mind. And now Jamaal Tinsley, who is using the D-League as a way back to the NBA. Jamaal Tinsley [...]

November 1, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors A few months ago, Ben Wallace was charged with drunken driving and weapons possession. He has now apparently pleaded guilty to those charges. Wonder if his playing days are now in fact over. Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to two misdemeanor charges in Oakland [...]

November 1, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors During the lockout the reputation of both NBA players and NBA owners has taken a nose dive. The longer the lockout lasts the more damage that will be done to the marketability of basketball, particularly however the public perception and marketability of the NBA. And this isn’t just [...]

November 1, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Over the weekend, rumors started to swirl which implied that Derek Fisher secretly was fine with a 50/50 BRI split, just so that the NBA season could begin. As you know, currently the players are not willing to go lower than 52.5% and the owners aren’t willing to [...]

November 1, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors You would think that this far into the lockout, owners would be well aware of the gag order during a work stoppage that forbids any owner of talking about anything NBA related. Michael Jordan had to pay the price and so is Heat owner, Micky Arison (who probably [...]

October 31, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors If you haven’t heard of ‘Tebowing’ it is sort of like the new ‘planking’ but for NFL fans….and players. Specifically those that can’t stand Broncos QB Tim Tebow. It has become a viral sensation on sports blogs these days. Well Dwight Howard wanted to get in on the [...]

October 31, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors In the ‘least surprising news of the day,’ TMZ.com is reporting that Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from NBA Player Kris Humphries. That’s right folks, after only 72 days of wedded bliss the two are callin’ it quits. Who could possibly see that one coming? Well I [...]

October 31, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Last week, we told you that certain players backed out of the World All-Star Tour. Many thought that had to do with the fact that a new CBA deal was imminent. However, since talks broke down (surprise, surprise) late last week and games have been cancelled through November [...]

October 31, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Matt Barnes of the LA Lakers just announced last week that he split up with his fiancee and mother of his children Gloria Govan, who is one of the stars of the show ‘Basketball Wives’. It didn’t take long for the media to try and tie Barnes to [...]