Rumors

October 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It seems like we post something like this every year. Hopefully this will be the last time and big man we be able to stay healthy. The Portland Trailblazers’ former No. 1 pick Greg Oden posted Thursday on his personal Twitter account that he ran for the first [...]

October 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors You certainly like to hear young players have confidence, but let’s take it easy. He could’ve picked another great player, but he decided to go with MJ himself. Perhaps he’s getting caught up in the fact that his first name is Jordan? Not to mention the fact that [...]

October 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Yesterday’s labor meeting actually provided some legitimate progress.  Both the players and owners sounded very optimistic following the meeting. “It’s moved to a very good place,” one source briefed on Thursday’s 7½-hour bargaining session told Yahoo! Sports. “There’s a strong expectation [within the negotiations] that hands will shake [...]

October 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Dwight Howard this week announced on his twitter account that he’s going to host an exhibition game of his own at the University of Central Florida on November 13th. But this one will be special for fans of the Orlando Magic. Dwight’s game will be a Magic All-star [...]

October 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Looks like the lockout is starting to take its toll on the players. Even highly paid superstars like Amare Stoudemire of the New York Knicks are needing to look for alternative means of making cash. Amare is turning to Foot Locker for a job, and they apparently tape [...]

October 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors When all is said and done and their respective careers come to a close, the duo of Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire in Phoenix will go down in basketball history as one of the greatest one-two punches of all-time. They were no Stockton and Malone mind you, but [...]

October 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Perhaps they have a feeling that the lockout will be lifted soon? Organizers say Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Dwyane Wade are expected to headline an exhibition basketball game in Puerto Rico on Sunday. According to a press release, the World All-Star Classic also will feature Amare Stoudemire, [...]

October 27, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Yesterday, both sides met for 15 hours in New York. Now, we’ve seen this movie before. The length of these meeting is by no way any indication of progress. But both sides seemed optimistic when the meeting broke at roughly 3am. They will be back at it this [...]

October 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The President of the United States last night appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Given the fact that the POTUS is a known basketball junkie, Leno had to ask him his thoughts on the lockout. Aside from voicing his concern that the lockout would cause the [...]

October 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Yesterday when we featured the Kenneth Faried block on Enes Kanter as our play of the game from the Kentucky Alum’s ‘Big Blue All-stars’ vs. the ‘Villains’, we neglected to mention Rajon Rondo had a litany of highlight reel worthy plays in the same game. Everytime I see [...]