Rumors

October 24, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Sometimes we forget that even NBA Legends and Hall of Famers were once awkward high school kids trying to make their mark in hopes of getting the attention of the nation’s top college programs. We stumbled across this great shot of Zo at just 17 years of age, [...]

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October 21, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors After negotiating for roughly 35 hours in a 3-day span, the differences between both sides proved to be to powerful for the mediator to help with. Both sides are still apart on BRI and no future talks are scheduled. Three days and 30 hours’ worth of talks ended [...]

October 21, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It doesn’t appear as if Rose did anything wrong and in turn, wasn’t arrested. Chicago Bulls superstar Derrick Rose strolled out of an LAPD station at 3:00 AM today … after his BFF was arrested for DUI … and Derrick was a passenger in the car. Law enforcement [...]

October 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors I guess if he’s sick and can’t make it…he’s sick and can’t make it. But if both sides are reportedly getting close, couldn’t he just bring some DayQuil  with him to the meeting? [...]

October 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Sixteen hours on Tuesday, eight hours yesterday and they’ll be back at it today. Sounds like this time with the mediator is paying off. Who knew? Previously the owners had offered the players a range of BRI, between 49 and 51 percent, based on the level of revenues [...]

October 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Ever since Ron Artest officially changed his name to ‘Metta World Peace’ we have been waiting anxiously for the day we can see that name emblazoned on the back of his jersey. In the meantime if you need a good laugh, just check out this highlighted sentence from [...]

October 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors If there aren’t any games to be played, I guess we should commend the players for keeping the NBA’s brand relevant… While NBA commissioner David Stern and players’ union executive Billy Hunter meet with a federal mediator in hopes of saving the NBA season, the league’s top players [...]

October 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The World Series begins tonight as the Dallas-area based Texas Rangers take on the St. Louis Cardinals. Dirk Nowitzki was in line to throw out he first pitch but it doesn’t look like he will be afforded that opportunity any longer. The Texas Rangers nominated Dallas Mavericks star [...]

October 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors This was by far the longest labor meeting since the lockout began. And wouldn’t you know…some progress was made. How about that? And they also reconvened again at 10a today. NBA players and owners spent a marathon 16 hours meeting with a federal mediator and planned to return [...]