Rumors

August 30, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Here’s the gool ol’ Mark Cuban that we’ve come to know and love (or hate) over the years. He was so quiet during the playoffs that we almost forgot about him. He is silent no longer. “The playoffs run 57 days,” Cuban said. “For me, it was 56 [...]

August 30, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The Chinese Basketball Association made it very clear that they were not going to allow NBAers to come over and have an NBA-out clause built it. They want them there for an entire year. Wilson Chandler decided that was in the best interest of his financial future… Wilson [...]

August 30, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Just in case there wasn’t enough life changing events happening at once to NBA draftee Jimmer Fredette, he’s decided to get engaged. Jimmer announced yesterday on twitter that he popped the question to his girlfriend, and BYU Cheerleader, Whitney Wonnacott and she accepted. Photo of the engagement after [...]

August 30, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The fact that a mother of four was killed makes this a very serious story. Crittenton was wanted by Atlanta police for the past couple of days.  Either he didn’t care or wasn’t aware of that because he tried to board a plane last night at John Wayne [...]

August 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We don’t want to take any joy in Javaris Crittenton’s situation as it’s a lose-lose for everyone involved, but this Wanted Poster surfacing today is worth a look. Former Washington Wizards player Javaris is ‘Armed and Dangerous’ folks… [...]

August 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We’re now getting to the point in the calendar where if things don’t get resolved soon, we’re going to have to sacrifice certain things. League sources have pegged September 15th as the last possible date to reach a deal before Training Camps and Pre-season games are likely scrubbed. [...]

August 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors It’s official. The Knicks have brought someone on board to provide the much needed defensive mindset that Mike D’Antoni lacks. The Knicks have hired Mike Woodson as Mike D’Antoni’s defensive assistant and are expected to announce the move later today, according to a person familiar with the situation. [...]

August 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We’ve all been flooded with rants and opinions in the past few weeks about the latest College Athletics scandal surrounding the University of Miami. But leave it to Orlando Magic Coach Stan Van Gundy to call it like he sees it. And in many ways ‘call it like [...]

August 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors “Dancing with the Stars” certainly isn’t for everybody. Just ask Shawn Marion. But Ron Artest seems like a no-brainer… In the strange world of Lakers forward Ron Artest, there are always things surrounding him that have little to do with what’s happening on the basketball court.  This week [...]

August 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors There are far too many amazing dunks from Blake Griffin this season to whittle it down to just one. He pretty much ruined defenders lives this season, poster after poster. On this particular play the defender, Suns Marcin Gortat, got the elusive ‘charging’ call on Blake Griffin. But [...]