Rumors

April 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Hey Kobe, we know you like calls to go your way. Who doesn’t? But c’mon man, while you are complaining, Chris Paul is schoolin’ your aZZ. Veterans should know to keep their head in the game, especially during the playoffs. P.S. – What’s with the pigeon toes? [...]

April 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The top seeded San Antonio Spurs are an old, beat up team. They also have their hands full with the Memphis Grizzlies. Memphis has a 2 – 1 series lead on San Antonio and have been able to do so by taking advantage of the Spurs inside with [...]

April 25, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Chicago Bulls fans almost had the shock of their life over the weekend when Derrick Rose injured his ankle in Game 4 of their first round series against the Pacers. Although hurt, Rose would finish the game, but his ankle was bad enough where he was in a [...]

April 23, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Did you hear about Chris Bosh getting married to his fiancee a week before the playoffs? No, neither did we. Did you even know Chris Bosh had a fiancee? No, neither did we. But that doesn’t necessarily make it untrue. Chris Bosh wanting to keep it quiet apparently [...]

April 23, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors New York Knicks big man Amare Stoudemire is saying today that his back spasms are getting even worse and he may not be able to play in Game 4 against the Boston Celtics. The Celtics are up 3-0 in the series and Game 4 could be the series [...]

April 23, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Today the NBA announced the one game suspension (Game 4) for both Zaza Pachulia of the Atlanta Hawks and Jason Richardson of the Orlando Magic. Pachulia and J-Rich were both involved in an altercation in the closing minutes of Game 3 (video after the jump). The league’s disciplinarian, [...]

April 22, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Shaquille O’Neal will miss his third game of the opening round matchup between the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks tonight. His calf injury is showing improvement but he’s still not where he needs to be to get back on the floor. Although it seems like the [...]

April 21, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Last summer, the day after Al Jefferson was traded to Utah from Minnesota, The Hoop Doctors spoke to Kevin Love and asked him if he thought his role would be expanded due to Jefferson’s departure. “I hope so” he told us.  Well, after recording an NBA record 53 [...]

April 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors With Chauney Billups out with a bad left knee and Amar’e Stoudemire playing limited minutes due to back spasms, Carmelo Anthony poured in 42 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in Tuesday night’s Game 2 defeat for the Knicks at the hands of the Celtics. The outcome may have [...]

April 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The top seeded Bulls have had their hands full against the eight seed Pacers. Granted, the Bulls are up 2-0 but many thought it would be easier than it has been. In Game 2, Indiana PG, Darren Collison hurt his ankle after stepping on a courtside cameraman. Who [...]