2010

July 20, 2010 – Kevin Burke By now you’ve probably heard the reports circulating around the humid New York air that disgraced former New York Knicks General Manager, Isiah Thomas, is being considered again by the club for the very same role. The very same role that he was fired from. The very same role [...]

July 20, 2010 – THD Podcast This week on THD Podcast, Kevin Burke recounts some of the events he attended at the ESPY’s and the Gatorade AOY Luncheon. Of course Kevin covers all the latest transactions in NBA Free Agency… If you often find yourself too busy to watch The Hoop Doctors Podcasts, get them [...]

July 16, 2010 – Dr. J-Water Today in the Orlando Sentinel I read something that shocked me to my core as a basketball fan. Especially as one that loved hoops in the 80’s and 90’s. Anfernee ‘Penny’ Hardaway has announced publicly (with a serious face) that he would like to come out of retirement and [...]

July 14, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap Word on the street is that Kobe Bryant has set up a meeting with his former rival Raja Bell to try and persuade the veteran guard to join the LA Lakers for next season. Even though Derek Fisher has just resigned with the Lakers, Kobe realizes that the Lakers [...]

July 14, 2010 – Dr. Browntorious Since Kenyon Martin and Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen are both expected to miss the start of the 2010-11 NBA season due to recovery from offseason knee surgeries, the Denver Nuggets were working hard to land a quality big man in free agency. It appears they have gotten their man. ESPN [...]

July 14, 2010 – Allen Moll With barely a week passing since players can officially sign deals with new clubs and with many of the Top 10 players chosing to re-sign with their original teams, some would argue that this highly touted Summer of Free Agency has been a dud, with the exception of Lebron [...]

July 9, 2010 – Dr. Dime The New York Knicks and all of their many fans in the Big Apple were holding their breath last night hoping Lebron would utter the words “I’m going to NY”. Instead, after all the moves to clear cap space to make room for ‘The King’, Lebron is headed to [...]

July 9, 2010 – Allen Moll With this year’s NBA Summer Leagues in Orlando and Las Vegas kicking of this week, it’s time to start to focus on some of the game’s best rising young stars for the ‘10-’11 season, like this year’s outstanding rookie class. Last year’s crop of NBA newcomers were exceptionally good [...]

July 8, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap There has been a lot of talk the last few days about Shaquille O’Neal in contract discussions with the Atlanta Hawks. Althought that seems like a pretty juicy destination for the big fella, NBA Fanhouse today announced they have a source with information that Shaq’s number one choice is [...]

April 3, 2009 – Dr. Browntorious The entire basketball loving world by now is aware of the New York Knicks plans to clear as much cap space as they can before the 2010 free agency period. Why? Lebron ‘King’ James. He’s a beast, and the Knicks want him. The city of New York wants him. [...]