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According to former Cleveland State Coach and current Indiana Pacers Scout Ken Mackey, who recruited former NBA player and folk legend 7’7″ Manute Bol, Bol’s age was never really known and he could have easily been playing in the NBA in his 40s and 50s. Bol of course was a 7’7″ NBA center that played [...]

There is no question that at this point of the season, the Phoenix Suns have one mission: securing as many ping pong balls as possible. Losers of nine of their last 10 and having already shut down Eric Bledsoe, Tyson Chandler and Brandon Knight for the season (Knight may be for other reasons) the Suns [...]

Today’s is the most special day of the year (big assumption) for one of the newest members of the Orlando Magic, Bismack Biyombo, it is his birthday. The five-year veteran turns 24 today, but some of his former Raptor teammates believe the product from the Republic of the Congo may be a little older than [...]

Tim Duncan made the decision to retire on Monday after the best 19 year run with one team in the history of the NBA. He did it in a very private and subdued Tim Duncan way of course without the frills or attention. It will be very bizarre to see the Spurs take the floor [...]

According to a report Thursday morning many NBA teams have taken Thon Maker off of their draft board entirely due to fears that he may actually be older than 19. [tweet https://twitter.com/JakeLFischer/status/745966263525122050] Thon Maker is a native of the Sudan in Africa and moved to Australia as a refugee from the Civil War in his [...]

November 1, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors After we showed love to young cats like KJ Farfan, Jaylin Fleming, Allonzo Trier, Dakota Simms etc., you may be surprised at how many emails we get from parents wanting their son or daughter to get a feature. We love and respect the game enough to take the [...]

April 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Each week, The Hoop Doctors will poke a little fun through cartooning at the latest discussions at the proverbial ‘water-cooler’ regarding the NBA and its characters. We hope you get a couple of laughs along the way, and if you are thinking about writing us hate mail [...]

March 2, 2009 – Dr. J-Water Shaquille O’Neal’s post-game comments after yesterday’s win against the Los Angeles Lakers reminded me of the opening lyrics to LL Cool J’s most well known song “Mama Said Knock You Out”. For those of you who don’t follow hip-hop music all that closely, i’m referring to the opening line [...]

September 2, 2008 – Dr. J-Water We all know Lebron James was being scouted from a pretty young age. By the time Lebron got to the NBA we probably all felt like we knew his skills and what he brought to the game fairly well. Although it may have been a shock how fast Lebron [...]