basketball

January 20, 2011 – Kevin Burke “You’d rather look good and lose than look bad and win.” Those epic words were spoken by Billy Hoyle to Sidney Deane once upon a time. Perhaps Billy wasn’t speaking just to Sidney, but rather an entire generation of basketball players to follow. While that may be a bit [...]

January 12, 2011 – Allen Moll With NCAA conference play already kicking off and as we turn the calendar to 2011, many of the college game’s best dunkers are starting to take their game to another level. Some of the NCAA’s best finishers from small schools and Division I’s top tier programs alike make my list [...]

January 12, 2011 – Kevin Burke Can you imagine the pressure on the son of the greatest man to ever touch a basketball? Can you even fathom the basketball scrutiny and critique with which he much endure daily? No matter what type of player he would turn out to be, he would forever be compared to [...]

January 10, 2011 – THD Rumor Patrol Just when you think things couldn’t get any worse for the Cleveland Cavaliers who are struggling big time right now having lost 19 of their last 20, one of the few bright spots on their roster goes down in practice with a severe ankle injury costing him the [...]

January 7, 2011 – THD Rumor Patrol Yao Ming went under the knife once again yesterday to repair a serious stress fracture in his left ankle. Ming is currently considering retirement following his rehab from this latest surgery, but hasn’t ruled out returning to an NBA court altogether yet. Yao only played limited minutes over [...]

January 6, 2011 – R.S. De France Can you really compare a future Hall of Fame power forward with a forgettable forward like Tyson Chandler?  Well, that’s exactly what Dirk Nowitzki recently did. On TNT last Thursday during the San Antonio Spurs v. Dallas Mavericks game, which the Spurs only won 99-93 despite the absence [...]

January 6, 2011 – Allen Moll Every basketball fan loves the slam dunk. Poster dunks, alley-oop dunks, dunk contest dunks, in-game dunks…everyone loves a good flush. This time of year seemingly everyone comes out with their best ‘dunks of the year’ highlight mix. Last December TheHoopDoctors.com introduced you to one of YouTube’s most prolific hoops [...]

January 5, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors [...]

January 5, 2011 – THD Rumor Patrol Yesterday, the internets were set a blaze with a video that went ultra viral (over 4M views in 2 days) of a homeless guy from Columbus, Ohio named Ted Williams that has the most awesome and yet shocking radio voice possible. The voice is not only perfect for [...]

January 5, 2011 – Allen Moll Maybe Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy is finally realizing that his man in the middle, Dwight Howard, is coming dangerously close to receiving a one game suspension for his alarmingly ascending total of technical fouls committed? Or maybe, just maybe, the NBA’s biggest drama queen when it comes [...]