basketball

October 18, 2010 – Allen Moll In a stroke of bad luck, Purdue’s senior leader Robbie Hummel has sustained another ACL tear to his surgically repaired right knee, forcing him to miss his entire senior year with the Boilermakers. The news comes on only the first day of official practice, with the Boilermakers predicted as [...]

October 15, 2010 – Kevin Burke There’s nothing better than a good basketball movie. When they’re done correctly, it can be a work of art. Being a good actor is one thing, but being able to pull off natural-looking, believable basketball moves on the silver screen is another thing. For the most part, these are accomplished in [...]

October 15, 2010 – Allen Moll Who could forget the image of the legendary Michael Jordan sobbing uncontrollably on the locker room floor during post-game celebrations after hoisting the NBA Championship trophy for the first of 6 times, in earning the organization’s first ever World Title? Surely that image is etched in all of our [...]

October 15, 2010 – Allen Moll If you think it’s a typo, you are mistaken. Rising Class of 2013 power/small forward Aaron Gordon is one of the most athletic players in the sophomore class. If you recognize the last name, Aaron is the younger brother of former UCLA stand-out Drew Gordon, who recently transfered to [...]

October 15, 2010 – Coach Godwin Each episode of The Hoop Doctors “Skool for Ballers” we will bring you tips, analysis, or drills on various aspects of the game to help guide your training to be the best damn baller you can be! Don’t forget, being a GREAT baller takes as much work off the [...]

October 14, 2010 – Allen Moll It must be tough nowadays finding new and innovative ways to put out a trick shot video. I mean, not everyone can channel Dude Perfect and sink a basketball off the 3rd level of a football stadium or have the precise skill of David Kalb bouncing a ball off [...]

October 14, 2010 – Kevin Burke In order for basketball teams to maximize their full potential, everyone must play their role. Two important cogs, of course, are the Point Guard and the Center. Watching the Point and a Center work a pick and roll is a thing of beauty. There have been some very good PG/C tandems [...]

October 05, 2010 – Kevin Burke If some guys could still have it their way, they would skip that thing they call college and take their talents straight to the NBA right out of high school. Unfortunately for them, they don’t have it their way. Sometimes, going to college , or even staying in school too [...]

October 4, 2010 – Allen Moll Now that the Summer off-season for college basketball is just about over and freshman recruits are arriving on campus, it’s about that time to start to get into NCAA basketball. Just like every year, the 2010-2011 season is filled with more questions than answers. Will the return of Kyle [...]

October 1, 2010 – Allen Moll In 2006, the NBA thought that they had figured out how to attempt to keep young players in the collegiate ranks a few more seasons before allowing them to come to play in the professional ranks. In a collective bargaining agreement, the practice of drafting high school players became [...]