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The Sprite NBA Slam Dunk Contest is on February 14th, 2009 ballers! To celebrate, Sprite and The Hoop Doctors are joining forces to bring you this high flying Create-a-Caption Contest! The Top 3 captions will win a prize this time! 1st place will receive a Lebron James Poster + a Sprite logo basketball, and the [...]

January 21, 2009 – Dr. Browntorious I realize that what takes place in the following video is more of a side bump than a true ‘chest bump’, but it is hilarious none the less. I haven’t been able to pinpoint the exact game that this even takes place, however it hopefully is a lesson learned [...]

January 20, 2009 – Dr. Anklesnap Since 1991 there has been an NBA ban on courtside advertising of liquor brands. Why you ask? Hell, I guess for the same reason some states ban advertising of cigarettes and prescription drugs….whoever enacted the rule wanted to avoid the widespread unnecessary use of a product that can cause [...]

January 19, 2009 – Dr. Dime Russell Westbrook of the OKC Thunder was vying to be the 4th man selected by NBA fans to participate in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest at All-star Weekend. Well the voting is now over and word has it that Rudy Fernandez has been announced as the winner. I don’t [...]

Each week in 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 court as it does on! Why [...]

January 16, 2009 – Dr. Browntorious If you live in New York or surrounding area, and you love hoops, then you have gotta check out the 2009 SNY Invitational coming up soon. The 2009 SNY Invitational presented by Time Warner Cable will tip off January 23-24 at 6pm and showcase four of the top ranked [...]

January 16, 2009 – Dr. Browntorious You either love him or you hate him, but you cannot deny that every single game J.R. Smith of the Denver Nuggets gets fans on their feet to cheer. He’s got what I call the “ohhhhhh and awwwww” factor. He creates more looks of amazement on fans league wide [...]

January 15, 2009 – Dr. J-Water This morning I discussed Kobe Bryant’s “Big Balls” dance and I mentioned how Kobe should have waited until the final buzzer sounded and he knew they secured the win before displaying that level of cockiness. As you may or may not know, Roger Mason Jr. with less than 10 [...]

January 15, 2009 – Dr. J-Water For those of you that didn’t get a chance to watch the amazing finish to the LA Lakers at San Antonio Spurs last night, you missed a nail biter. The game had a playoff atmosphere and the stars came out to play, putting in some nice work at the [...]

January 14, 2009 – Dr. Anklesnap It’s certainly a sensitive time right now in the New York Knicks camp after the news story went viral on the web that one of their centers, Eddy Curry, has been accused of gay sexual harrassment by his personal chauffeur. But regardless of how the story unfolds through the [...]