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June 21, 2011 – Joshua Sexton After the NBA Draft finishes up later this week, basketball fans will have very little round ball to follow this summer, aside from the labor negotiations. [...]

June 15, 2011 – Allen Moll While his older cousin Allen Iverson, the former NBA MVP and 4 time scoring champion, is contemplating yet another return to the NBA after dominating the opposition for a half season in Turkey, the nearly 20 years younger Kuran Iverson is tearing up the hardwood as a top flight [...]

June 9, 2011 – Allen Moll As the collegiate game continues to be a one-and-done type affair, nothing means more to a program than recruiting. More than X’s and O’s, a school’s head coach better be able to recruit top notch high school talent or be left wondering why their squad didn’t make the final [...]

June 08, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Much like your first love, a young boy’s first sports hero always holds a special place in his heart. Last week, my first sports hero hung up his size 20 sneakers, after 19 seasons in the NBA. If the posters on my wall and extensive basketball card collection weren’t [...]

May 31, 2011 – Allen Moll Now that we are roughly within a few weeks of the actual 2011 NBA Draft and all the early entry candidates have either declared or decided to remain in college for another season and the official Lottery draft order is intact, things are starting to come into focus leading [...]

May 20, 2011 – THD Podcast This week on THD Podcast Kevin Burke discusses his take on the playoffs thus far… If you often find yourself too busy to watch The Hoop Doctors Podcasts, get them on the go for your iPhone or iPod! Subscribe to our Podcasts in the iTunes Directory, free of charge. [...]

May 18, 2011 – Allen Moll In what is becoming the norm in recent times, Louisiana State University is the latest to honor one of their legendary players on the hardwood by reportedly constructing a life-sized bronze statue of future NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal. Surprisingly, until recently the current Celtics’ big man has [...]

The period of uncertainty is done. College underclassmen had until May 8 to decide whether or not to go back to school. Here's the final list of who's in the draft... [...]

May 06, 2011 – Joshua Sexton On Tuesday night, the Miami Heat took a 2-0 advantage in their best of seven, semifinal series with the Boston Celtics. On the Western Conference side of the bracket, the Thunder were able to even their series with the Memphis Grizzlies at one game a piece, after losing Game [...]

May 4, 2011 – Ben Berry Jose Juan Barea goes up for a layup in the Converse Poor Man Pro Team Low. In the Air Max Fly By, Shawn Marion defends a cutting Kobe Bryant in the Zoom Kobe VI “Del Sol”. Lamar Odom shoots in the Nike Hyperdunk 2011 while defended by Jason Terry [...]