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Don’t be fooled by Dirk Nowitzki’s two-year, $50 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks. He may not have that much basketball left in him. From Stephen Hunt of Today’s Fastbreak: “I always said I wanted to kind of take it year-by-year. Signing a two-year deal doesn’t mean I necessarily have to play those two years. [...]

After a very long and frustrating off-season for mercurial and brash New York product Lance Stephenson, the long wait is finally over as Stephenson has signed a one-year deal to join the New Orleans Pelicans. [tweet https://twitter.com/TodaysFastbreak/status/776075036981592064] Lance had to feel like the one rookie who would be left in the green room for hours [...]

Sound the Chris Bosh update alarm. A source told the Miami Herald‘s Barry Jackson that there’s a strong chance Bosh gets cleared for an imminent return to the Miami Heat: There is growing optimism about Chris Bosh being cleared by the Heat to resume his career while remaining on blood thinners, according to a union [...]

North Carolina High School Senior Leah Church has had a pretty incredible couple of weeks. First she fulfilled her life long dream by committing to play Division 1 College Basketball next year with the NC State Wolfpack, then she broke the World Record for made three pointers in a minute by hitting an incredible 32 [...]

Now that the Olympics are over and we return to the early days of fall for the association with little to keep NBA fans occupied until October, I thought it was time for The Hoop Doctors annual Top 25 Under 25 NBA rankings. There are many things taken into consideration for these Under 25 NBA [...]

Dwight Howard, who was recently in China on tour, did not feel well during his flight back to Atlanta on Sunday. He had to be hospitalized upon his return and was apparently suffering from dehydration. [tweet https://twitter.com/ZachKleinWSB/status/775176208627691520] According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution he was released from the hospital early this morning. Howard was in China [...]

37-year-old Elton Brand is returning for another season, re-signing with the 76ers. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/773615652594671616] Brand played four somewhat injury riddled and disappointing seasons for the 76ers in his fist stint with the team, averaging 12 points and seven rebounds in 263 games after signing a five-year, $80 million contract as a free agent in 2008. [...]

Last season, Aaron Gordon and Zach LaVine gave us one of the most memorable dunk contests in NBA history. They were creative. Electrifying. Refreshing. It’s only right they get together this coming February, in 2017, and match up with one another again. But that might not happen, because Gordon isn’t sure if he’ll participate in [...]

If the Lakers are going to begin to put the pieces together, they’ll need their young core to be on the court together as much as possible. The Kobe era is over, so it all begins now. A key ingredient to what they’re trying to do in L.A. is Julius Randle. After missing his rookie [...]

Chris Bosh is still focused on returning to the Miami Heat. The All-Star forward has missed the end of the last two seasons with blood clot issues. His future in the NBA, and with the Heat, has since been in doubt. But despite all the existing skepticism, Bosh remains committed to getting back on the [...]