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As if this 12-21 campaign for the Suns couldn’t get any worse, now this. The team is reporting that Eric Bledsoe will be lost for the remainder of the season after undergoing successful surgery to repair a torn meniscus. First, there was the offseason drama with the Morris twins, then the team recently got rid [...]

For a bona fide championship contender, the Cleveland Cavaliers sure hold a lot of irregular team meetings. Irregular, of course, meaning specifically called confabs, not everyday powwows—such as the one Cavaliers coach David Blatt held before Cleveland’s Monday night win over the Phoenix Suns. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer‘s Chris Haynes: Before the Cleveland Cavaliers [...]

Goodbye, 2015. It’s been real, often fun. Sometimes even real fun. But it’s time we bid you adieu. Just not before we send you off with one last batch of NBA power rankings. The Association is niche-y as ever these days. The championship contender pool contains only Cleveland, Golden State and San Antonio, with Oklahoma [...]

John Wall is having the best December of just about any player in the NBA. His Wizards are 14-14, but he has 15 double-doubles so far on the season. He’s has truly played as one of the league’s best PGs so far this season. But, of course, that doesn’t always translate into all-star love. A [...]

Harrison Barnes is just about ready to play. But not quite. The Golden State Warriors combo forward has missed the last 13 games, including Monday night’s blowout win over the Sacramento Kings, as he tends to an ankle injury. Some speculated that he might return for the team’s Christmas Day square dance with the Cleveland [...]

Kevin Martin probably hasn’t played his last game for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Then again, he just may have. Martin registered his third straight “Did Not Play” in Monday night’s loss to the San Antonio Spurs, and although he’s healthy, he shouldn’t expect to see more playing time—or any playing time—in the future, per Jerry Zgoda [...]

Back in October, the NBA world got a quick chuckle when rumors broke of a physical altercation between Knicks coach Derek Fisher and Matt Barnes of the Grizzlies. The recently-separated Fisher was reportedly at the home of Barnes, seeing his estranged wife. When Barnes learned of this, it didn’t sit well with him and he [...]

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The Hoop Doctors want to wish you all a very safe and happy holiday season. Here’s hoping you were all good boys and girls so Santa will wipe out that Christmas list. We too will be visiting with family and friends, so we will be closed for business December 24-27, 2015. We will return to [...]