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Hypothetical NBA trades that don’t come true are the worst—especially those that would have been awesome. Like this one. According to ESPN New York’s Ohm Youngmisuk, the Brooklyn Nets and Oklahoma City Thunder talked shop on a deal involving Brook Lopez: [tweet: https://twitter.com/NotoriousOHM/status/552312545793826817] Nets Daily confirmed the rumor, which at this point, will never come [...]

It’s very rare to see this from the Spurs, who are the defending champions. With exactly 8 seconds remaining in the game, the Spurs were leading by one and had ball possession. All they had to do was inbound the ball and make their free throws to seal the victory. However, things went terribly wrong [...]

Reggie Jackson is the player the Knicks almost had, even though they never really had him. Twitter was aflutter when the three-team deal between the Knicks, Cavaliers and Thunder began unfolding. Jackson was identified as the player the Knicks were taking back. But Twitter was wrong. The move was a salary dump; the Knicks gave [...]

Josh Smith’s removal from Detroit and arrival in Houston has made a world of difference for both teams. Unfortunately for Smith, it’s looking like his former teams are better without him. But is he really that bad for a team’s success? Also, should Melo shut it down, and is LeBron really planning a reunion with [...]

The Lakers are certainly one of the worst teams in the league right now, but sometimes they have been quite entertaining to watch not only because of Kobe Bryant, but also because of the Nick ‘Swaggy P’ Young. And on Monday night, Young gave us another highlight to brag about when he nailed a three-pointer [...]

News is breaking today that the Cleveland Cavaliers, NY Knicks, and OKC Thunder have reached an agreement in principle on a three team, multi-player trade that is only awaiting league approval this evening to be finalized. Yahoo! had the following report from a source on the involved players: The Cleveland Cavaliers have reached an agreement [...]

What a weird start of the season for rookies this year. It’s not often we see two potential rookie of the year candidates go down with season-ending injuries in the first half of the season. But that was the case with Julius Randle and Jabari Parker. In the case of Randle, he suffered a broken [...]

It’s been awhile since we last saw this from the Mamba. With less than 20 seconds left in the game, the 36-year-old Kobe Bryant delivered when it mattered most as he nailed a game-winning hook shot over Pacers defender Solomon Hill, and hence giving the Lakers a thrilling 88-87 victory over the Pacers. Please enable [...]

With the 2014-15 NBA and NCAA seasons nearing the halfway point, and the 2015 NBA Draft now less than 6 months away, it’s time once again to take a look at the top 1st Round prospects for the upcoming Draft. It’s becoming pretty clear that the top overall prize in the 2015 Draft is Duke [...]

Hello again. After a brief holiday respite, during which a crap ton of NBA-related things happened, The Hoop Doctors’ power rankings are back. We know it’s been tough, slogging through these last two weeks without the ability to incessantly check and read and cherish and tell your friends about updated power rankings. But the wait [...]