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You could argue performance enhancers don’t necessarily help basketball players because of the finesse required to play. But what about for injuries? PEDs are allegedly also used to increase recovery time for athletes. When he was going through his various injuries several years ago, Tracy McGrady considered turning to PEDs. He didn’t but it crossed [...]

Heading into the 2012-2013 season, the Chicago Bulls had some rather obvious injury concerns. Star point guard Derrick Rose had blown out his knee the previous spring and was not expected back that season, while center Joakim Noah was recovering from an ankle injury from the previous season’s playoffs. This season, injury concerns remain at [...]

I’m not sure a stranger story could’ve possibly surfaced. Bill Russell, the man for whom the NBA Finals MVP trophy is named after, was arrested earlier in the week for having a loaded gun on him in a Seattle airport. The gun is legal, but why was Russell walking around with this in the first [...]

If this doesn’t get you excited for the start of the NBA season, nothing will. LeBron James and Kevin Garnett have engaged in a war of word of sorts. The other day, LeBron James gave his opinion on the backlash Ray Allen received for leaving Boston, only to have Doc Rivers, Garnett and Paul Pierce [...]

Three years later, John Wall is ecstatic to be a member of the Washington Wizards. Actually, he’s always been elated at the prospect of playing for the Wizards and city of Washington, hence the five-year, $80-million extension he inked over the summer. But this year is different; this team is different. One of the NBA’s [...]

Derrick Rose is more explosive. Come get some. Following the Chicago Bulls’ preseason victory over the Detroit Pistons, during which he scored 22 points in 22 minutes, Rose was pretty forthcoming about how confident he is in himself and his team. First he reiterated that he’s more explosive than he was before the injury, according [...]

Well we are almost back, folks! The 2013-14 NBA Season is almost upon us. Training camps have come and gone, preseason is almost through, and the usual ESPN rankings and predictions have had the web buzzing the last few days about the new season. The Hoop Doctors original video series is back after a well [...]

Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Not to make light of the situation,  because it’s very unfortunate. Greg Oden had to skip Miami’s most recent practice because he was experiencing swelling in his knee. Maybe this is nothing, or maybe this is something. Who knows at this point. But this is why he’s only [...]

As one Adam Fromal would say: Hahahahaha. An ESPN system called SCHOENE predicted the New York Knicks to finish 37-45 this season, per the New York Post‘s Marc Berman, which is hysterical. The Knicks went 54-28 last year, meaning they’d have to be 17 games worse in 2013-14. Again, hysterical. Carmelo Anthony wasn’t laughing, though. [...]

Mike D’Antoni has jokes. There wasn’t much to laugh about for the Los Angeles Lakers last season and after losing Dwight Howard to the Houston Rockets, that’s sort of true today. Then, you know, there’s the whole Kobe Bryant still being injured thing. Reasons to smile aren’t exactly banging Los Angeles’ door down. Still, Magic [...]