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Saying that 6th Man of the Year, JR Smith, has been struggling with his shooting is a massive understatement. Smith is only 11-52 from the field in this series, and that doesn’t even count the two brutal shooting performances he put up in the final couple games of the Knicks-Celtics first round series. But Knicks’ [...]

The New Orleans Pelicans’ (yes, that’s what they are called now that the season has ended) guard Eric Gordon has had a rough go ever since being traded for Chris Paul. He hasn’t been healthy enough for long enough to truly make an impact. But if he is ever able to stay healthy, New Orleans [...]

David Lee will plans to play again this season. After tearing his right hip flexor in the first NBA playoff game of his career, the Golden State Warriors’ All-Star intends to return to the floor before the postseason is over once again. Lee already “returned” for Golden State’s first-round series-clinching Game 6 victory over the [...]

Flip Saunders has been in his new job as President of Basketball Operations with the Minnesota Timberwolves for about a week now. On Thursday he began to put his stamp on the franchise when he shuffled the front office and fired five scouts. “He fired five scouts — international scouting director/player personnel Pete Philo, regional [...]

Why are people crying foul that the Bulls’ Noah and Gibson were ejected in Game 2 vs. Heat? Fixed?! Kevin Burke thinks not. Also, are we finally realizing Russell Westbrook’s true value…now that he’s injured. Let’s discuss those and much more…. If you often find yourself too busy to watch The Hoop Doctors Podcasts, get them [...]

Now that we are knee deep in the second round of the 2013 NBA Playoffs, we thought it was a good time to look back at the amazing highlights from the first round match-ups. We hope we got the key highlights down, but let us know if we missed one of your favorite plays or [...]

Pau Gasol missed a bunch of games for the Lakers this year due to plantar fasciitis in his foot. But when he was on the court, he struggled to find minutes in D’Antoni’s offense. Needless to say, he wasn’t a good year for Paul. Not to mention the fact that trade rumors were swirling about [...]

This morning Russell Westbrook held a press conference to talk about his injury. He has been hounded by reporters since he went down and required season ending surgery. Apparently holding a presser was easier than getting one offed with by dozens of individual interview requests. Westy talks about everything from how he’s coping with watching [...]

Yesterday, Denver’s George Karl was named NBA Coach of the Year as he led a very good Nuggets team to the third best record in the Western Conference. Despite not having a prototypical “go-to-man” in terms of offense, what they do works. And you don’t always need that go-to scorer as evidence by the 2003-04 [...]

Talk about court vision. Talk about being able to drop a bounce pass on a dime, right on point. Then add the degree of difficulty it takes to throw that perfect pass in traffic from behind your back. Lebron James is a magician. Even Magic Johnson and Steve Nash would be in awe on this [...]