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The Hoop Doctors last month celebrated our 5 year anniversary, and we are happy to report that our readership has once again grown substantially over the past NBA season. For that we have all of you reading the site to thank. We are very grateful for your time in visiting the site and reading our [...]

Over the last few years beards became cool again in the NBA. The surge in popularity of the NBA beard started with Baron Davis, but hit its peak with James Harden when he was a member of the Thunder. However, a case could be made that Dirk Nowitzki single-handedly ruined the NBA beard this season [...]

For all intents and purposes, I think it’s safe to say that the 2012-13 NBA season was a huge disappointment for prized big men Dwight Howard and Andrew Bynum after that blockbuster trade last summer that sent Howard to the Lakers and Bynum to Philadelphia. While Howard struggled to regain his form after back surgery, [...]

Dwight Howard and the Los Angeles Lakers have entered unchartered territory. Never before has Howard, an unrestricted free agent, had the option of choosing where he will play. Not like this. Even when he forced his way out of Orlando, he wasn’t sent to his first destination of choice (Brooklyn Nets). For the Lakers, they’re [...]

This one is a slam dunk. No pun intended. From the very beginning of the season, Portland’s Damian Lillard looked as if he belonged. You knew he had to be special since the Blazers took him in the lottery from a mid-major. And he has never disappointed. Although Portland missed the playoffs, they have a [...]

Steph Curry clearly plays with a lot of emotion. So after a close road loss where the Warriors mounted what appeared to be a comeback from an insurmountable deficit, tempers tend to flare. I’m not sure what the fan said to Curry when he walked by en route to the dressing room, but whatever it [...]

There are plenty of amazing athletes in the NBA, that is obvious. But there aren’t many of them who can go coast to coast on the court, while dribbling a ball through traffic, in as little as 4.3 seconds. It may have been for that reason alone, that the Clippers got caught sleeping on Grizzlies [...]

For most, the addition of Shaquille O’Neal to the TNT crew this year has been welcomed. There has been however a growing contingent that believe Shaq has actually conflicted a bit with the usual flow and chemistry of the Ernie, Charles, and Kenny combination. For at least tonight those folks may have been right. During [...]

It was announced today by GoldinAuctions.com that they are working with the Kobe Bryant family to auction off much of Kobe Bryant’s high school memorabilia in June 2013. The collection contains awards and gear from Kobe’s time in Italy as a child, his high school days at Lower Merion High in Pennsylvania, and even some [...]

The NBA’s coaching carousel continues and Detroit is front and center. The club fired Lawrence Frank last week and their search is well underway. Former Blazers coach Nate McMillan has been on the team’s radar ever since they let Frank go, and the two sides will meet today. McMillan has been widely regarded as the [...]