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Recovery time for torn ACLs used to be a full year, no questions asked. But since athletes are built differently now versus a few decades ago, that process is expedited. The Bulls may have the services of Derrick Rose soon, who has returned to practice and is dunking again. “It’s just great to see him out [...]

The plot continues to thicken for the Memphis Grizzlies. As soon as it became known that the Grizzlies were willing to deal star forward Rudy Gay in favor of some salary cap relief, all proverbial hell broke loose in Memphis. First, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reported that the Grizzlies and Phoenix Suns were attempting [...]

This video has surfaced on TMZ.com showing the altercation between Knicks Carmelo Anthony and Celtics Kevin Garnett in front of the Celtics team bus after the game this week between the Knicks and Celtics. Melo and Garnett both got double technicals during the preceding game after Garnett went a bit too far in his trash [...]

Congrats to Steve Nash who recorded his 10,000th career assist last night. There are only 5 players in the history of the NBA that have reached that lofty number, and Nash is quickly approaching Magic Johnson for 4th on the all-time list. Coincidentally, while now playing for Magic’s LA Lakers: [...]

Reports started circulating on twitter last night that the owners of the Sacramento Kings have sold the franchise to Seattle investor Chris Hansen. There have been rumors for the better part of a year that the Maloof’s might sell the organization and/or move them to another city. There have been many locations discussed, including Virginia [...]

Kenyon Martin and the New York Knicks continue to dance around and toward each other. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the Knicks are once again considering signing the veteran power forward: As Rasheed Wallace’s foot injury lingers, the New York Knicks are showing a renewed interest in free-agent forward Kenyon Martin, league sources [...]

As you recall, Derrick Rose tore his ACL on the first day of the playoffs last year. But don’t forget about Iman Shumpert either. The Knicks rookie also tore his ACL the same day, a few hours after rose. Well, Shump is near a return and should help the Knicks with some perimeter defense. Let’s [...]

The NBA can be a very unpredictable League, where it’s tough to take any team too lightly. We saw that last night as the NBA-worst 4-28 Washington Wizards hosted and defeated the NBA-best 26-7 Oklahoma City Thunder, and I represented The Hoop Doctors at the Verizon Center in D.C. to cover the game. Now, it’s [...]

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The NBA’s Development League kicked off its showcase week with a couple of match-ups earlier Monday. One of those games involved the Erie BayHawks. 37 year old NBA veteran Mike James had been one of the BayHawks’ bright spots in last year’s showcase when he received a call-up from the Chicago Bulls. This year, it [...]