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Dwyane Wade’s departure from Miami still feels unreal. He had always dubbed himself a “Heat Lifer,” but this can be an unpredictable business. He did not feel as if the team wanted him back nearly as much as they should. Perhaps Pat Riley took for granted that Wade wouldn’t bolt, but boy was he wrong. [...]

Carmelo Anthony said some things to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein that people will crucify him for. Let’s start there: “Most athletes don’t have an opportunity to say that they won a gold medal, better yet three gold medals,” Anthony said. “I would be very happy walking away from the game knowing that I’ve given the game [...]

As part of a long-form piece on Sports Illustrated that was published Tuesday morning and written by Sports Illustrated writer Lee Jenkins, the man who broke LeBron’s return to Cleveland in 2014, King James let it be known his desire for immortality. During a Nike summer camp for high school athletes in which LeBron is [...]

Though the Minnesota Timberwolves and their fans didn’t need any additional reasons to love and worship Karl-Anthony Towns, last year’s No. 1 overall pick just gave them one. Per Jon Krawczynski of the Associated Press: [tweet https://twitter.com/APkrawczynski/status/758343405860597761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Come talk to us in a half-decade or so KAT, after the Timberwolves organization has, presumably, broken your [...]

4, that is the number of games left in the legendary career of Kobe Bryant. Kobe has been a mainstay and possibly the most divisive player in the NBA almost since his arrival in 1996. You either love him or hate him. These last few seasons haven’t been the “riding off into the sunset” that [...]

It was great to see Tracy McGrady in an NBA uniform once again for the Spurs during the playoffs. Granted, his name was only called in garbage time, it was still refreshing to see him out there. For someone as great as he was, you hate to see him have to go to China go [...]

August 27, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Which NBA player has made the most money over the course of their career in NBA history? You may be surprised by the results… **Note that the figures don’t include endorsements or bonuses. This is just pure salary figures from the players’ careers. Click to enlarge. [...]

May 23, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors They say a picture says a thousand words? But for Michael Jordan it takes 20,000…. The Hoop Doctors recently stumbled across this artist’s digital image of Michael Jordan completely re-done using Typeface. In 20,000 words related to Michael Jordan and his career the artist known as ‘PhreshSoldier’ designed [...]

December 28, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Amateurs who closely border the line of professionalism with their NBA highlight mixtapes on YouTube are all the rage these days, not only on YouTube but also in the basketball blogosphere. In fact we have our own resident YouTube sensation at The Hoop Doctors with the addition of [...]

November 10, 2010 – Joshua Sexton As a lifelong basketball fan, there have been many times I have been asked the question: what records will never be broken? There are a few obvious answers when this question arises: the 95-96 Bulls going 72-10, Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 point game, and the Lakers’ 33 game winning streak. [...]