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May 12, 2011 – Kevin Burke Winning a Conference Semifinal series doesn’t earn you a championship ring. All it does is guarantee you a spot in the Conference Finals. But for LeBron James, I’m sure it feels like a bit more than that. Last night, the Miami Heat ousted the Boston Celtics from the playoffs [...]

In late game situations recently, LeBron hasn't come through for the Heat. Should Wade have the ball in his hands more in these scenarios? [...]

August 18, 2010 – Allen Moll One would think that when a player makes not one, but two of the most memorable shots in the NCAA Tournament, while helping to propel their squad to the Sweet 16, they would get at least an invite to an NBA training camp. But apparently that wasn’t the case [...]

April 29, 2009 – Dr. Browntorious Let’s be perfectly frank here, no one was expecting this first round series between the Boston Celtics and the Chicago Bulls to be this damn close, nor were they expecting it to be this damn entertaining. I don’t recall the last time a series has been so close, so [...]

March 12, 2009 – Dr. J-Water Quentin Richardson pulled out his ‘three point gunner’ hand signal twice last night in the Knicks-Pistons overtime clash. The second time they ruled his shot only a two-point field goal because he had his foot over the line. But it doesn’t change the fact. The fact is that Q-Rich [...]

March 10, 2009 – Dr. Browntorious Did Dwyane Wade in one clutch three point shot last night overtake Lebron James in the MVP race? I can’t answer that without getting my head taken off around here at The Hoop Doctors, but surely he made a statement to that effect. For those of you that didn’t [...]

I am getting so sick of NBA players doing the "Big Balls Dance" which presumably started with Sam Cassell years ago to show the other team that he had the balls to take the big shots in crunch time. [...]

January 3, 2009 – Dr. Anklesnap If you play for the Oklahoma City Thunder it must be hard to go to work day in and day out and know you most likely will lose. Then again you look around the locker room and see your big three of Russell Westbrook, Jeff Green, and Kevin Durant [...]

June 18th, 2008 – Dr. J-Water Coming in to this game most of the discussions I heard regarding the game were about Kobe Bryant. Will he be able to extend the series for the Lakers? Will a win or loss affect his legacy in the NBA? Will Kobe be a passer, or will Kobe be [...]

June 16th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious Well it wasn’t pretty now was it? But a win is still a win, and the season is still alive for the Lakers. Unfortunately for Lakers fans all of those questions regarding Kobe Bryant’s offensive performance thus far in this series have still not been answered. He did improve [...]