Coach

Carmelo Anthony has no intention of letting Phil Jackson become a part-time head coach of the New York Knicks. Whatever that means. Here’s what the Knicks’ top dog said of the recent rumor that Phil Jackson would consider coaching the boys in orange and blue during home games next season, brought to us by Marc [...]

Carmelo Anthony is a realist. How do we know this? We defer to this tweet from Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News: Carmelo has never asked Phil Jackson if he's going to coach this team: "Phil's not coming down." — Stefan Bondy (@SbondyNBA) February 24, 2016 You mean to tell me that Melo, [...]

Prior to the start of the season, Steph Curry sarcastically apologized for the Warriors’ health. He grew tired of people almost giving them a hard time for remaining healthy on their quest for a title. And a few weeks ago, LeBron said the Warriors were the healthiest team he has ever seen. That can certainly [...]

Adam Morrison will forever be remembered as another Michael Jordan draft pick that just didn’t work. Add him to the ever growing list. Jordan took him 3rd in the draft a few years ago out of Gonzaga, but he never even approached what he was supposed to be. After bouncing around the league and ending [...]

The Dallas Mavericks have been eliminated from playoff contention for the first time in more than a decade. So in theory, the only thing they’re playing for is pride. Last night Dallas’ O.J. Mayo had a crack at his former team, the Memphis Grizzlies. But according to Dallas head coach Rick Carlisle, O.J. didn’t put [...]

While they were together in New York, it was widely rumored that Carmelo Anthony and Mike D’Antoni didn’t see eye to eye. In fact, it’s rumored that ‘Melo more or less forced D’Antoni to resign. Whatever truly happened, we’ll never know. But what we do know is that Mike is now in L.A. and Melo [...]

June 4, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The Wizards are in a rebuilding mode and will be in one next year as well. So I guess it doesn’t make sense to spend a ton of cash on a big name coach for that reason. Besides, the Wiz won their last 6 under Wittman so I [...]

May 8, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Typically, the greater the player you were, the less likely you are get a head coaching gig in the NBA. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was screaming about that for years, and Patrick Ewing has been very patiently waiting his turn. He’s been the assistant coach in Orlando for years and [...]

May 2, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors With the addition of Monta Ellis, the Bucks backcourt should be exciting once he and Brandon Jennings have had a chance to gel. Scott Skiles will see to it. Skiles confirmed Tuesday that he would return for his fifth season as coach with the franchise. And it was [...]

Even Alvin Gentry has an opinion on Tim Tebow... [...]