D-League

There have been some memorable inbound passes and flubs over the history of basketball, the classic “Havlicek steals the ball!” of the 1960s, Larry Bird picking off Isaiah Thomas’s pass to literally and figuratively steal a victory over the Pistons in Game 5 of the 1987 eastern conference finals, and Grant Hill’s three-quarter court lob [...]

The NBA Developmental League has gone through a number of makeovers and iterations since its inception in the 2001-02 season. It was originally known as the NBDL and for years now has been known as and referred to as the D-League. The D-League had a nice ring to it and was an accurate descriptor, a [...]

Former 1st Team All-American and star point guard at Louisville, Russ Smith made some history in the NBA Developmental League Thursday. Smith, now a member of the Delaware 87ers scored a record 65 points in Thursday’s game against the Canton Charge. [tweet https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/712832097577263105] Believe it or not, Smith dropped 65 in a losing effort as [...]

Some guys are just born to hoop and Baron Davis is one of them. The last time we saw him on an NBA court, he suffered an ugly knee injury with the Knicks during a nationally televised game. But B-Diddy is back. He has officially signed with the Delaware 87ers of the D-League. Some may [...]

The Santa Cruz Warriors (Golden State’s D-League affiliate) held open tryouts recently. Whenever a team has open tryouts, it brings in just about any and everyone, still holding on to their hoop dreams. It even brought out a 76-year old who wanted to cross something off of his “bucket list.” Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel [...]

March 19, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors There have been rumors swirling around for a while now that Antoine Walker is broke. Well, that doesn’t appear to be a rumor any longer since we know that he’s in the D-League. What other reason would a former premiere NBA player have  to be in the D-League [...]

March 2, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Under the new collective bargaining agreement, teams can send veteran players down to the D-League so that they can get straightened out. Hopefully this doesn’t signal the beginning of the end of Odom’s playing career. The Dallas Mavericks hope to have Lamar Odom back in uniform in a matter [...]

April 13, 2011 – Allen Moll I personally think it was a travesty that former NCAA All American 1st Teamer Scottie Reynolds wasn’t selected in last year’s NBA Draft. The Villanova standout became the first All American ever to not get drafted. Maybe it was his perceived lack of athleticism or lack of overwhelming size [...]

December 7, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap Late last week we told you that Antoine Walker was being sued by some random dude for stealing his fiancée. And I think we all are well aware of Walker’s financial troubles stemming from gambling addiction since retiring from the NBA in 2008. So what does a retired NBA [...]

August 25, 2010 – Dr. Browntorious Reports are surfacing that J.R. Smith of the Denver Nuggets had to deal with a police inquiry on August 13th after a Nuggets practice in Denver at their practice facility. Apparently the Nuggets Coaching Staff asked an invited D-League player to ‘play physical with Smith on defense’ which went [...]