Defending Champions

May 8, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors With the end of the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs in sight, the OKC Thunder are at home waiting for their next opponent. The Thunder not only had the large task of playing the defending champions in the opening round, but they won the series in [...]

December 14, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Here are your new look Dallas Mavericks as things stand during this week’s “Media Day”. It’s amazing what just one off-season can do to even the defending champs. That’s the interesting thing about the ‘business side’ of the NBA, the saying “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” [...]

September 8, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Well Team USA probably just let out a small sigh of relief as their road to a World Championship just got a bit easier. Serbia is no slouch but no one left in the tournament will be sad to see the defending World Champions, Spain, get booted from [...]