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Given his injury history in his brief career thus far, the Cavs are understandably cautious with bringing Kyrie Irving back into the fold. This is a championship or bust season, so rushing him back would be a huge mistake. They are likely to win the East, so they’d be wise to take their time. But [...]

Getting sneakers before their release date has always been something that footwear aficionados are after. But at what cost? As the story goes: two employees (Calvin Nelson & Audley Russell) of JFK Airport in New York City intercepted a box of the upcoming Nike KD8 as they made their way from Taiwan to Canada. Note [...]

As the Miami Heat were mounting a late comeback vs. the San Antonio Spurs, things looked bleak for the hometown team. So bad, that with the Heat down by 5 with 28 seconds left, fans decided to leave. Apparently, when they were outside American Airlines Arena, they caught wind of the Heat’s miraculous comeback and [...]

This should come a shock to no one. Indiana junior Victor Oladipo wowed the basketball community all year. The general consensus is that he has an NBA game and not many thought he would hang around in Indiana past this season. Today, that speculation became official, as he is declaring for the NBA draft. Oladipo [...]

June 8, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Did the Miami Heat not learn anything from the Dallas Mavericks loss in the 2006 NBA Finals? You don’t do something publicly that could give your opponent the motivation to overachieve. And specifically in the case of the 2006 Finals, you don’t start counting your chickens before they [...]