Extension

May 13, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors After being eliminated by Miami just a few days ago, all signs pointed to Doc Rivers returning as Celtics coach. Well, that was just made official. Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge was making his way to a makeshift podium for his end-of-season news conference when [...]

April 20, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Each week, The Hoop Doctors will poke a little fun through cartooning at the latest discussions at the proverbial ‘water-cooler’ regarding the NBA and its characters. We hope you get a couple of laughs along the way, and if you are thinking about writing us hate mail [...]

August 31, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol “Now that the Denver Nuggets have their management team in place, they’re developing a strategy to keep All-Star Carmelo Anthony(notes) in powder blue and gold. At his introductory news conference Tuesday, Masai Ujiri, the team’s new vice president of basketball operations, said he’s been in contact with Anthony [...]

August 28, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol “Jamal Crawford has told the Hawks he wants to be traded before the 2010-11 season if the team doesn’t offer a contract extension to his liking, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. Crawford, whose current contract expires after the season, asked the Hawks for an [...]