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After months of discussion about if and when 2016 No. 1 NBA Draft pick and potential future phenom Ben Simmons would debut in his rookie season, it appears we finally got our answer Friday and it is not the ideal one from a fan perspective. Ben Simmons will be out for the remainder of the [...]

You know what the Denver Nuggets’ bottom-eight offense could really use? A healthy Gary Harris. Too bad the Nuggets won’t be getting a healthy Harris for around four weeks, per The Denver Post‘s Christopher Dempsey: [tweet https://twitter.com/chrisadempsey/status/798615857731485696] Harris already missed time this season with a partially torn groin muscle. His shooting percentages and scoring averages [...]

Ben Simmons has undergone successful surgery to repair an acute Jones fracture in his right foot. No timetable has been given for his return to the court. Simmons suffered the injury when he landed on another player’s foot during a September 30th scrimmage. The 76ers’ said that his recovery timetable would be “provided as available [...]

At the beginning of the year, it was somewhat of a surprise when Rasheed Wallace was signed by the Knicks. Even though he was only out of the NBA for a year, you got the sense that he’d enjoy his retirement. But his return to the court with the Knicks was short-lived.  He battled injuries [...]

For the majority of the NBA season the teams in the Western Conference that garnered the majority of the talk were the Lakers, Clippers, Thunder, Spurs and Grizzlies of the world. Many believed that one of those teams that represent the West in the NBA Finals. But how about the Nuggets? If you’ve had the [...]

September 19, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors If you aren’t making Grantland.com a regular read on your blog rotation, you should be. Check out this clip from a recent grantland video podcast where Jalen Rose cops to breaking the unwritten rule amongst players of not sticking your foot out under a jump shooter to try [...]

September 28, 2011 – Allen Moll What we all speculated during last year’s NCAA Tournament, that Duke’s fab freshman PG Kyrie Irving wasn’t playing at 100%, was apparently true. Per a story at the Cleveland Plains Dealer, doctors have told Irving that his injured right foot won’t be completely healed for another 3 months. Would [...]

September 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The Hoop Docs loved Sean May’s college game. The guy played with passion and focus. It’s hard to watch as his NBA career falls apart due to injury and poor physical condition. The New Jersey Nets have waived forward Sean May. Nets general manager Billy King said Tuesday [...]

July 29, 2010 – Kevin Burke Remember Yao Ming? It seems like forever since we’ve seem him healthy and contributing on the court for the Houston Rockets, rather than posing as an oversized cheerleader on the sidelines. May 8, 2009 to be exact. That was when he suffered a hairline fracture to his left foot during a second-round [...]