Fouls

Hopefully Steve Kerr has his checkbook handy. His comments following the Golden State Warriors’ 115-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 of the NBA Finals are going to cost him. Kerr was not shy about criticizing the referees for how they officiated Stephen Curry. The two-time MVP fouled out with the game already [...]

The NBA has had enough of Hack-a-Shaq. No, seriously, it has. Talk of change has been prevalent for a while, but nothing was done over this past offseason to address the tactic that entails teams intentionally fouling poor free-throw shooters. But it looks like something will be done this summer. As commissioner Adam Silver said, [...]

April 23, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors DeAndre Jordan and the rest of the LA Clippers are fed up with Blake Griffin being a punching bag on his way to the rim. They get it, many teams have a defensive strategy against Griffin to foul him hard enough on his way to the rim, that [...]

March 8, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Minnesota Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations David Kahn yesterday told the media that the Wolves have sent a video compilation of rough or what they believe to be dirty fouls on their new golden boy Ricky Rubio. [...]

Butler and Pitt played one of the most exciting games of the first weekend of the NCAA tournament, but don't blame the refs for the outcome... [...]

November 19th, 2008 – Dr. J-Water This may sound a little off the wall here, but I basically think that NBA Referees need to use the same principles in disciplining NBA players as they would if they were disciplining kids for misbehaving. Don’t get me wrong here, i’m in no way implying that NBA players [...]