Game

In a situation that we don’t see occur very often for an indoor sport, the Pacers-Pelicans game in New Orleans was cancelled Wednesday night because of a rain delay of sorts. The Smoothie King Center roof was leaking and arena crew were unable to keep the floor dry for a few hours, which led to [...]

According to ESPN Reporter Marc Stein, the Phoenix Suns have announced that they will host a pair of regular season games in Mexico City in January. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/755469821924352000] This will be the second year in a row that the NBA is hosting a regular season game in Mexico City as the Sacramento Kings and the [...]

The Pelicans got off to a terrible start to the season, and injuries certainly didn’t help. But to their credit, they are only 4 games back of the final playoff spot in the East. However, there are 3 teams between them and that 8th spot. If they have any shot at reaching there, Anthony Davis [...]

August 21, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We all know that Kobe Bryant is beloved in China. In fact, you could argue that his appeal is larger there than in the States. He was there recently for the Shanghai Sprite Charity Game, where he went crazy. To the tune of 68 points in 15 minutes worth [...]

August 10, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim When you ask yourself  which national men’s basketball team has the best set of bigs, a few names come to mind. Spain, boasting the Gasol brothers, is considered (and rightfully so) to be the best example. Russia has a competent front line too, Turkey as well. Here’s a much [...]

May 31, 2012 – Allen Moll It’s not often, if ever that a baller from 8th grade gets his game compared to that of future NBA Hall of Famer and 5 time NBA Champion Kobe Bryant. After all, the “Black Mamba” is only known as arguably the 2nd best shooting guard in league history behind [...]

April 10, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Last week we let you know about a Lebanese player who scored an incredible 113 points in a single game. It was Mohammad El Akkari of Moutahed who scored the miraculous total in a Lebanese Division A League Final 8 game. At the time the news was breaking [...]

December 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors And this is why the refs are calling the games and not playing in them…. (During Thunder-Magic Game on Christmas Day 2011) [...]

December 15, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Former Western Kentucky University player Sergio Kerusch is a rookie for Aris Thessaloniki of Greece, and last Sunday they lost an exciting game against Olympiacos. But the most exciting part of the game was a dunk by Kerusch right before halftime on Kyle Hines head, to give his [...]

November 1, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors If you are multi-millionaire athlete Kevin Durant and you are sitting around bored on a Monday afternoon due to the NBA still being in lockout mode, what do you do? [...]