Gold Medal

When broached about the subject on Saturday, LeBron James said his decision on whether he will return to the U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball Team at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will largely depend on whether Spurs Head Coach and coaching legend Gregg Popovich takes over as head coach. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/823176524547375109] LeBron has won two gold [...]

DeAndre Jordan shared a pretty interesting opinion while being interviewed by the media in Rio on Wednesday. He said that in his view, winning a an Olympic gold medal is a bigger accomplishment than winning an NBA championship ring. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/765924634701271040] When you take a step back and analyze the statement at a base level [...]

Damian Lillard is flying under the radar so far in his young career. Much to his chagrin. He’s none to pleased about constantly being overlooked for all-star games and being left out of the “best PG” conversation. But in his defense, he’s sixth in scoring so it’s hard to argue against him. Today, Lillard was [...]

September 18, 2012 – Ben Berry Despite the fact that Team USA brought home the gold medal at this past Olympic Games in London over a month ago, Nike Basketball decided to continue the celebration by releasing the ‘Gold Medal Pack’ later on this month. The set will feature the current signature sneakers of Kevin [...]

August 13, 2012 – Ben Berry Team USA brought home the gold against Team Spain just yesterday in what was a close game from start to finish. While there were already plenty of Team USA-inspired sneakers on display during the game like the ‘Olympic’ Jordan Super.Fly and ‘USA’ Lunar Hyperdunk 2012; leave it to Jordan [...]

June 6, 2012 – Ben Berry Thanks to the internet, information about upcoming sneakers are easier to get your hands on. There are pictures of the ‘Gold Medal’ Jordan VII on MarqueeSole but those are the GS (grade school) pair which features slightly different tooling like a different neoprene bootie that doesn’t feature the “zig [...]

January 31, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Following the Lakers game in Minnesota against the Timberwolves this week, Ricky Rubio made his way to the Lakers exit from the arena to chat it up with his countryman Pau Gasol. The ensuing trash talking about the Olympics between Kobe Bryant and rookie Ricky Rubio was entertaining… [...]

August 5, 2008 – Dr. J-Water This weekend I went out of town to a family reunion and fortunately for me and my basketball jones there was a hoop. Although the majority of the day the rim was set to a whopping 8 feet high so the 10 and unders could play with relative ease, [...]

WNBA Star and Member of Team USA | A Hoop Doctors Exclusive July 26th, 2008 – Dr. J-Water Just hours after posting a huge stat line (17 points, 9assists, 6 boards, 2 steals, 1 block) in a losing cause for the Indiana Fever against the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA, All-Star Tamika Catchings agreed to [...]

July 11th, 2008 – Dr. J-Water The Games of the XXIX Olympiad begin on August 8th, 2008. For Team USA men’s basketball program it is the beginning of a chance for redemption. Some folks have even called this version of Team USA the “Redeem Team.” After an embarrassing 6th place finish in the 2002 World [...]