high school

Alonzo Mourning presented Bradley Beal with this year's Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year award and The Hoop Docs had the chance to catch up with Zo right after the presentation... [...]

April 5th, 2011 – Allen Moll For those of you that missed the 2011 McDonald’s All American Powerade Jamfest, which features the very best high school ballplayers competing in the Skills Competition, 3 Point Shoot-Out, and the annual Slam Dunk Contest, we are here to get you up to speed. Last year’s entertaining dunk contest was [...]

March 31, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors On many occasions we have highlighted one of the Top High School recruits in the nation, Austin Rivers, who has committed to attending Duke next season. Under the tuteledge of Coach K, he’s sure to develop into one of the top scorers in the college ranks and definitely [...]

March 24, 2011 – Allen Moll Every year, the fine folks at McDonald’s select 24 of the very best boys and girls high school players to participate in the annual McDonald’s All American Game. It’s high school basketball’s version of an all star game with the participants almost certainly destined for big things on the [...]

February 15, 2011 – Allen Moll It’s about that time of year again when the very best high school players in the 2011 graduating class are on display in this year’s version of the McDonalds All American Game, and as usual TheHoopDoctors.com has you covered.  While the game itself, which is being played in Chicago [...]

January 13, 2011 – Allen Moll Do you long for some great throwback NBA and NCAA footage of superstars of the past featuring some of the game’s best players? Do you miss watching games in which the jump shot was an art form and not an afterthought? Longing to see some of the hardwood’s greatest [...]

January 11, 2011 – Allen Moll Win or lose, buzzer beaters are arguably the most entertaining of any type of shot in the game of basketball. After all, how many games come down to the final ticks of the game clock, with a player attempting a last gasp, final toss towards the rim and who [...]

January 7, 2011 – Allen Moll If current Duke Blue Devils Mason and Miles Plumlee decide to remain on campus past this season, they will form quite a potent front-court trio when the youngest, and arguably the most talented Plumlee brother named Marshall, will join his older brethren as one of Coach K’s fabulous freshmen, joining [...]

January 6, 2011 – Allen Moll Every basketball fan loves the slam dunk. Poster dunks, alley-oop dunks, dunk contest dunks, in-game dunks…everyone loves a good flush. This time of year seemingly everyone comes out with their best ‘dunks of the year’ highlight mix. Last December TheHoopDoctors.com introduced you to one of YouTube’s most prolific hoops [...]

January 4, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Since the 2006 rule prohibiting players from going straight from high school to the NBA was instituted, it has been constantly debated and scrutinized. For those of you who do not support the rule, here are some of the success stories of players that made the jump and [...]