Jermaine O’Neal

On the heels of another delusional tirade by banned Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the Clippers lost 104-98 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. How? How does the team with the best floor leader (Chris Paul), the best coach (Doc Rivers), and best frontcourt (Griffin/Jordan) lose a playoff series? In the critical game 5, the Clippers blew [...]

There are no tomorrows for Jermaine O’Neal. Nearly two decades into his NBA career, the 35-year-old O’Neal, playing in his first season with the Golden State Warriors, creates no illusions: This could be it. “This could be it,” O’Neal told Diamond Leung of the Bay Area News Group. “So this is my last chance to [...]

Earlier this season, there was speculation that the Heat might dump Chris Bosh this off-season and replace him with a more affordable power forward. Bosh’s poor playoff performance might be more than enough to punch his ticket out of town. And franchise favorite, the awesome, yet injured D-Wade on his way out, too? I guess [...]

August 3, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap According to multiple sources, including the following from David Aldridge of TNT and NBA.com, it looks like the Boston Celtics and veteran Shaquille O’Neal are very close to agreeing on a contract for next season. The Boston Celtics were “close” on Tuesday, according to a league source, to signing [...]

January 23, 2009 – Dr. Dime From Lebron’s dunk on the Atlanta Hawks, to Wade’s dunk on the Phoenix Suns, to Bosh’s dunk on Big Baby Davis, there have been some amazing dunks this year that need replaying, over and over and over. But with those just mentioned and more that The Hoop Doctors have [...]

January 17, 2009 – Dr. Anklesnap After reading this Yahoo article this morning covering the recent comments by Pat Riley and the Miami Heat about their interest in the Toronto Raptors Center Jermaine O’Neal I was in a state of shock. The Heat is considering sending the versatile Shawn Marion for J.O.? What is Pat [...]

December 15, 2008 – Dr. Dime Heading into yesterday’s game against the New Orleans Hornets the Toronto Raptors have started to play some good ‘heady’ basketball again. The ball movement has started to improve, the defense has tightened, Jamario Moon has started to once again show the energetic play that defined his rookie year with [...]

November 24, 2008 – Dr. J-Water We are always taking a bit of flak from our Canadian contingent that say we don’t give the Toronto Raptors enough burn on The Hoop Doctors. Well even though the Raptors got embarrassed yesterday by the big three of the Boston Celtics (who could be seen joking around and [...]

October 29, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious The Toronto Raptors fans have been anxiously waiting to see how Jermaine O’Neal would look with his new team. Would he be healthy? Would he be the same Jermaine O’Neal that helped carry the Indiana Pacers to the best record in the entire NBA a few years ago? Will [...]

August 20, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious Yesterday I read a great Sports Illustrated post by Ian Thomsen on Jermaine O’Neal and his summer rehab efforts in Las Vegas. If you are even remotely a J.O. or Raptors fan, you definitely have to check it out as it will get you more than just a little [...]