Kobe

The Lakers lost yesterday to the Spurs, but the story became Kobe’s tweets and Mike D’Antoni calling him a fan for it. But if we are to get back to the court for a second, the Lakers need to be concerned with Steve Nash. Nash has had to deal with injuries this year and they [...]

In case you haven’t noticed, Kobe Bryant has no filter these days. Absolutely none. He says whatever to whoever and worries about the consequences later. He’s not afraid to call out teammates, whether they’re current or former. He just simply doesn’t care to say what’s on his mind. One of those things on his mind [...]

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 [...]

July 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors There’s been a lot of talk of late about the 1992 Dream Team vs. the 2012 Olympic team. Kevin Burke addresses this and more… [...]

May 24, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors It’s tough to argue with some of these names but it’s certainly new to see some of them on these lists. Judging by these, the NBA has a bright future. The Miami Heat’s LeBron James, the 2011-12 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player and winner of three of the [...]

April 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors As great as he is, it has always been amazing that Kobe Bryant only has one MVP. In fact, the year he won, he barely edged out Chris Paul. He has been the best player in the league most of his career but always gets overlooked. Not sure [...]

Kobe has barely shown any signs of slowing down... [...]

January 7, 2012 – Ben Berry ” Now on their 11th straight year of honoring the Chinese New Year, Nike takes four of their biggest basketball models and gives them the Zodiac treatment. Nike Air Force One – ‘Year of the Dragon’ The Air Force One was made back in 1982, so 2012 marks the [...]

Will Shaq continue to get a pass based on what he's written in his new book? [...]

September 26, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Buckets magazine just announced that their next issue set for release on November 2nd, will be a ‘Yearbook’ edition covering everything under the sun related to basketball culture. We wanted give a heads up to the readers of TheHoopDoctors.com before the pre-order sells out. There will be spotlights [...]