Meeting

Perennially unhappy big man Hassan Whiteside has gained some clarity on his role and future with the Miami Heat. Again. For what seems like the jillionth time. Speaking with reporters on a conference call in support of the NBA’s game in Africa, Whiteside said that he met with both head coach Erik Spoelstra and team [...]

Kawhi Leonard and San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich have officially met. What that means for their future together, though, remains unclear. After requesting a trade through the media, apparently without notifying the Spurs, Leonard met with Pop in San Diego on Tuesday, according to Yahoo Sports’ Shams Charania: The meeting between the two [...]

After meeting with Portland Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen during the middle of this past season, Damian Lillard wants to—well, he wants to do it again. From The Oregonian‘s John Canzano: Lillard is a nice player. A superb offensive player. And he’s carried a Blazers roster that is marginal outside of guard CJ McCollum. But if [...]

Kawhi Leonard is back! Sort of. Well, not really. With rumors of discord between Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs organization continuing to swirl, the two time Defensive Player of the Year has returned to the city after spending most of his time rehabbing in New York, according to ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes. Leonard just doesn’t, [...]

LeBron James and Kyrie Irving are cool! Only not in the way you think. And only maybe. Here’s what ESPN’s Tony Rizzo said while making an appearance on The Really Big Show (h/t King James Gospel’s Jackson Flickinger): From very reliable sources. Plural. Kyrie and LeBron were in the same room over the weekend in Florida…Apparently these guys were [...]

What was that about Markelle Fultz, the NBA’s consensus No. 1 pick, only meeting with the Boston Celtics? Though it was initially expected the point guard would only break bread with the owners of the no. 1 pick, it turns out he will be meeting with the Los Angeles Lakers, proprietors of the second overall [...]

Why yes, Carmelo Anthony and Phil Jackson are still making headlines. Anthony got his long-awaited meeting with the New York Knicks president on Tuesday, and the returns weren’t great. ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne has the deets: [tweet https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/821445802979532801] [tweet https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/821452476360470528] [tweet https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/821452583776624640] [tweet https://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/821461837522685953] The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski confirmed Shelburne’s findings, though he painted a more [...]

Sooner or later, the Sixers need to decide to start winning. Otherwise, incoming rookies will avoid them like the plague. Or, like Kristaps Porzingis reportedly did. Kristaps Porzingis went fourth overall to the Knicks, but the Sixers were interested in the big man at number 3. But the problem is that the team never met [...]

April 26, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors [Source: SI Vault] [...]

March 29, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Remember just over a month ago when an ESPN employee was fired for writing an insensitive racial remark in a Knicks headline? Well the headline was ‘chink in the armor’ and the employee was Anthony Federico. Although the headline only lasted less than an hour before getting yanked [...]