Moses Malone

The 76ers will be honoring late Hall of Famer Moses Malone during their matchup against the Denver Nuggets on February 8th. Not only will Moses Malone’s jersey be retired during a special halftime ceremony, but a statue will also be unveiled on the “76ers Legends Walk.” All fans in attendance at the 76ers-Nuggets game will [...]

Stephen Curry update: Stephen Curry is still really good. Really, really good. So good that he’s used the Golden State Warriors’ first eight games as his own personal plaything—a stage on which he has humiliated defenses, torched twine, made twenty-point quarters a regularity and, above all else, put the NBA’s early season MVP race in [...]

NBA legend and trailblazer of the game, Moses Malone passed away early Sunday morning at the age of 60. It is truly a sad day for basketball fans and historians around the world as the basketball world lost one of the best players to ever grace the hardwood regardless of era. “The Chairman of the [...]

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 [...]

In game 4 of the NBA Finals, James, 33 points, and Wade, 32 points, were in rare form. The Heat crawled back from a 2-3 deficit to win the 2013 Finals. In game 7, James came thru with 37 points and 12 rebounds, Wade 23 points and 10 rebounds. Miami’s made 3 straight Finals and [...]

August 5, 2011 – R.S. De France The Hoop Doctors continue looking back at the greatest centers in NBA history, decade by decade, with the 1980’s: ABOUT STATISTICS NOTES Drafted: 1971 (ABA) NBA Debut: 1977 season In 1980’s: Games 557 Points 11,148 20.0 ppg Rebounds 4,181 7.5 rpg Blocks 326 0.58 bpg 1972 All-Star Game [...]

March 10, 2011 – THD Rumor Patrol In the second quarter of last night’s dominant victory for the Timberwolves over the Pacers, the Wolves faithful finally had something to cheer about this season. Their star forward Kevin Love, hit a free throw to make it 10 points and 10 rebounds in the game at that [...]

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 [...]

November 13, 2010 – Dr. Browntorious No that title is not a typo. For the first time in 28 years since Moses Malone did it in 1982, an NBA player has put up a massive 30+ points and 30+ rebounds in one single game. In fact, until Kevin Love went off for 31 points and [...]