NBA

August 19, 2010 – THD Podcast This week on THD Podcast Kevin Burke breaks down more summer transactions, and gives some predictions for this season… If you often find yourself too busy to watch The Hoop Doctors Podcasts, get them on the go for your iPhone or iPod! Subscribe to our Podcasts in the iTunes [...]

August 18, 2010 – Kevin Burke David Stern is the consummate business man. He is constantly trying to improve his product and make the NBA more appealing. He is to be commended for that. But are all of the ideas for improvement necessary? Last week, Stern and the NBA announced that the Toronto Raptors and [...]

August 18, 2010 – Allen Moll One would think that when a player makes not one, but two of the most memorable shots in the NCAA Tournament, while helping to propel their squad to the Sweet 16, they would get at least an invite to an NBA training camp. But apparently that wasn’t the case [...]

August 16, 2010 – Allen Moll With the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame recently inducting former Chicago Bulls great Scottie Pippen into their hallowed halls of greatness, what better time to give one of the NBA’s Top 50 Players of All Time his very own multi-part, weekly Player Rewind Series. Scottie was the antithesis of [...]

August 13, 2010 – Kevin Burke Are athletes guys who are overpaid for simply just playing a game? Absolutely, but it’s all relative. However, sometimes they do things that show you that they care and are interested in what’s going on. Yesterday, many players were in attendance to take in the negotiation session between the [...]

August 12, 2010 – Kevin Burke Being consistent with the theme of the summer of 2010, some more wheeling and dealing went down yesterday in the NBA. However, this wasn’ t via free agency. A four-team, five player trade took place, highlighted by Trevor Ariza and Darren Collison. The four teams involved were Houston, Indiana, New [...]

August 12, 2010 – Allen Moll After proving all of the Blue Devils’ nay-sayers(and Duke haters) wrong last season, by winning their 4th National Title in school history, Nolan Smith and his Duke teammates were thought to possibly take a step back  this upcoming season, after losing a number of players to graduation like John Scheyer, [...]

Jeff Van Gundy thinks the Heat are going to roll this year. Why do we care what he thinks? Is he right though? [...]

August 10, 2010 – Kevin Burke It’s inarguable that the Miami Heat have assembled a pretty impressive team this summer. Once they were able to retain Dwyane Wade, and convince Chris Bosh and LeBron James to come to Florida, I still thought that they had their work cut out for them. Well, I for one [...]

August 9, 2010 – The Hoop Doctors The Hoop Doctors had a chance a couple weeks ago to sit down with Minnesota Timberwolves rising star Kevin Love and chat about the upcoming NBA season. Love weighs in on the Wolves summer acquisitions, teammate Al Jefferson leaving town, Lebron’s decision, and the passing of a coaching [...]