NBA

August 14, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious Danny Ferry finally made a bold move. Sure there have been other Cleveland Cavalier trades to surround King James with more role players and more defensive stoppers, but never something like this. Ever since the final days of Andre Miller in the Cavs old uniforms Cleveland has been struggling [...]

August 11, 2008 – Dr. J-Water Let’s be honest, aside from being able to play basketball all day, every day and having someone pay you for it (handsomely I might add), what is the next greatest thing about being an NBA Player? Money? Sure i’ll give you that one. In fact my colleague Dr. Dime [...]

August 7, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious When it was rumored last week that Shawn Kemp aka ‘The Reign Man’ was coming out of retirement to play professionally in Italy I almost wet my pants. Along with the other high fliers of the day; such as Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkens, Spud Webb, etc., growing up Shawn [...]

Basketball Criminology: Even some of the biggest stars in our sport can make mistakes that cost them; sometimes dearly NBA players (even the all-stars) are people too. They make mistakes just like everyone else does at some point in their lives. The key difference is their lives are under a microscope while constantly being prodded [...]

August 5, 2008 – Dr. J-Water This weekend I went out of town to a family reunion and fortunately for me and my basketball jones there was a hoop. Although the majority of the day the rim was set to a whopping 8 feet high so the 10 and unders could play with relative ease, [...]

July 30, 2008 – Dr. Dime Given my deep love for the game of basketball, I think that 90% of the players in the NBA are actually overpaid. Especially the ones that are in it for the money and not for the love of the game or for the thrill of the win. Every single [...]

Ex-NBA Referee Tim Donaghy gets sentenced today to 15 Months July 29th, 2008 – Dr. J-Water The Can. The Slammer. The House of Correction. The Brig. The Penitentiary. The Holding. The Prison. The Lock-down. The Cell. The Clink. The Cooler. The Tank. The Stockade. The Joint. The Pen. Hell it doesn’t really matter what you [...]

Kwame to Pistons, Ricky Buckets to Clippers, Krstic considering Russia, and Okafor/Smith still no solid offer July 28th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious After a fairly eventful day around here discussing the potential then ultimate close of the Renaldo Balkman to Denver trade, there were quite a few other interesting notes on the NBA free agent [...]

July 28th, 2008 – Dr. Dime We posted a link to the NewsDay article this morning in our Daily Dimes section that outlined a potential trade discussion getting serious between the New York Knicks and the Denver Nuggets for a swap of Renaldo Balkman for PG Taurean Green and SF Bobby Jones. Well one of [...]

WNBA Star and Member of Team USA | A Hoop Doctors Exclusive July 26th, 2008 – Dr. J-Water Just hours after posting a huge stat line (17 points, 9assists, 6 boards, 2 steals, 1 block) in a losing cause for the Indiana Fever against the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA, All-Star Tamika Catchings agreed to [...]