Nets

December 2, 2010 – Kevin Burke New York City is the Mecca of basketball. I didn’t make that up. It’s a fact. Actually, the entire Northeast corridor has a very heavy basketball influence. That would include New Jersey as well. When you roll all of that up, sprinkle in the NBA, you have the Knicks and [...]

November 11, 2010 – Dr. J-Water Look, I like announcers getting passionate and excited about the games they are calling as much as the next guy. But did this announcer take it a bit too far when he was calling the Cleveland Cavaliers/New Jersey Nets game last night? After a huge poster dunk by Cavaliers [...]

October 8, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Well if you can’t beat ’em…..outdrink ’em? Last year the Nets had plenty to drink about with one of the worst NBA records in recent memory. If that happens again this year new Russian owner of the Nets, Mikhail Prokhorov, is making sure errybody gettin’ tipsy…. Already with [...]

September 28, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol A four-way deal that would have sent Carmelo Anthony to New Jersey is “dead,” a person with knowledge of the discussions said Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the trade. Anthony took the court [...]

September 10, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The New Jersey Nets signed veteran free agent forward Joe Smith to a one-year contract and hired Milton Lee as director of basketball operations on Friday. Smith received the veteran minimum of $1,352,131, the team said. The first pick overall in the 1995 draft, Smith is joining his [...]

September 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The Hoop Docs loved Sean May’s college game. The guy played with passion and focus. It’s hard to watch as his NBA career falls apart due to injury and poor physical condition. The New Jersey Nets have waived forward Sean May. Nets general manager Billy King said Tuesday [...]

August 20, 2010 – Dr. Dime International basketball has long been known to be a bit more physical than the NBA. Well that physicality turned into an out and out melee in an exhibition game this week between Greece and Serbia in preparation for the upcoming World Championships in Turkey (August 28). NBA big man [...]

February 23, 2009 – Dr. Dime Devin Harris has a flair for the dramatic. The video below will be only the second video of Harris we have featured on The Hoop Doctors, yet it will most likely be replayed as often if not more than the first. The first was this summer’s UK Streetballer Stuart [...]

September 23, 2008 – Dr. J-Water What’s up everybody, you good? Sorry I haven’t written in a bit, but i’ve been off on a bit of a vacation, but hopefully the other Docs around here treated you right with some good NBA dish! Did you guys peep those ‘Hypermax’ kicks we featured this week in [...]