Offense

Shots fired! Okay, well, not really. More like: Immense respect for the Boston Celtics and offensive architect Brad Stevens fired! Although the Cleveland Cavaliers have been in control of the Eastern Conference Finals from the jump, their head coach, Tyronn Lue, believes the Celtics offense is harder for his team to plan around than that of [...]

Steph Curry, by his own standards, had a bad outing in the Golden State Warriors’ Thursday night loss to the Chicago Bulls, going for 23 points on 10-of-27 shooting, including a 2-of-11 clip from downtown. He is now 4-of-31 from deep over the last three games, through which the Warriors are 1-2. If you think [...]

Disappointed that the Orlando Magic rank 26th in offensive efficiency? So are the Orlando Magic. In the face of these offensive woes, the team hopes to land a scorer in a midseason trade, according to the Orlando Sentinel‘s Josh Robbins: The Orlando Magic will sift through the trade market in an effort to add a [...]

Steve Clifford knows the Charlotte Hornets have their work cut out for them on offense. Last season, his troops finished ninth in points scored per 100 possessions, according to Basketball-Reference, surprising just about everyone. But Clifford isn’t expecting a repeat of that points-piling success, per the Charlotte Observer‘s Rick Bonnell: “We probably don’t have as [...]

If the Knicks don't improve on defense, is this it for D'Antoni? [...]

December 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Ron Artest last season was the Lakers hero in Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics. He was the old Ron Artest on defense and was the old 20+ ppg Artest on offense. So what happened over the summer? This season Ron Artest has barely [...]

September 29, 2008 – Dr. J-Water Why not? Why the hell not? Pretty much every prediction for the 2009 season that i’ve read to date has the Denver Nuggets being the odd man out of the sure to be tight playoff race in the Western Conference. This is understandable, as they did just barely squeak [...]

September 3, 2008 You obviously love Hoops or you wouldn’t be reading this right now! So the question The Hoop Doctors have for you is, how would you like to improve your game leaps and bounds in a very short period of time? In this latest reader contest brought to you by The Hoop Doctors [...]

July 25th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious When most people think about the Phoenix Suns title chances, they figure their best chance may have passed them by. A lot of the Suns fans figure their best shot was the year they got ousted from the playoffs at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs. Um wait [...]