Offseason

How serious are the San Antonio Spurs about reconciling with Kawhi Leonard? It turns out very. Despite speculation that the team would entertain trading him after he appeared in just nine games and wasn’t around during the postseason, it seems the Spurs are more concerned with keeping him around long term. According to the San [...]

LeBron James isn’t the only one who doesn’t feel great about the Cleveland Cavaliers offseason. Kyrie Irving is right there with him. Asked by SI.com’s Maggie Gray about how different the Cavaliers could look in the next couple years given that LeBron is a free agent in 2018, Irving gave a less-than-reassuring answer: SI‘s Maggie [...]

D’Angelo Russell and Karl-Anthony Towns are friends, in case you didn’t know. And they plan to train together this summer, ahead of their third season in the NBA. Per the Orange County Register‘s Mark Medina: Playing on different teams in different time zones, Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell and Minnesota center Karl-Anthony Towns often rely on phone [...]

Watching Giannis Antetokounmpo play, there is really only one glaring weakness to his game: the absence of an outside shot. And he may be prepared to change that. Fielding questions after the Milwaukee Bucks’ 111-93 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night, Antetokounmpo got nuanced when talking about his shooting form. Then someone mentioned [...]

Is there anything a 38-year-old Dirk Nowitzki can teach a 21-year-old Kirstaps Porzingis? We may soon find out. Following the New York Knicks’ victory over the slumping Dallas Mavericks on Monday night, Nowitzki divulged that he and Porzingis have contact outside of basketball, and that there’s a chance, at least to him, the two will [...]

The Orlando Magic’s official Twitter account decided it would be a fun idea to ask their fans to describe the Magic’s offseason in three words. They wanted fans to tweet the team’s twitter account with the hashtag #2016in3words and the results were absolutely disastrous. Unsurprisingly, many fans are none too pleased with the bizarre offseason [...]

September 21, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim Austin Rivers has talent. He also has opinions. As the off-season winds down, it can safely be said said that Doc Rivers’ kid is pretty well-spoken. He’s given some smooth interviews, showing a natural approach. He hasn’t shied away too much. On an interview before the draft, on the [...]

April 23, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is at it again regarding the Olympics. A couple months ago we told you about Cuban’s push to get NBA players banned from representing their country in the Olympics. We pointed out that it wasn’t patriotic [...]

February 28, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors After the Lakers got swept by the eventual NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Playoffs, many wondered if Kobe Bryant was at his best or if he was suffering through too many injuries. Well apparently the injuries to his knee and ankle were far worse than [...]