Olympics

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 [...]

April 23, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Dwight Howard underwent back surgery last week and is done for the playoffs and Olympics as well. The obvious replacement would be Andrew Bynum, but he too will have to go under the knife and will be unavailable. Lakers center Andrew Bynum is not interested in playing in [...]

April 13, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Lamar Odom has harmed his image by pouting his way out of Dallas. To some, it appears as if he’s a quitter. Surely, teams will take notice of that. It looks like Coach K certainly has. [USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo] said he will have a meeting May [...]

April 11, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Because of Rajon Rondo, the Boston Celtics are no longer the Big 3. Sometimes it appears as if they’re just the big 1 because of his production. His floor leadership seems like it would fit an international style of play (just based on his floor general qualities), but [...]

March 7, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Several months ago, we told you that Australian-born Kyrie Irving was thinking about playing for his native land during the Olympics. Not the case anymore… “Kyrie Irving said Monday night he will not play for Australia in the Olympics this summer, but will stay with Team USA in [...]

February 22, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors What do you guys think of the new Team USA uniforms Nike Basketball has created? Yesterday, Nike gave us all a sneak peek at the new design via twitter. They said its their ‘lightest bball jersey. Approx 96% recycled polyester.’ And they are calling it the “Nike Hyper [...]

January 31, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Following the Lakers game in Minnesota against the Timberwolves this week, Ricky Rubio made his way to the Lakers exit from the arena to chat it up with his countryman Pau Gasol. The ensuing trash talking about the Olympics between Kobe Bryant and rookie Ricky Rubio was entertaining… [...]

January 25, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Mark Cuban for years has been voicing his opinion that NBA players shouldn’t be allowed to play in the Olympics or any other international competition while they are under contract in the pro’s. Obviously that opinion is highly prejudicial from the fact that he’s an owner who looks [...]

January 18, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Based on how he’s playing now, many think Kyrie will be invited to a few U.S. Olympic tryouts before his time is over. Irving was born in Australia while his father, Drederick, played professional basketball there, and as a result has dual citizenship. He has publicly flirted with [...]

January 17, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors [...]