Rookie

January 28, 2011 – R.S. De France Even though the Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin is in his second year with the team, he is technically considered a rookie. Griffin’s tremendous rookie season got me wondering where he ranks among the best rookie power forwards (PF) of all-time in the NBA. Beyond the eye-popping, oxygen-sucking, [...]

January 18, 2011 – Kevin Burke The Los Angeles Lakers are the 2-time defending NBA Champions and have a legit shot at earning their second 3-peat in recent memory. They have the most skilled player in the league in Kobe Bryant, and probably the most offensively gifted big man in Pau Gasol. They are coached [...]

December 17, 2010 – Allen Moll It would be an understatement to say that the LA Clippers’ Blake Griffin has been every bit as good as expected upon arrival in the National Basketball Association. No one really new just how explosive he would be after his pre-season ending patella tendon/kneecap injury ended his rookie campaign [...]

November 26, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The Memphis Grizzlies rookie and first Iranian player ever to make it to the NBA, Hamed Haddadi, has been arrested this week (as well as his girlfriend) in a domestic dispute. Police say Hamed Haddadi of the Memphis Grizzlies and his girlfriend have been charged with assault following [...]

November 11, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol John Wall put up absolutely ridiculous numbers last night in the Wizards win against the Rockets. Yes, he got a triple double and will now have his name in the books alongside Magic Johnson, Lebron James, and others as the youngest players to ever record a triple double [...]

October 28, 2010 – The Hoop Doctors Had to make sure you guys all had access to this video to watch over and over again. If we get a better quality version we will update this post. Turner that’s just dirty son… [...]

September 30, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The Toronto Raptors exercised the third-year team option on swingman DeMar DeRozan’s rookie scale contract Thursday. DeRozan’s deal is now guaranteed through the 2011-12 season. The Raptors had until Oct. 31 to exercise the option. DeRozan averaged 8.6 points and 2.9 rebounds in 77 games last season. The [...]

September 20, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol Raptors rookie forward Ed Davis is recovering after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to repair a meniscus tear in his right knee. The team said Monday in a statement that Davis is expected to sidelined up to six weeks. He hurt his knee in a pickup game last Wednesday. Toronto [...]

September 4, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol The Milwaukee Bucks have signed second-round draft pick Darington Hobson. The 6-foot-7, 210-pound junior was taken 37th overall out of New Mexico in this year’s draft. Terms were not disclosed when the signing was announced Friday. Hobson averaged 16.4 points, 8.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists over three college [...]

August 30, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol “Butler was the 42nd pick in this year’s draft. He was projected as a potential lottery choice before he tore a ligament in his left knee during the Mountaineers’ Final Four loss to eventual NCAA champion Duke. The Heat ranked Butler as the 21st-best player in the draft, [...]