Season

August 13, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim Oh, how much the NBA has changed in a relatively short time. Let’s think about one of the most prevalent hoop philosophies from about a year ago: You can’t win a title without a high caliber big man. I’m not going to sit here and tell you that I [...]

April 20, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This almost seems like karma for the way in which he conducted himself while he was a free agent. We’re not happy Dwight is hurt, but it just seems ironic. It will be very interesting to see if he is in fact traded this summer. “Dwight has been [...]

April 9, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors In a not so surprising move after their bumpy start to their first season together, the Dallas Mavericks and Lamar Odom have decided to part ways for the remainder of the season. But what is a bit surprising is the Mavericks aren’t releasing or trading Odom. They are [...]

March 15, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors After Ricky Rubio went down with a season ending knee injury things got a little less exciting in Minnesota. The guy is not only flashy on the court, but also entertaining off it. But not to fear NBA fans, it looks like Rubio is keeping in touch through [...]

November 28, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Early Saturday morning, the NBA and its Players Association agreed to a tentative deal that has the 2011-12 NBA season set to open on Christmas Day, with training camps and free agency to begin on December 9th. [...]

October 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors One of the biggest road blocks in the negotiations is the split between basketball-related income. Naturally, each side wants more but are the players ready to lower their previous demands to save the season? Does this point about max salaries bear out in the math? A 15 percent [...]

May 24, 2011 – Allen Moll Give them credit. Coach Jim Calhoun and the University of Connecticut staff have had to go through quite a few obstacles in winning the 2011 NCAA Championship. In addition to mowing down the competition during an unblemished NCAA post-season, including a nearly unheard of 5 wins-in-5 nights Big East [...]

April 18, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Chicago Bulls’ star point guard Derrick Rose defies gravity, defies logic, defies physics every single time he steps on the floor. Given that he seems to be a shoe-in to be the youngest player in history to receive the 2010-11 NBA Most Valuable Player award, we thought it [...]

How is it possibe that LeBron James' #6 Heat jersey was the top selling player jersey in the league this year? [...]

March 31, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors As we near the twilight period of the NBA season and teams are gearing up for the playoffs, we thought we would take a quick look at the ‘lighter side’ of the 2010-2011 NBA season. There have been many ups and downs for teams and players, but these [...]