Signing

February 14, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors J.R. Smith is making a rock star type return from China. There are a lot of teams wanting a piece of Smith, and he is in the cat bird’s seat with the luxury of choosing any team he pleases. Will he opt for the largest paycheck and end [...]

January 3, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors New Jersey Nets star point guard Deron Williams this week followed in the footsteps of Blake Griffin and Rajon Rondo in signing an endorsement deal with Redbull. The terms and financials of the deal haven’t been disclosed but we are assuming that since Redbull gives you wings, Williams [...]

November 3, 2010 – Dr. Dime Allen Iverson may not be in the NBA this season, but he is still one of the more polarizing figures in this sport. Iverson made big news in NBA circles by signing a 2 year, $4M contract to play in Turkey this season and beyond. I’m still not sure [...]

August 3, 2010 – Dr. Anklesnap According to multiple sources, including the following from David Aldridge of TNT and NBA.com, it looks like the Boston Celtics and veteran Shaquille O’Neal are very close to agreeing on a contract for next season. The Boston Celtics were “close” on Tuesday, according to a league source, to signing [...]

July 14, 2010 – Dr. Browntorious Since Kenyon Martin and Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen are both expected to miss the start of the 2010-11 NBA season due to recovery from offseason knee surgeries, the Denver Nuggets were working hard to land a quality big man in free agency. It appears they have gotten their man. ESPN [...]

Kwame to Pistons, Ricky Buckets to Clippers, Krstic considering Russia, and Okafor/Smith still no solid offer July 28th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious After a fairly eventful day around here discussing the potential then ultimate close of the Renaldo Balkman to Denver trade, there were quite a few other interesting notes on the NBA free agent [...]

July 2nd, 2008 – Dr. J-Water If the Golden State Warriors holding out on signing Baron Davis to the salary he was seeking in negotiations for a contract extension was their way of calling his bluff, Baron Davis just turned over a Royal Flush. Baron Davis has publicly announced his verbal agreement with the Los [...]