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Golden State Warriors All-Star guard Klay Thompson says he’s the best shooting guard in the NBA today, a drum he’s been beating the last few years, especially since the physical decline of the great Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers. When asked about his starting five at each position today, Klay named Curry at [...]

Goodbye, 2015. It’s been real, often fun. Sometimes even real fun. But it’s time we bid you adieu. Just not before we send you off with one last batch of NBA power rankings. The Association is niche-y as ever these days. The championship contender pool contains only Cleveland, Golden State and San Antonio, with Oklahoma [...]

John Wall is having the best December of just about any player in the NBA. His Wizards are 14-14, but he has 15 double-doubles so far on the season. He’s has truly played as one of the league’s best PGs so far this season. But, of course, that doesn’t always translate into all-star love. A [...]

Harrison Barnes is just about ready to play. But not quite. The Golden State Warriors combo forward has missed the last 13 games, including Monday night’s blowout win over the Sacramento Kings, as he tends to an ankle injury. Some speculated that he might return for the team’s Christmas Day square dance with the Cleveland [...]

Markieff Morris may just net the Phoenix Suns something in a trade after all. Things between the combo forward and his team aren’t good. We know this. Morris’ play has arguably been just as bad, seemingly torpedoing his trade value. His effective field-goal percentage has never been lower, he just wrapped a two-game, team-sanctioned suspension [...]

Back in October, the NBA world got a quick chuckle when rumors broke of a physical altercation between Knicks coach Derek Fisher and Matt Barnes of the Grizzlies. The recently-separated Fisher was reportedly at the home of Barnes, seeing his estranged wife. When Barnes learned of this, it didn’t sit well with him and he [...]

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Yesterday State Farm launched “The Hoopers,” a new campaign that will run throughout the 2015-16 NBA season. The campaign brings together an array of notable NBA stars, including Chris Paul, DeAndre Jordan, Kevin Love, Kevin Garnett, and Damian Lillard in a :60 commercial spot that debuted yesterday during the New Orleans Pelicans vs. Miami Heat [...]

The Hoop Doctors want to wish you all a very safe and happy holiday season. Here’s hoping you were all good boys and girls so Santa will wipe out that Christmas list. We too will be visiting with family and friends, so we will be closed for business December 24-27, 2015. We will return to [...]