The Sixers have been the best team in the league when it comes to losing, and on Saturday night’s 110-103 loss to the Dirk-less Mavericks, they took their losing streak to another level as they officially recorded their worst start ever in franchise history. Also, the team’s just only two losses away from tying the [...]
December 1, 2014
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Benjamin Felix Santos
Rare is the NBA free-agent-to-be who divulges his plans months or years in advance. Marc Gasol is no exception. The 2015 free-agent class is loaded with star possibilities. From Goran Dragic to Rajon Rondo to Kevin Love to LaMarcus Aldridge to DeAndre Jordan and others, this upcoming summer will be awash with available talent. Slowly, [...]
December 1, 2014
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Kobe made headlines recently by becoming the all-time leader in missed shots, but he deserves a lot of credit for this latest imprint on the record books. Last night, Kobe recorded his 6,000th career assist and that makes him the only player in NBA history to have 30,000+ points and 6,000+ assists. Kobe Bryant has [...]
December 1, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
By now we’ve all heard about the realignment proposal brought forth by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. After reading about his idea -which includes moving his team into the Eastern Conference-, I came to the realization that Mr. Cuban is somewhat crazy. Lately Cuban has been a staunch critic of the NBA. When former Los [...]
December 1, 2014
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Blogs
Attention sneakerheads! The Hoop Doctors have teamed up with Sneakerhead Tour, a traveling sneaker show, for their upcoming event. On April 11, 2015 Sneakerhead Tour will be making a stop in the Washington, DC-area. Sneakerhead Tour is a traveling buy/sell/trade sneaker show where sneakerheads are sure to get their hands on that pair they’ve been [...]
November 26, 2014
Anou Enright
Kicks
Now that he’s the all-time miss king, look for Kobe Bryan to offer up reasons as to why he’s been missing so much. A quick, easy answer is because if you shoot a lot, you’re probably going to miss a lot as well. But perhaps there’s another reason for Kobe. The 36 year-old blames tired [...]
November 26, 2014
Anou Enright
Rumors
There’s a lot for the NBA to be thankful for this time of year. Stephen Curry’s bombs; Marc Gasol’s everything; the Mavericks offense; the Kings’ illogical record; Jimmy Butler’s surge; Anthony Davis’ god mode; San Antonio being San Antonio; Damian Lillard’s cold-bloodedness; and so much more. Truth told, there is also plenty the league could [...]
November 26, 2014
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Power Rankings
The Houston Rockets are considering signing sixteen-year veteran forward Al Harrington, according to Yannis Koutroupis of Basketball Insiders. Harrington started the season in China, but then decided to opt out of his contract in order to make a possible NBA return, and one of the teams interested are said to be the Rockets. However, a [...]
November 26, 2014
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Rumors
Inspired by the NAME, the purple Mon-Star from Space Jam (who took its athletic prowess and likeness from Larry Johnson) comes this new Converse Aero Jam colorway. This is an example of great execution and inspiration for a basketball sneaker. Larry Johnson’s signature sneaker in the YEAR was the Converse Aero Jam. With the popularity [...]
November 25, 2014
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Ben Berry, Kicks, Sneak-a-Peek