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We’ve been hearing that the Boston Celtics’ original “Big 3”, of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen, was too old to compete for a title almost as soon as the trio was put together prior to the ’07-’08 season. They immediately took that slight personally, becoming one of the Greatest NBA Champions of All [...]

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Over the weekend, LeBron James of the Miami Heat was named NBA MVP for the 4th time in his career. It’s scary because if you take a look at his career stats, LeBron seems to be getting better, as tough as that is to believe. Yesterday, we learned that of a possible 121 first-place votes, [...]

It will be no surprise to anyone that Lebron James won the 2013 NBA Most Valuable Player award once again. In fact he was as close as you can get to a unanimous vote. Almost perfect… James totaled 1,207 points, including 120 first-place votes, from a panel of 121 voters that consisted of sportswriters and [...]

Just because Kobe Bryant is injured does not mean there won’t be any more pairs of the Nike Kobe 8 System to look forward to this year. Inspired by the Nike Mercurial Vapor IX (soccer to us, football to the rest of the world) cleat, the ‘Mambacurial’ Kobe 8 takes the Fireberry colorway straight from [...]

Derrick Rose has not played a single game for the Chicago Bulls this season and despite what he says that is unlikely to change in the second round against the Miami Heat. Rose told reporters after Chicago’s Game 7 win over the Brooklyn Nets that his imminent return was “still up in the air” but [...]

As anointed by virtually every basketball aficionado on the planet, 5 time NBA Champion Kobe Bryant will go down as one of the Top 10 NBA players of all time.  After scrutinizing his rather size-able resume, it’s not even up for discussion. But after a disappointing season where he essentially got his coach (Mike Brown) [...]

Tyshawn Taylor is one of the more promising rookies who signed an adidas Basketball endorsement this year alongside other NBA freshman like Austin Rivers, Harrison Barnes, and ROY Damian Lillard. During the regular season, Tyshawn Taylor was a habitual wearer of the Crazy Light 2 in a similar colorway so its good to see him [...]

Phil Jackson is back in the NBA. Sort of. According to Keith Langlois of NBA.com, Jackson has agreed to advise the Detroit Pistons on their latest head-coaching search: Tom Gores’ vow to use every available resource to restore the Pistons to greatness has led him to Phil Jackson, who has agreed to serve in an [...]

Jason Collins’ announcement was monumental, but it can impact others, particularly in the media. Kevin Burke explains. Also, Denver roughs Stephen Curry up a bit and what did Jordan Crawford really say to Melo? Let’s discuss… If you often find yourself too busy to watch The Hoop Doctors Podcasts, get them on the go for your [...]