summer league

It’s official, the Vegas Summer League is king for the NBA. According to an AP report, starting in 2018, all 30 NBA teams will be participating in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBA/status/958482538384805889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] As was reported a few months back, the Orlando Summer League ceased operations and the six teams that participated solely [...]

It is a very sad day for those who enjoyed the quaintness and unique experience of watching NBA players play televised games in a small practice gyms with no fans or seating the first few days of July each year with the Orlando Summer League. According to a report from the Orlando Sentinel on Monday, [...]

Philadelphia 76ers fans will have to wait until the regular season to see Ben Simmons play competitive basketball. Simmons missed his entire rookie season recovering from a fracture in his foot. Though the initial hope was he would be able to participate in the summer-league festivities, Sixers head coach has confirmed that he will not [...]

We may have to wait until the start of the NBA’s 2017-18 to see Ben Simmons play basketball again. The rookie has missed all of 2016-17 with a right foot injury, and the Philadelphia 76ers don’t yet know if he’ll be partaking in the summer-league festivities. Or maybe they do know, and they’re just not [...]

Joel Embiid is done for the season after suffering a torn meniscus. Ben Simmons, who has yet to make his NBA regular-season debut, joins him on the sidelines with a broken foot. When will we see them play again, preferably together? The summer league, perhaps? The Philadelphia 76ers aren’t sure. From Calkins Media’s Tom Moore: [...]

The world has waited this long for Joel Embiid, the third overall pick in 2014, to make his NBA debut. What’s another few months? The 22-year-old seven-footer is expected to officially hit the hardwood in 2016-17 and, apparently, not a moment sooner. He will not be repping the Philadelphia 76ers during either of the NBA’s [...]

October 31, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Brandon Jennings, star point guard for the Milwaukee Bucks, is anything but conventional. He took an unconventional route to the NBA, he had an unconventional NBA draft night, his personality is genuine and unapologetic [...]

July 12, 2011 – Allen Moll With the NBA Lockout in effect and both the owners and the players seemingly very far apart on forming a new collective bargaining agreement, the entire 2011-2012 NBA season may be in jeopardy. This may turn out to be a good thing for some local hoops fans in LA, [...]

August 9, 2010 – Allen Moll It’s become customary for native New York ballers in the HS, NCAA, and NBA ranks to go back to their roots and help hone their skills on some of the most legendary playgrounds of NYC during the off-season. We have all heard of some of the exploits of Kobe Bryant [...]

July 27, 2010 – Allen Moll Just because we all could use a little break from either all of the Lebron haters or Chris Paul trade rumor news, we’ll shift our focus back to one of TheHoopDoctors.com’s favorite all time players, #1 NBA Draft pick John Wall. Of course, recently we reported on Wall’s outstanding [...]