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With the rise of 3-on-3 basketball nationwide, Mountain Dew has an exciting announcement ahead of the upcoming NBA All Star weekend – DewNBA 3X. Following a six-city tour of DewNBA3X, Mountain Dew, the NBA, and TNT are bringing the event to a national stage in New Orleans, where Shaquille O’Neal and Dennis Scott scouted the [...]

Russell Westbrook is an untamed beast on a basketball court, combining his gazelle like speed and grace with the explosiveness of a kangaroo and the agression of a lion to annihilate his foes on the NBA hardwood. He has been stuffing stat sheets to Magic Johnson and Oscar Robertson levels this season with an incredible [...]

When Billy Donovan left the University of Florida to coach the OKC Thunder, he landed in one of the best coaching gigs in the league. But in just a few years, it’s possible that it could be one of the worst. Kevin Durant becomes a free agent this summer and Russell Westbrook the year after. [...]

With the kind of run Steph Curry has been on, it’s not surprising that he has the NBA’s top selling jersey. He’s young and trendy among kids. LeBron James is now the old man that everyone’s used to, so it makes sense that he trails Curry in jersey sales. And Kobe? Well, he’s the ageless [...]

April 2, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The shortened 66-game schedule has taken it’s toll on a number of players and teams. Despite the Bulls having the best record once again, Derrick Rose can’t seem to stay healthy. But it doesn’t seem to be impacting the Thunder at all. Probably because the core is so [...]

March 27, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We’ve been treated to a few amazing NBA games this week. Sunday night for one, we got a quadruple OT thriller between the Jazz and Hawks. But by far the best game this past week was the Double OT slugfest between the Thunder and Timberwolves. [...]

December 29, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Kevin Durant likes to shoot and so does Russell Westbrook. Unfortunately they play on the same team. Now, it’s certainly not uncommon to have teammates yell at each other during a game but can’t you see this becoming a theme between these two? However, it is worth noting [...]

January 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors As we head into the weekend with one of the most exciting double-headers of the regular season on national television, we couldn’t leave you without a video preview/promotion for the Heat vs. Thunder game. These two teams are showcases more highlight reel plays than anyone in the NBA [...]

November 25, 2010 – R.S. De France I know it’s only the end of November, but we’ve played enough basketball in this 2010-11 NBA Season to have a glimpse of who has improved from last season and who has not. I think often times people can confuse an increase in scoring production with most improved [...]

February 18, 2009 – Dr. Dime So the New Orleans Hornets traded Tyson Chandler to the Oklahoma City Thunder this week for Chris Wilcox. A lot of you Hornets fans must be thinking “WTF!” right? It was clearly a move to cut costs as Chandler was due 12 and 13 million in the next consecutive [...]