Western Conference

There is no denying it, the Oklahoma City Thunder are in deep trouble. With the injury to Westbrook Thursday night against the Clippers, the Thunder will now be without their top two superstars for the next 20 games more than likely. Immediate Impact: Losing your top two players is extremely difficult for any franchise to [...]

If the press could manage to be more optimistic about a team with a 40-year old point guard, a 36-year old shooting guard, and a new coach, who hasn’t had a winning record since 2009, I haven’t seen it (at least not lately). New Head Coach of the Los Angeles Lakers Byron Scott: Welcome home! [...]

Dirk Nowitzki is starting to see a pattern. It’s a pattern you’ve probably noticed, too. A well-documented, oddball pattern—the NBA’s Eastern Conference sucks. Like, it’s really bad. Horrible. Spit-in-your-face disgusting. Players know it. Teams know it. They have to. There’s no way they can’t. Few have voiced it publicly, though. Save for the Portland Trail [...]

May 15, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Don’t get me wrong, Russell Westbrook had an absolutely dominating game against the Lakers last night to blow them out by 30 in the first game of the Western Conference Semi’s, however did anyone catch the post-game? Westbrook is starting to take this Hipster style to a whole [...]

March 10, 2011 – Joshua Sexton While the playoffs aren’t scheduled to start for another five weeks, it’s never too early to start thinking about possible first round match-ups. Considering the Eastern Conference is so top heavy, the Western Conference is much more likely to have a competitive, drama filled first round of the playoffs. [...]

Which Western Conference All-Star has the best chance at winning All-Star Game MVP? [...]

January 5, 2011 – Kevin Burke For the past decade or more, the NBA’s Western Conference has boasted the more dominant teams in the league for whatever reason. It has always been tough to explain, but it has been that way for a while. From the Lakers to the Spurs to the Suns to the [...]

September 27, 2010 – Allen Moll With the Summer almost officially over and basketball on all levels in a slow period, as we await the start of training camp, it’s time to start to prognosticate on just how the 2010-2011 NBA Season will play out. Some of the game’s best players have not only changed [...]

November 5, 2009 – Chip Patterson Chip Patterson, recent graduate of University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, writes for TheHoopDoctors.com and BusterSports.com. A lifelong student of the game, he has passionately followed the NBA and College Basketball since C-Webb was calling “Timeout!”. A little over a week ago, as we looked into the NBA [...]

July 25th, 2008 – Dr. Browntorious When most people think about the Phoenix Suns title chances, they figure their best chance may have passed them by. A lot of the Suns fans figure their best shot was the year they got ousted from the playoffs at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs. Um wait [...]