Wizards

Now that Kobe Bryant had made it official is hanging them up after 20 seasons as a Lakers after the 2015-16 season, it was inevitable that a traveling farewell tour would ensue as organizations around the NBA would present Kobe parting gifts to commemorate the last time he would play in their city. The 76ers [...]

Yesterday, July 7th, John Wall took to the official adidas Basketball Periscope account and produced a series of videos that documented a few hours in his day. Viewers watched Wall at a photoshoot and in various places around Washington DC. Via this livestream, the public got their first look at the upcoming adidas J Wall [...]

June 4, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The Wizards are in a rebuilding mode and will be in one next year as well. So I guess it doesn’t make sense to spend a ton of cash on a big name coach for that reason. Besides, the Wiz won their last 6 under Wittman so I [...]

April 16, 2012 – Allen Moll Carmelo Anthony got wind of the fact that Trayvon Martin’s family was going to be in town this weekend to do a national television interview after the arrest of George Zimmerman. He had been thinking about Trayvon’s brothers since Trayvon was killed, as ‘Melo lost his sister last year [...]

March 16, 2012 – Griffin Gotta Well, the trade deadline has come and gone. Really, the way things went down, the teams many thought would be busy either trying to add pieces or getting the women and children on life rafts and off the sinking ship indeed were doing those things. We got a few [...]

March 16, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors What turned out to be a busy trade deadline day with a bunch of transactions was missing the one we all thought was surely coming. Dwight Howard didn’t get moved. Well not yet anyway. The Magic didn’t move him as he decided to waive his opt-out clause. Therefore [...]

March 14, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We apologize for skipping over this important tidbit of news yesterday. With the lockout condensed season, things are happening quickly on a day to day basis in the NBA. We thought however this was worth noting for the ‘Big Fundamental’. Tim Duncan on Monday night against the Wizards [...]

March 8, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Thank God the Wizards beat the Lakers tonight and didn’t lose by 2 points or something. Why? Because Nick Young would have been beating himself up even more for this huge fail on the fast break. A wide open fast break mind you. Clearly the ball slipped out [...]

January 3, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors As you know, whenever a team wins the championship for their sport, they take a trip to the White House to meet the president. In the NBA, that’s usually done during the season when the reigning champ visits the Washington Wizards. [...]

July 12, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors We are pretty unapologetic around here at The Hoop Doctors about our opinions and views on the NBA. But today we need to apologize for telling readers a few days ago that Gilbert Arenas is leading the pack with the most absurd ‘planking’ photos. After being sent this [...]