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Today is Beckley Mason's first day at ESPN.com. You may know Beckley as the guy who founded HoopSpeak or HoopSpeak Live, has filled in here on TrueHoop, has hung with the king of summer hoops, or contributes regularly to 5-on-5 and TrueHoop TV. In...

He's 6-5. He shoots like Ray Allen. He dunks on people. He's a candidate to be the top overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft. And yet, he still gets confused, now and again, with that guy who raps about thrift stores....

Matt Bonner, in a fun mailbag on Hardwood Paroxysm: A couple of weeks ago, there was this obnoxious fan randomly sitting 5 rows behind the bench. The whistle blows and the horn sounds for the first media timeout. At this point in the game, it's usua...

Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune: The Timberwolves on Sunday finally, officially extended that supersized $45.5 million offer sheet to restricted free agent Nicolas Batum. Portland now has three days to answer simply with the formality of matching it....

Mike Monroe of the San Antonio Express-News: Tony Parker, the Spurs' All-NBA point guard, will return to the United States from France on July 5 to have his injured left eye examined by a specialist in New York. Parker's participation in this summer'...

J. Meric/Getty Images After what Kevin Garnett did to them in Game 5, Miami is cloaked in doom. LeBron James AND Dwyane Wade AND Chris Bosh, all the best free agents of the best free agent class ever, uniting on the same team -- in a comfy climate ...

Linda Robertson of The Miami Herald: The Heat blew its precious home-court advantage in a 94-90 Game 5 loss to fall behind 3-2 in the seven-game series. The questions about the lack of clutch plays and players will come thundering down on Heat heads,...

Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman: Oklahoma City withstood the stubborn San Antonio Spurs down the stretch on Monday night to take a 108-103 win in Game 5 inside the AT&T Center. A win in Game 6 on Wednesday will crown the Thunder as Western Conf...

Tim Griffin of the San Antonio Express-News: Tony Parker had a shooting game for the ages Tuesday night. It didn't matter where he was aiming from. He hit 5 of 6 shots from inside 10 feet, misfiring only on a twisting first-quarter layup. He was 7 f...

Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman: The Thunder is moving on to the Western Conference Finals for the second straight season after closing out the Los Angeles Lakers 106-90 in Game 5 on Monday night. And in the clincher, it was Westbrook and fellow Al...

From the Associated Press: OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma City Thunder agreed to a two-year, $6.5 million deal to re-sign guard Daequan Cook on Friday, bringing yet another player back from the team that made the Western Conference finals last seas...

From the Associated Press: PHOENIX -- Grant Hill is returning to the Phoenix Suns, agreeing to terms on a one-year, $6.5 million contract, a source with knowledge of the deal said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of an...

Benjamin Hochman of The Denver Post: "They play soccer on Thursdays, Denver's melting pot of footballers from Brazil, Argentina, Peru. It's a hodgepodge of muscular men, lithe ladies and one 6-foot-11 dude who somehow seems to fit in like he is 5-foo...

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The case for finding LeBron James some minutes as a power forward. Watch LeBron James not attacking in the pick-and-roll. He has been so singled out for passive play, I wonder if now the Mavericks can can aggressive helping on him in Game 5 and ass...

Jimmy Smith of The Times-Picayune: "David West sustained what is being termed as 'left knee trauma' on a driving slam dunk with 22.5 seconds to go in regulation. X-rays were negative, but an MRI -- a much more revealing diagnostic procedure - is sche...