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Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty Images Dwyane Wade was uncharacteristically hesitant in Game 3. There's been lots of speculation as to why Dwyane Wade was so painfully ineffective in Game 3 -- including reports that he may actually be in pain. On...

From HoopIdea to Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel to NBA commissioner David Stern, flopping has been a topic of conversation during the NBA playoffs. So this week, Five for Friday spotlights HoopIdeas from Twitter, ESPN comments, Grantland and Goo...

Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images The cameras caught Tony Parker in mid-flop. HoopIdea wants to #StopTheFlop. To spotlight the biggest fakers, we present Flop of the Night. You can help us separate the pretenders from the defenders -- details be...

Isn't it time for James Harden to get his own shoe? And should it be modeled on this? Video of the 9-0 run that sealed Game 2 for the Thunder. John Hollinger argues that R.C. Buford should have been Executive of the Year (Insider). The trade Bufo...

Noah Graham/NBAE/Getty Images Out on the perimeter, Kevin Durant is too quick for Metta World Peace. Way out beyond the 3-point line, Metta World Peace never had a chance. Kevin Durant walked forward, confidently bouncing the ball high off his r...

SI's Chris Ballard on Tim Duncan: "O.K., it's a toss-up as to how this will make you feel about Duncan: Did he once invite a bunch of teammates to a paintball course even though most had never played paintball? Perhaps. Did Duncan then stack his team...

Andy Lyons/Getty Images Caron Butler is the latest Clipper to win Flop of the Night. HoopIdea wants to #StopTheFlop. To spotlight the biggest fakers, we present Flop of the Night. You can help us separate the pretenders from the defenders -- detail...

Brian Babineau/NBAE/Getty ImagesGarnett is playing a vital role for the Celtics and logging extra minutes. Here's a big question: How many minutes can Kevin Garnett play? Here's another big question: Can the Celtics get anything done without him?...

Brian Babineau/NBAE/Getty ImagesGarnett is playing a vital role for the Celtics and logging extra minutes.ESPN.com's Beckley Mason writes on TrueHoop that Kevin Garnett has been Celtics' center since February, but is now the epicenter too: Here's a ...

D.J. Foster on ClipperBlog, giving Blake Griffin an "A" for effort: "It started on an individual level, and it started with Blake Griffin. Over the season, Griffin developed his own reputation throughout the league. He was a flopper and a villain, an...

Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty Images Mike Miller took to the floor a few times in Game 1. HoopIdea wants to #StopTheFlop. To spotlight the biggest fakers, we present Flop of the Night. You can help us separate the pretenders from the defenders -- ...

Welcome to Five for Friday, where every week we post some of the best HoopIdeas we get from readers through comments, e-mail and Twitter. In honor the recently departed regular season, some ideas that call for its restructuring. I particularly lik...

Trust me, you want to see Kyrylo Fesenko's "SPACE MOUNTAIN IS TERRIFYING" face. Speaking with SLAM's Tzvi Twersky, Allen Iverson recalls his first game with Michael Jordan: "Like, you're just out there with him, and he's your idol. You look up to h...

Andy Lyons/NBAE/Getty Images Marc Gasol and Reggie Evans have been tangled up all series. HoopIdea wants to #StopTheFlop. To spotlight the biggest fakers, we present Flop of the Night. You can help us separate the pretenders from the defenders -- d...

This report from Kevin Arnovitz has some interesting thoughts from Clippers and Grizzlies players on the rampant flopping in their first-round series. While Chris Paul dismissed the notion entirely (he plays the head game at another level), Reggie...

J.A. Adande telling a great Kobe Bryant story. Al Horford played 41 minutes in just his second game since returning from shoulder surgery. In that time he grabbed 11 rebounds, made a game-saving defensive play on Rajon Rondo and, according to John ...