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CHICAGO -- The vogue thing to talk about heading into tonight's Game 3 of the Miami Heat-Chicago Bulls series is good old "physical play." It's a common discussion point in every playoff series. Just like when one team loses, they say the other te...

Flip Saunders confirmed to ESPN on Thursday night that he has signed a long-term deal to become the Minnesota Timberwolves' president of basketball operations and will hold a minority ownership stake in the team.

Will the NBA's front offices do the right thing and give Heat president Pat Riley the Executive of the Year award?

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has 40 hours to build a game plan, writes Brian Windhorst in ESPN The Magazine. Luckily, the workaholic coach doesn't need much sleep.

The Miami Heat, interested in any and all veteran big men who become available on the market, are in the race for two such players that could make their decisions by the end of the week.

Glenn James/NBAE/Getty Images Cutting Mike Miller won't be an easy pill to swallow, but here's why the Heat may have little choice. For the last three days NBA executives have been digesting the new collective bargaining agreement line-by-line and ...

Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Two wins away from a title, LeBron James isn't concerned with public perception of his performances. DALLAS -- If life were a movie script, LeBron James might prefer to win this NBA Finals while riding a white hors...

Victor Baldizon/NBAE/Getty Images The next time LeBron James is in this tunnel, it will be to take the court against the Boston Celtics. MIAMI -- Erik Spoelstra deployed lineups he never thought he'd use outside of garbage time. Mario Chalmers took...

LeBron has accepted new role

Getty Images Pat Riley has stiff competition from Gar Forman and Masai Ujiri for Executive of the Year. Over the next two weeks each NBA front office will submit its vote for the Executive of the Year. The decision may require more thought than any...