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David Thorpe's latest postseason MVP rankings are posted (Insider). Stephen Curry doesn't top the list anymore. We discuss:...

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Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images Play a ton of minutes in the regular season, like Stephen Curry, and injuries are common. A while back I found that players who play a ton of minutes don't win NBA titles anymore. It used to happen all the ti...

Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Hard intentional fouls have helped to make Chris Andersen one of the NBA's most effective players. On the first play of Wednesday night's Game 2, Nate Robinson used basketball skills to get himself a nice look at the bucke...

David Thorpe has been ranking playoff MVPs (Insider). We discuss:...

Me? I picked Heat in seven. But ESPN.com insiders Amin Elhassan and Tom Haberstroh have seen enough. Forget the homecourt advantage the Bulls have eked out. They're saying Heat in five....

Wayne Winston, who I would identify as a pioneer of adjusted plus/minus and a delightfully plainspoken dude with ties Mark Cuban -- but who is technically the John and Esther Reese Professor of Decision Sciences at Indiana University -- was kind enou...

Marc Stein and David Thorpe on coach of the year, coach of the playoffs, coaches on the hot seat, coaches doing smart things and coaches doing dumb things....

Kelley L Cox/USA TODAY SportsGeorge Karl won coach of the year, but ESPN Forecast's panel says Gregg Popovich is better.The NBA sent around the most interesting list: George Karl 404 Erik Spoelstra 190 Mike Woodson 127 Gregg Popovich 120 ...

Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/Getty ImagesLeBron James and the Heat must find the energy to outhustle Joakim Noah's Bulls. Write it down. Things got incredibly real in the 2013 NBA playoffs on May 6. If you weren't feeling it after Saturday's Bulls-Nets ...

Getty Images Even on teams with great scorers, "just get it to that guy" is bad strategy. It's late in a close game, your team has the ball, and they need to decide what to do. Pick and roll? Isolation? Drive and kick? This shooter? That one? ...

In his book "Relentless," legendary NBA trainer Tim Grover talks about what motivates his superstar clients Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade. Then he talks about different character types, the highest of which, in his judgment, is what he ...

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Bob Hallinen/Anchorage Daily News/MCT/Getty Images Trust me, this is kind of about the NBA. Holy smokes I am wicked lucky to have this job, a major part of which is to read. That's a crazy treat any day -- but doubly so when Brian Phillips is publi...