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By John Carroll, Scouts Inc. Oklahoma City Thunder • The Thunder has a chance to win a NBA championship because of their "Big Three" of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden. They combined for 68.4 points per...

Blog | May 14, 2012

By John Carroll, Scouts Inc. The Miami Heat were focused and locked in for their first round series with the New York Knicks. When they play with that type of intensity no one in the Eastern Conference can beat them. If the Pacers are not able to ...

Blog | May 12, 2012

By John Carroll, Scouts Inc. The Boston Celtics have the experience, the home court and four All-Star players. That should be enough for them to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinals. But the playoffs are all about mat...

Blog | May 11, 2012

By John Carroll Tom Thibodeau won the NBA's Coach of the Year award a year ago and he deserves tremendous consideration again this year for having the Chicago Bulls back atop of the Eastern Conference. He repeated the feat of a year ago with last ...

Blog | April 30, 2012

By John Carroll The Memphis Grizzlies are a tough, hungry team that wants to double last year's postseason efforts and make a deep run in 2012. Lionel Hollins has done a terrific job molding this team into an excellent defensive team that pounds t...

Blog | April 29, 2012

By John Carroll The Boston Celtics have had two completely different seasons: The one prior to the All-Star break, in which they went 15-17, and the one after the All-Star break, in which they went 24-10 and won the Atlantic Division. As a result,...

Blog | April 29, 2012

By John Carroll The playoff series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets could be the most intriguing of the first round because of the contrast in styles between the two teams. The Lakers are about size and strength and the Nugget...

Blog | April 28, 2012

By John Carroll The San Antonio Spurs have just finished another fantastic season, in which they finished with the best record in the Western Conference. They are headed to their 15th consecutive postseason, the league's longest active playoff str...

Blog | April 28, 2012

By John Carroll The Oklahoma City Thunder are one of the elite teams in the NBA and will have home court advantage at least through the first two rounds of the playoffs if they advance. They are a terrific offensive team that is led by the scoring...

Blog | April 27, 2012

By John Carroll When the season began four months ago, everyone expected the Miami Heat and the Chicago Bulls to be the top two teams in the NBA. No one knew how the rest of the field would fare, but the Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic or Atlanta Ha...

Blog | April 27, 2012

By John Carroll The Miami Heat lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals last season. This weekend, they will begin their quest to win an NBA championship by defeating the New York Knicks in the first round of the 2012 playoffs. The Heat h...

Blog | April 27, 2012

By John Carroll | Scouts Inc. The New York Knicks have three games left in the regular season. They play the Atlanta Hawks followed by back to back games with the LA Clippers and the Charlotte Bobcats. The Knicks are a half game ahead of the Phila...

Blog | April 21, 2012

The Los Angeles Lakers have played six games without the services of Kobe Bryant, who has been out with a shin injury. The Lakers have won four of those games and had impressive performances versus San Antonio, Denver and Dallas. Los Angeles has rece...

Blog | April 18, 2012

By John Carroll | Scouts Inc. Sunday's game between the Miami Heat and New York Knicks could be a preview of a playoff series in two weeks. The Heat are currently in second place in the Eastern Conference with a 41-17 record and the Knicks are tie...

Blog | April 14, 2012

By John Carroll | Scouts Inc. Sunday's game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers is not only a rematch of last year's Western Conference semifinals, but could be a preview of a first-round matchup in this year's playoffs. The Ma...

Blog | April 14, 2012

By John Carroll | Scouts Inc. This is somewhat of a meaningless game for the Portland Trail Blazers who have seven games left in the 2011-12 season. They are currently out of the playoff picture and are utilizing the remaining games to make import...

Blog | April 12, 2012