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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 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 | 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

By John Carroll | Scouts Inc. The matchup of the Chicago Bulls and the Oklahoma City Thunder this Sunday (ABC, 1 p.m.) could be a precursor to the NBA Finals in June. The Bulls and the Thunder have the two best records in the NBA and this should b...

Blog | March 31, 2012

John Carroll provides three trades that teams should have made at the deadline.

Story | Conversation | March 18, 2012

John Carroll takes a look at three trades for Ray Allen.

Story | Conversation | March 16, 2012

John Carroll writes that Doug Collins, George Karl, Rick Adelman, Lionel Hollins and Frank Vogel are the five coaches doing the most with less this season.

Story | Conversation | March 10, 2012

John Carroll offers up five trade scenarios that fall well short of the blockbuster variety but could have a major impact on teams this season and going forward. His first trade idea sends Kirk Hinrich to the Lakers to fill their point guard void.

Story | Conversation | February 28, 2012

John Carroll offers scouting reports on five future All-Stars and what improvements they need to make the top squad in 2013.

Story | Conversation | February 26, 2012

John Carroll breaks down Knicks phenom Jeremy Lin to see what makes him so good, and what weaknesses could be exploited in the future.

Story | Conversation | February 17, 2012

Anthony Davis, Jared Sullinger and Jonas Valanciunas are among the players who could make Insider's "top 25 players under the age of 25" list in the next few seasons. Elite college, high school and foreign players are included here.

Story | Conversation | February 06, 2012

The Boston Celtics' rebuilding should start now and offers five places to which they could trade Paul Pierce, writes ESPN Insider John Carroll.

Story | Conversation | January 23, 2012