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Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty ImagesVinny Del Negro: When affability isn't enough. The Los Angeles Clippers lost the most successful coach by winning percentage in the franchise's history when they dismissed Vinny Del Negro, whose contract was due to expi...

Jamie Squire/NBAE/Getty Images The Kevin Durant-Serge Ibaka two-man game must generate offense for the Thunder.If the Oklahoma City Thunder drop this series to the Memphis Grizzlies, the loss will be remembered most in OKC as a resounding affirmatio...

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Kevin Arnovitz, Tom Haberstroh, Ethan Sherwood Strauss and host Jordan Heimer are stopping by to talk NBA playoffs. Join our discussion at 12 p.m. ET....

What does an NBA head coaching candidate look like in 2013? A few new trends have emerged in the coaching ranks, namely the Rise of the Video Kids (see Spoelstra, Erik; Vogel, Frank), but most hires in the NBA follow a well-trodden path. Owners a...

With one round in the books, our 5-on-5 panel takes a fresh look at the postseason.

The Thunder found a few patches to the cover the vacancy left by Russell Westbrook, writes Kevin Arnovitz.

The Grizzlies got exactly what they wanted in the first round -- revenge, writes Kevin Arnovitz.

Stephen Dunn/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe Clippers will be pushed to the brink without a healthy and effective Blake Griffin. The void Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin didn't practice Thursday and spent a good portion of the day receiving treatme...

The Celtics, Rockets, Clippers and Hawks all face elimination in Game 6.

Memphis Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph expressed no sympathy on Thursday for the condition of Los Angeles Clippers' forward Blake Griffin.

Former professional football player Wade Davis came out in 2012, a few years after retiring from the game. We spoke on Monday soon after Jason Collins' story was published, and one of Davis' first reaction was, "He's perfect." Davis stops by True...

Joe Murphy/NBAE/Getty ImagesMemphis center Marc Gasol: "We haven't done anything. We're 2-2." Let's not call what the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies share a rivalry, because that's a stamp reserved for rare use. But for the second consec...

ESPN.com's Kevin Arnovitz has been out of the closet, and going to work at NBA stadiums (and yes, in locker rooms) for years. In his experience, how can Jason Collins, now that he's out, really expect to be treated?...

Bruce Bennett/NBAE/Getty ImagesWere we "ready" for Jason Collins? In the end, it didn't really matter. "No one wants to live in fear. I've always been scared of saying the wrong thing. I don't sleep well. I never have. But each time I tell another p...

In response to several Twitter requests, here's Outside the Lines on Jason Collins, featuring TrueHoop's Kevin Arnovitz:...