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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the highest-paid American athlete for the second year in a row.

Tim Grover says Michael Jordan, Dwyane Wade and Kobe Bryant are what he calls 'cleaners.' The best of the NBA's leaders. LeBron, he says, isn't there yet, but can get there with a title this season.

RareInk CEO Tim Muret joins Michele Steele to discuss providing the official art of the NBA, including works of Michael Jordan and LeBron James.

The Golden State big man says his Warriors are back on track, expecting tough competition in the West playoffs, and wearing a varied collection of facial hair.

By and large, data has shown crunch time isn't as different from the rest of the game as we thought. However ... a surprise. New work by Microsoft's Justin Rao and UC San Diego's Matthew Goldman shows the best teams get much better when it matters mo

Who's getting the ball in crunch time? J.A. Adande and Israel Gutierrez decide.

The recently departed Suns coach on LeBron James, the Lakers struggles, who will win the West and Russell Westbrook.

J.A. Adande and Israel Gutierrez debate whether LeBron James has reached the level of Michael Jordan.

Raptors head coach Dwane Casey on who will win the NBA title, who the league's best point guard is, and whether the Celtics and Lakers can contend with their current rosters.

The ESPN analyst sounds off on the Lakers' future, LeBron James' salary and Joakim Noah's cashmere.

In fact ALL the titles, over the last eight years, have gone to teams whose players got more rest, specifically played less than 3,000 minutes per season. Henry Abbott explains.

The LA Hot Button question of the week: Will we ever see a Kobe Bryant - LeBron James NBA Finals showdown? Dave Joseph provides his perspective.

LeBron faces Kobe tonight as Lance Armstrong faces Oprah. Bomani Jones, on why we love to build athletes up before tearing them down.

Commissioner David Stern, in a Thursday appearance with ESPN Radio's Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo, predicted that there "for sure" will be "multiple" NBA franchises in Europe within 20 years.

Kevin Arnovitz and Shane Battier discuss the impact of analytics in the NBA, and why so many coaches employ hero-ball at the end of games.

Harvard professor and Grantland contributor Kirk Goldsberry chats about early trends in the NBA season, James Harden, the Lakers' coaching decision and his favorite NBA player shot charts.