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He's the Indiana University professor who got young Mark Cuban interested in advanced analytics, a pioneer of adjusted plus/minus, and a man who says some coaching moves in these playoffs have been flat wrong.

How Vinny Del Negro charm won him the Clippers coaching job, but wasn't enough for him to keep it, and whether or not Chris Paul gets to name Del Negro's replacement. Clipper conversation with Kevin Arnovitz.

Phil Jackson is in the news every day. Will he return to the NBA? What does he want? Where will he land? Would he run a good front office? Will he coach? Marc Stein and David Thorpe weigh in.

Amin Elhassan (Insider) examines the 2013 free agent class, and wonders if Andrew Bynum is worth signing to a max contract.

With two huge games this Wednesday, our bloggers predict who will be in the NBA Finals, with the Thunder and Heat as prime suspects. And in LA, our bloggers predict who will win the Battle of LA, Lakers or Clippers.