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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...

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...

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

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...

Marc Gasol helped the Griz gain control of the paint and even the series, writes Kevn Arnovitz.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- As news of the injury to Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook reverberated through the NBA on Friday, the Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies reacted to the Westbrook's possible absence in a potential second-round se...

One day after their 112-91 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in the first-round series opener, the Memphis Grizzlies were still smarting over their lackluster play.

In a strength-versus-strength matchup, the Clippers got the better of the Grizzlies in Game 1, writes Kevin Arnovitz.

Thanks to the resourcefulness of Chris Vernon, radio host at 92.9 ESPN Sports Radio in Memphis, the world was treated to video of Tony Allen's interpretation of Montell Jordan's "This is How We Do It" at Allen's Karaoke Night last week. Obje...

Welcome to Year 7 of the TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown.

Stephen Dunn/NBAE/Getty ImagesThe Lakers and Rockets played one of Wednesday night's few meaningful games. LOS ANGELES -- Give the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets their due, the two teams played a frenetic, de facto playoff game. The Rockets ...

Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty ImagesThe Lakers' leaky defense put out the welcome mat for Chris Paul and the Clippers.LOS ANGELES -- As rivalry games between the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers go, Sunday's tilt at Staples Center on ...

Jeff Gross/NBAE/Getty Images David West knows how to find a mismatch, control a possession and encourage Paul George. LOS ANGELES -- Things got sticky late for the Indiana Pacers, and there was nothing artful about the conclusion of their 109-106 w...

NEW ORLEANS -- First came the game jersey. Then the right wristband, followed by the left. With the fans still begging for more spoils, Chris Paul kicked off his shoes, one going into the scrum of fans crushing the barricade cordoning off the baselin...

NBAE/Getty ImagesJust as their teams were hitting their strides, Marc Gasol and Ty Lawson went down.For a while, the Memphis Grizzlies were the Western Conference's most intriguing story. During the height of the season, they dealt their most prolifi...