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The retired NBA player admires the Spurs and the Grizzlies. But his big dream was that these conference finals would give Durant a fitting stage to take his career to yet another level.

If the projected #1 overall pick could draft any player but himself, who would he pick? And is his hair a competitive advantage?

Adonal Foyle on which playoff series he is watching most closely, and what his longtime teammate Dwight Howard should do this summer.

ESPN's Kevin Arnovitz has been covering the Grizzlies vs. Thunder, and notes that it pits an NBA team with strong ties to conservative Republicans against one with Democratic leanings.

LeBron James? Kevin Durant? Joakim Noah? Marc Gasol? Tony Parker? Stephen Curry? Mike Conley? David Thorpe names his MVP of the playoffs so far.

The Grizzlies VP talks about playoff basketball, measuring defense, shooting 3s, and Henry Abbott's mom's performance in the TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown.

David Thorpe says the Thunder's post-Westbrook offense is so awful and predictably Kevin Durant-centric that he is not even sure they'll beat the Rockets, despite being up 3-1.

Oklahoma City Thunder big man Nick Collison goes rapid-fire with Kevin Arnovitz on NBA travel pet peeves, the best one-on-one moves in the league and the prospect of an openly gay NBA player.

Oklahoma City Thunder big man Nick Collison shares impressions of teammate Russell Westbrook and discusses whether "hard fouls" have a place in the NBA.

J.A. Adande and Israel Gutierrez on some of the best potential playoff matchups.

Marc Stein on what almost happened on deadline day.

Utah Jazzman Gordon Hayward talks about the timetable for his return, what tennis can teach us about basketball and delivers play-by-play for Butler's buzzer-beating thriller over Gonzaga.

Daily Thunder's Royce Young says losing four straight in the Finals then trading James Harden had the Thunder faithful worried. But now the Thunder are atop the power rankings, with the league's best offense, and things are a lot sunnier.

Durant vs. LeBron. Who's been the MVP of the first half of the season?

The best young players in the NBA are, David Thorpe points out, not so different from the best players in the NBA, period.

Nate Silver on the difficulty of accepting advanced statistical analysis in sports.