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Dan McCarney of the San Antonio Express-News: How painfully close were the Spurs to their fifth championship? Scores of Heat fans - admittedly, not exactly a die-hard bunch - were already streaming for the exits at American Airlines Arena as the fina...

Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: During the postseason, Miami has won each of its six games following a loss by an average of 20.7 points. The Heat's victories in this schizophrenic series have come by 19 and 16. History conflicts on wh...

Chad Ford offers his fifth mock draft of 2013, as players go through NBA team workouts.

Story | Conversation | June 18, 2013

Dan McCarney of the San Antonio Express-News: It has been a Finals marked by wild swings of fortunes, so why should Game 5 have been any different? For the third straight contest, the team blown out by double-digits bounced back to return the favor i...

Insider's 5-on-5 panel of experts tackles which teams would help top prospects best fulfill their potential.

Story | Conversation | June 14, 2013

Chicago Bulls assistant coach Ed Pinckney is interviewing with the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday for their head coaching vacancy, a league source confirmed with ESPN.com.

The San Antonio Spurs are doing something right, writes Seth Wickersham in ESPN The Magazine. What if that something is avoiding American players?

Dan McCarney of the San Antonio Express-News: It took the Heat the better part of seven quarters, but they finally gave the Spurs a taste of their awesome open-court power with a 33-5 run to blow Game 2 open and even the Finals at 1-1. They did so by...

Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: The play that gave the Spurs a 1-0 lead in the NBA Finals doesn't have a name. It won't show up in coach Gregg Popovich's playbook. Given the unique unfolding of events, late in the Spurs' 92-88 victory ...

Joseph Goodman of The Miami Herald: Conference championships are nice, but rings are the only things that matter in Miami. Simply put, for the Heat to defeat the Spurs in The Finals, and repeat as NBA champions, Wade and Bosh will have to rejoin the ...

Neil Paine examines Grant Hill's case for the Hall of Fame and determines that he should be enshrined.

Story | Conversation | June 04, 2013

Chad Ford offers his fourth mock draft of 2013, as players go through NBA team workouts.

Story | Conversation | June 04, 2013

Jason Kidd won a ring in Dallas, but his greatest days were in New Jersey.

Jason Kidd is retiring after 19 seasons as one of the best passing and rebounding point guards in NBA history.

Bob Kravitz of The Indianapolis Star: Whatever happens now, the local NBA franchise has made Indianapolis a Pacers town once again. Win or lose Monday night in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat, Indianapolis has been tran...

Using game stats and a variety of beyond-the-box score metrics, Neil Paine ranks the top 10 conference finals players of all time. LeBron James, Hakeem Olajuwon and Michael Jordan top the list.

Story | Conversation | May 31, 2013