http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge was contacted by the Brooklyn Nets, who wanted to speak to Doc Rivers about their vacant coaching position, team and league sources confirmed to ESPNBoston.com.]]> May 23, 2013 15:38:34 PDT He's 6-5. He shoots like Ray Allen. He dunks on people. He's a candidate to be the top overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft. And yet, he still gets confused, now and again, with that guy who raps about thrift stores.]]> May 21, 2013 08:13:05 PDT The NBA sent out a news release last week saying, "Miss Fanatic, a fashion-forward women's apparel company, has teamed up with the National Basketball...]]> May 16, 2013 09:00:33 PDT Who is Jason Collins the basketball player? He's an analytics legend.]]> April 30, 2013 04:02:59 PDT Here's a twist: On this, the final day of 2012-13 NBA regular season, Gregg Popovich is apparently going with his starters. Tim Duncan, Tony Parker ...]]> April 17, 2013 04:15:20 PDT Chad Ford provides his latest Big Board of the top 30 prospects for the 2013 NBA draft, with Kentucky big man Nerlens Noel retaining the No. 1 spot.]]> April 16, 2013 01:24:00 PDT Brian McKitish provides his initial 2013-14 season rankings, as well as thoughts on players ready to take their game to another level.]]> April 15, 2013 06:49:21 PDT With an eye on Trey Burke, David Thorpe notes that no matter how much teams love drafting big players, the tiniest high picks have been great ones.]]> April 12, 2013 06:23:22 PDT The college basketball season is over, but for NBA talent evaluators, the analysis is still a long way from complete. Over the next three months, NBA ...]]> April 10, 2013 14:19:17 PDT Amin Elhassan outlines five NBA draft prospects who fit five specific teams' needs in terms of both position and style of play. He writes that Trey Burke to the Magic and Victor Oladipo to the Thunder would work particularly well.]]> April 10, 2013 01:50:22 PDT Chad Ford unveils his first mock draft of 2013, with Nerlens Noel leading the way.]]> April 08, 2013 05:32:49 PDT Brian McKitish provides his latest fantasy basketball rankings and looks at players on the rise for the last week of the season.]]> April 08, 2013 06:36:00 PDT Neil Tardy identifies some of the better matchups to exploit in Week 24, the final week of the fantasy basketball season. Features team-by-team schedule strength.]]> April 05, 2013 10:56:13 PDT Tom Carpenter reviews the best options for the final scoring period in our Fastbreak game.]]> April 05, 2013 07:50:26 PDT So much amazing is happening, and the Shootaround crew is here to help you keep track of it all. You'll find takes on moments you might've missed from...]]> April 04, 2013 09:31:47 PDT