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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.

Spurs vs. Warriors was supposed to be a cakewalk for San Antonio. But some classic games in San Antonio, and a split series, makes this a toss-up. Who's favored now that the Warriors have homecourt? Ethan Sherwood Strauss and Graydon Gordian weigh in

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 Bulls are coming off a great success -- stealing homecourt advantage from the top-ranked Heat. But they followed that with a historic loss, and ESPN Insiders Amin Elhassan and Tom Haberstroh predict Chicago won't win another game.

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

Graydon Gordian co-founded the Spurs blog 48 Minutes of Hell, and has every expectation Stephen Curry's transcendent shooting will change the series. But he's still very comfortable with the Spurs second-round matchup.

ESPN.com's Kevin Arnovitz has been out of the closet, and going to work at NBA stadiums (and yes, in locker rooms) for years. In his experience, how can Jason Collins really expect to be treated?

Tim Grover says Michael Jordan, Dwyane Wade and Kobe Bryant are what he calls 'cleaners.' The best of the NBA's leaders. LeBron, he says, isn't there yet, but can get there with a title this season.

Phoenix guard Kendall Marshall might have the NBA's best Twitter game. In the first of two episodes we get the back story behind @KButter5 tweets like "One man's trash is another mans ... no, it's still trash."

The author, chef and Knick fan developed his signature skirt steak recipe while napping through a Knicks game in the Jamal Crawford years, and he says his hatred of the Nets "could power New York for a day."

Tim Grover, Michael Jordan's groundbreaking personal trainer and confidant, has a new book "Relentless," where he shares new tales of a life close to His Airness.

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.

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.

Larry Sanders chats with Kevin Arnovitz about how to develop "pro habits" as an NBA center, fine art and how to keep his cool as a fiery player.