WESTERN CONFERENCE
2-San Antonio Spurs vs 5-Memphis Grizzlies
Robd: This is a tough one to predict. Do you go with the bigger, tougher defensive-minded team who plays to its strengths inside, knows its limits, and is devoid of the traditional superstar? Or do you go with the battle-tested veteran team who has been running the same system [...]

Clearly, the ankle caught up with him as the series wore on but overall his performance in these playoffs has been nothing short of remarkable. He showed the basketball world what we already knew – when healthy, Andrew Bogut is a game-changer.
With a long offseason ahead to rest up and get right, I’m confident [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Kevin Durant wearing a Seattle Supersonics hat?
* SB Nation’s Tom Ziller hoses down this nonsense about Kevin Durant coming up short. Geez, there’s some knobs out there.
* According to the experts Andrew Wiggins is the next can’t miss superstar coming down the pike. He [...]

Andrew Bogut does it again
Another standout performance from Bogut (+17 plus-minus), but his defense in particular was incredible. He dominated the boards again (18 rebounds), kept the Spurs out of the paint – usually their bread and butter – and put the clamps on Timmy D.
Bogut sat for most of the first half with [...]

One of the best writers in the business, Kelly Dwyer from the Yahoo! Sports’ blog, Ball Don’t Lie, penned a great article today on Andrew Bogut. It’s well worth a read. Here’s a snippet:
Andrew Bogut has been a revelation during this year’s postseason. Though he looked to be his old, unfortunately gimpy self in Golden [...]

A weekly wrap of the things you should know in basketball.
* Steph Curry’s one-legged three pointer. Wow!
* Two wicked dunks – Iman Shumpert and Kevin Durant.
* Gregg Popovich and sideline interviews are the best (1 and 2).
* Joe Ingles arrives for the Euroleague Final Four.
* LeBron James put on a passing clinic in Game [...]

“It’s a point guard’s league”. Really?
In today’s NBA the point guard (or perimeter star) typically has the run of the show and gets all the accolades (ahem, Steph Curry), but who really dictates the outcome of a playoff series?
History tells us this – unless you’ve got a game-changing superstar wing player on your team, like [...]

Andrew Bynum dancing; Craig Sager comatose in a hotel lobby? Man I love the NBA!

Game 4 blew my mind, but this was something else. An MVP performance across the board, in a closeout game? That’s special, folks.
This may sound corny, but I feel like a proud parent. After a tough year, and quite frankly a shocking run of bad luck throughout his entire career, he’s earned every bit [...]