NBA East - Vogel bread for smarter move
SERIOUSLY now. Was there anyone in AmericanAirlines Arena - other than Pacers coach Frank Vogel - who didn't know LeBron James was going to take the match-winning shot for the Heat today?
NBA West - Duncan does it in O/T
MEMPHIS went on a stunning 15-2 run to force overtime in Game 2 of its Western Conference Final against San Antonio today, only to be bounced out 93-89 by Tim Duncan in the extension.
Put KB on the import trail
MANY of the NBL's imports who still are spoken of in reverential terms were players clubs stumbled onto - a matter of good fortune over good management.
NBA West - Spurs grind Grizzlies
THEY say one swallow doesn't make a summer - or even a summer holiday, for that matter - so Memphis will content itself it has a second game in San Antonio this week.
NBA East: It's a Lance...
INDIANA guard Lance Stephenson last season earned a degree of infamy for showing the cut-throat signal to Miami megastar LeBron James during their Eastern Conference semi final, which the Heat then duly wrapped up.
Get core right and she'll be apples
MARK Bradtke hated Tony Ronaldson and Brian Goorjian with such a passion, he went out of his way to avoid his Melbourne basketball contemporaries.
Random dribbling: Weighing in
HOLD your horses there Hawks fans. My latest insider-trading has Stevie Weigh shooting the rock with Cairns Taipans next season.
NBA East - Knicks find coping mechanism
NEW York coach Mike Woodson gambled and lost when he tinkered with his line-up before Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semi final against Indiana so today he tried something old ... and new.
NBA West - Spurs-Grizzlies next
GOLDEN State needs to get Andrew Bogut and David Lee back fully healthy to build on their 2012-13 achievement under coach Mark Jackson.
"New" NBL ideas #2
THE ideas have been pouring in about what direction the "new" NBL should take in season 2014-15, expansion a very hot topic.

