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.
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.
Jackson on MJ, Kobe
THE man best qualified to make the comparison NBA and basketball fans the world over have been making for years - Phil Jackson - says Michael Jordan was a greater leader than Kobe Bryant.
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.
NBA East - Heat moves on
THE Heat are the first team through to an NBA Conference Final after putting down Chicago's challenge 94-91 today in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semi series.
NBA West - Thunder rolled out
THE dream is over for the OKC Thunder, though it really bit the dust when Russell Westbrook was ruled out of any further Western Conference finals play.
NBA East - Knicking off
THE New York Knicks changed their line-up for Game 4, turned up the physicality, altered their plan - they even argued among themselves.

