Boban Marjanovic has clearly been the most dominant player in the Euroleague this season and if Crvena Zvezda had done better in the Top 16, Marjanovic would have secured season MVP award by now. Read more »

At this stage in his career, there's just nowhere you can hide Dirk Nowitzki on defense against a good team, especially one with an offense as potent as the Rockets. There's a reason most of Dirk's peers -- Duncan, KG, Pau -- have slid down to C as they have gotten older. Read more »

Derrick Rose has a long way to go in this postseason, but all of the turbulence appears past him: The third knee tear, the tug and pull with players on offense structure, the need to assure everyone he's OK. Read more »

Awards season can be both fun and frustrating because it creates some intriguing intellectual exercises but the overall structure leads to some deserving individuals not getting the accolades they deserve. Read more »

Looking at the percentile rankings for every team in the first round of the 2015 NBA Playoffs in the critical categories of offensive efficiency, defensive efficiency, rebound percentage, assist percentage, three-point percentage and foul rate. Read more »

RealGM's writers each predict the entire NBA Playoffs and explain their picks to win the championship. Read more »

DraftKings is offering RealGM readers access to a free fantasy basketball contest on Saturday for the first day of the playoffs with $65,000 in prizes. Read more »

In this alternative scenario, the top 16 teams make it regardless of conference and the top half of teams can choose their opponents among the bottom half, selecting in order of record. Read more »

While the Rockets have a clear edge in terms of regular season performance as well as having two stars in the prime of their career, key Houston injuries should give some hope to a Mavs' team with a lot of talent that hasn't been able to get everything going this season. Read more »

If there was an NBA trophy for the year's strangest season, the Pistons would be a heavy favorite to win it. Detroit has experienced roughly five seasons worth of madness in one year. Read more »

Evaluating the standouts from Portsmouth who could follow the likes of Robert Covington to become NBA players. Read more »

The key for any coach is to make sure he has the necessary talent to win and that's exactly what Steve Kerr did in picking the Warriors over the Knicks. Kerr was the only one of Phil Jackson's disciples who was actually paying attention. Read more »

Tyler Johnson wanted to pursue the NBA, thoroughly and respectably. He became a premium undrafted player, and NBA executives envisioned an aggressive, athletic and two-way guard in the D-League with Sioux Falls. Read more »

There are still plenty of good games and storylines to watch in the final three days of what has been an incredibly fun regular season. Read more »

The depth of future lottery talent in the 2015 Nike Hoop Summit wasn't as strong as past seasons, including last year's edition that comprises a good percentage of the draft crop, but there are three potential franchise-changing talents in Skal Labissiere, Ben Simmons and Jaylen Brown. Read more »

When you are drafting from a John Calipari team, you want to make sure you are taking guys based off their talent level and skill-set not their proximity to greatness at the NCAA level. So how do the seven guys from this year's team stack up with each other? Read more »

With the regular season winding down quickly, here is an update on the 2015 first round picks that have trade protection on them with the 76ers have the most at stake. Read more »

Nerlens Noel has remained healthy in his delayed rookie season while showing all of the defensive ability and upside on offense that made him the projected top pick in 2013 before he tore his ACL. Read more »

Most college games are won and lost before the ball is ever tipped into play. What Shaka Smart realized was there was no reason to leave the premier job in his conference unless he could get a premier job in one of the bigger conferences. Read more »

The hero was a freshman, just not necessarily the one we expected. Read more »