Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 5/22/21

NOTE:  Stay tuned for our special Playoff Preview edition which will follow shortly

- BKN: How Sean Marks Brought The Nets To This Point (from Brian Lewis, NY Post):

Read it here: https://nypost.com/2021/05/22/how-gm-brought-nets-to-this-championship-point

- BKN: Q & A: Blake Griffin (from Steve Serby, NY Post):

Read it here: https://nypost.com/2021/05/21/blake-griffin-opens-up-to-post-ahead-of-nets-playoff-opener

- CHA: Takeaways From This Season (from Wyatt Stroud, Swarm And Sting):

Read it here: https://swarmandsting.com/2021/05/21/charlotte-hornets-4-takeaways-from-2020-21-nba-season/

- DEN: Millsap Embraces Bench Role (from Kyle Fredrickson, Denver Post):

Read it here: https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/21/paul-millsap-nuggets-bench-role-playoffs-blazers/

- DEN: The Secret To Jokic's Unique Gift (from Mike Singer, Denver Post):

Read it here: https://www.denverpost.com/2021/05/22/nikola-jokic-nuggets-playoffs-blazers/

- GSW: The Dubs Accomplished Everything They Needed To This Season (from  Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News):

Read it here: https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/21/kurtenbach-the-warriors-accomplished-everything-they-needed-to-this-season/

- GSW: The Dubs Did Not Go Quietly (from Wes Goldberg, Mercury News):

Read it here: https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/21/warriors-season-comes-to-an-end-with-117-112-overtime-loss-to-grizzlies/

- LAC: The Clippers Spread Creation Responsibility (from Scott Levin, Premium Hoops):

Read it here: https://premiumhoops.org/2021/05/21/the-clippers-have-crowdsourced-the-creation/

- LAC: Are The Clippers Built To Deal With Playoff Pressure? (from Mirjam Swanson, OC Register):

Read it here: https://www.dailynews.com/2021/05/21/are-these-clippers-built-to-deal-with-playoff-pressure/

- LAC: Will Kawhi & PG13 Deliver A Title? (from Mark Medina, USA Today):

Read it here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2021/05/21/kawhi-leonard-paul-george-think-time-clippers-title/5192650001/

- LAL: Jared Dudley On His Comeback (from Kyle Goon, OC Register):

Read it here: https://www.ocregister.com/2021/05/21/lakers-jared-dudley-on-his-comeback-from-a-torn-mcl-and-revisiting-the-2010-lakers-suns-series/

- MEM: The Long View: The Grizzlies Party Is Just Beginning (from Parker Fleming, Grizzly Bear Blues):

Read it here: https://www.grizzlybearblues.com/2021/5/22/22448590/the-long-view-the-party-is-just-getting-started-memphis-grizzlies-ja-morant-dillon-brooks-nba

From Evan Barnes, Commercial Appeal: https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/2021/05/22/memphis-grizzlies-next-generation-leaps-forward-into-nba-playoffs/5108749001/

From Mark Giannotto, Commercial Appeal: https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/columnists/mark-giannotto/2021/05/22/memphis-grizzlies-deliver-signature-moment-reach-nba-playoffs-sooner-expected/5098733001/

From Jesse Cinquini, Grizzly Bear Blues: https://www.grizzlybearblues.com/2021/5/22/22448567/report-card-grizzlies-win-in-overtime-advance-to-playoffs-nba-memphis-warriors-morant

From Tim McMahon, ESPN: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/31486823/ja-morant-memphis-grizzlies-playoffs-ousting-warriors-over

From Jack Maloney, CBS Sports: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/grizzlies-vs-warriors-score-takeaways-memphis-takes-down-golden-state-to-clinch-no-8-seed/live/

- NYK: How The Knicks Learned To Love The Three-Point Bomb (from Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic):

Read it here: https://theathletic.com/2603262/2021/05/21/the-4-point-revolution-how-the-knicks-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-3-point-bomb/

- NYK: The Future Of The Knicks' Young Core (from Drew Maresca/David Zenon, Basketball Isiders):

Read it here: http://www.basketballinsiders.com/insider-info-the-future-of-the-knicks-young-core/

- NYK: The Randle Success That Few In L.A. Saw Coming (from Tania Ganguli, LA Times):

Read it here: https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-05-21/julius-randle-embraced-pressure-knicks-playoffs

- OKC: Presti Has Options, Even Without Lottery Luck (from Berry Tramel, The Oklahoman): Read it here:  theoklahoman.com - OKC: Takeaways From Presti's Exit Interview (from Joe Mussatto, The Oklahoman: Read it here: https://www.oklahoman.com/story/sports/nba/thunder/2021/05/20/thunder-sam-presti-exit-interview-shai-gilgeous-alexander-al-horford-nba-draft-lottery/5185395001/ - PHI: Doc Rivers Is The Sixers Real MVP (from Keith Pompey, The Inquirer): Read it here: https://www.inquirer.com/sixers/doc-rivers-76ers-first-season-nba-eastern-conference-20210522.html - PHO: When Devin Booker Became Devin Booker: Rookie Season Moments (from Doug Haller, The Athletic): Read it here: https://theathletic.com/2605241/2021/05/22/when-devin-booker-became-devin-booker-the-rookie-season-moments-that-began-the-suns-guards-rise - PHO: The Suns Are CP3's Latest Project (from Scott Cacciola, NY Times): Read it here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/sports/basketball/chris-paul-phoenix-suns.html - PHO: Executive Of The Year: The Case For James Jones (from Deadpoolio, Bright Side Of The Sun): Read it here: https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2021/5/22/22448570/phoenix-suns-james-jones-killed-the-timeline-and-its-glorious - POR: The Basketball Artistry Of CJ McCollum (from Jason Quick, The Athletic): Read it here: https://theathletic.com/2605523/2021/05/21/the-basketball-artistry-of-the-blazers-cj-mccollum-its-me-in-one-of-my-purest-forms/ - TOR: Meet Henry Woo, The Trainer Who Helped Birch Expand His Game (from Steven Loung, Sportsnet): Read it here: https://www.sportsnet.ca/nba/article/meet-henry-woo-jr-trainer-helped-khem-birch-expand-game/ - WAS: A Quick Look Back At Wizards' Regular Season (from Kevin Broom, Bullets Forever): Read it here: https://www.bulletsforever.com/2021/5/22/22448431/a-quick-look-back-at-the-wizards-2020-21-regular-season - WAS: Gafford Looks Like Steal Of The Century (from Chase Hughes, NBC Sports): Read it here: https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/wizards/daniel-gafford-continues-look-steal-century-wizards - WAS: Westbrook Gives Wizards The Edge They Need (from Ava Wallace, Washington Post): Read it here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/05/22/russell-westbrook-wizards-nba-playoffs/

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- Injuries Are The Story Of The Season (from Henry Abbott, True Hoop):

Read it here: https://www.truehoop.com/p/a-meat-grinder-of-an-nba-season

- Scott Henderson To Reclassify, Sign With GLeague Ignite (from Adam Zagoria, Forbes):

Read it here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamzagoria/2021/05/21/five-star-guard-scoota-henderson-to-reclassify-sign-with-nba-g-league-ignite/?sh=3f868f1a7253