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NBA coaching legend Phil Jackson will make a stop through Chicago on Thursday to promote his new book, "Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success." Phil Jackson, without question, is the greatest NBA coach of all time.

Q: Do you think the Heat are too good? I know the ultimate test are still to come in the remainder of the playoffs.

The NBA Playoffs provide some of the greatest theater in all of sports. Sure, players and teams may take a play off during an 82-game slog, but when the calendar flips to May, the intensity gets ratcheted up to 11 - bodies bang just a little harder, points are just a little harder to come by, and legends are formed in the crucible of a month-long ... (more)

LeBron James carried Zydrunas Ilgauskas, left, and the Cavaliers to the NBA Finals in 2007.

Phil Jackson is famous not only for coaching stars - Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen with the Chicago Bulls, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal with the L.A. Lakers - but also for his distinctive "zen" approach to basketball.

Current players will always be compared against past greats, but LeBron James, who many feel has revolutionized the game of basketball because of his sheer size and the way he plays the game, is said to be the player who will someday surpass Jordan as the greatest of all time.

''We'll see what the market calls for,'' Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said repeatedly Thursday, one day after the Miami Heat sent the Bulls home for summer vacation by topping them 4-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

At the height of his powers, LeBron James no longer has two stars to lean on in Miami, but is the star of stars as the Heat chase another NBA title, says Bud Shaw.

If you are a Celtics fan born between 1976-1986, you grew up despising the Chicago Bulls .

The records spoke for themselves, but on this night it was tough to tell how much credit belonged to the Miami Heat defence and how much of it was perpetually short-handed Chicago finally hitting a wall.

December 13, 2011; Charlotte, NC, USA; Charlotte Bobcats principal owner Michael Jordan during training camp at Time Warner Cable Arena.

LUC Longley once said he believed he did more for Australian basketball in the red-and-black than the green-and-gold but all that will change from today.

We are in the midst of the playoffs, but for most teams this week marks the first big transition toward the NBA draft.

Joakim Noah got voted by coaches onto the NBA's All-Defensive first team Monday, tying the Knicks' Tyson Chandler for the center spot.

Norris Cole scored 18, and the Heat pulled out a tight win after blasting the Bulls 115-78 on Wednesday.

As if slogging through an entire regular season without Derrick Rose weren't enough, Chicago Bulls fans had to stomach a very tangible reminder that the former MVP won't be offering up any help against the Miami Heat in Game 3, either.

For the majority of the season, Trail Blazers forward Nicolas Batum lived up to lofty expectations after signing a large four-year, $44 million contract last offseason.

I saw some postings Wednesday night that the Miami Heat beating the living crap out of the Chicago Bulls was, "the best game I ever saw." from a handful of people.

Phil Jackson won't have much to prove if he returns to an NBA sideline next season, but if he gets his wish and rejoins the league as a front office executive, he'll be faced with a slew of new challenges that could give him an opportunity to fill in the few remaining blanks on his historically great resume.

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