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There is a new star stealing the show at Madison Square Garden.

On Sunday Kobe Bryant announced that the 2015-16 season would be his last. We figured, what better way to look back on his no-doubt first-ballot Hall of Fame career than by watching his 10 greatest plays (as compiled by the NBA).

NBA free agency is underway, and there's a ton of moving pieces happening all at the same time. Josh Martin, lead NBA writer for Bleacher Report joined us on Wednesday to try and sort it all out.

The NBA Draft is just a few days away (Thursday night to be exact), and marks the official start of offseason rebuilding for every team in the league. ESPN College Basketball analyst, Seth Greenberg, joined us Monday to size up the top players in the draft including potential top picks Karl Anthony-Towns and Jahlil Okafor.

The Golden State Warriors championship win marked the end of the 2015 NBA season, which naturally turns the attention to the Draft coming up this Thursday. Will the Timberwolves go with Kentucky's Karl Anthony-Towns, or Duke's Jahlil Okafor? And who in the world is Kristops Prozingis? Bleacher Report's Jonathan Wasserman joined us to answer those questions and more.

As you know by now, the Warriors are NBA champs, knocking off the Cavs, 105-97, on Tuesday night. Right on schedule, the league has released its Game 6 "mini movie," and it's just a exhilarating as the Game 5 one we liked so much.

Take a quick walk back through Sunday's thrilling Game 5.

Despite having played nearly 100 games already during this grueling NBA season, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors still need four more wins to claim the title. The 2015 NBA Finals start Thursday, June 4, in Oakland. Here's a preview of what to expect.

To almost no one's surprise, Tom Thibodeau is out as the head coach of the Chicago Bulls. Where will he land, and where will the Bulls turn for his replacement? We spoke with Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes on Thursday to get his thoughts on that situation, and who he likes to win the NBA Finals.

Wait, people don't like Floyd Mayweather? NO WAY.