NBA

• ESPN NBA analyst and 13-year NBA swingman Jalen Rose was caught in the media crush trying to squeeze into the overstuffed Heat locker room following Thursdays decisive Game 5 rout of the Thunder to wrap up Miamis second championship.
(Sun Sentinel)
• MIAMI (Reuters) - Now that LeBron James and the Miami Heat have capped off the NBA season with a glorious title run, the spotlight turns to the next great stage for basketball, the London Olympics.
(Adversaries become team mates as Olympics heats up - Reuters India)
• The easy choice, presumably, is for the New Orleans Hornets to use the No. 1 overall pick in Thursday nights NBA draft to select Kentucky big man Anthony Davis. After that, there doesnt appear to be a consensus choice in the 2012 NBA draft.
(Los Angeles Times)
• MIAMI — Redemption. Vindication. Destiny fulfilled.
(Toronto Star)
• NBA star Tony Parker is suing the owners of WiP nightclub in NYC over an eye injury that he allegedly sustained during the Chris Brown/ Drake brawl that occurred earlier this month.
(Starzlife)
• Superstar LeBron James finally has his NBA championship. The Miami Heat wrapped up the title Thursday night with a series clinching rout over the Oklahoma City Thunder. It was the one of the highest rated finals in years.
(NPR News)
• Dwyane Wade is unsure if he will be able to compete in the London Olympics. The Miami Heat guard said Friday he will soon have his ailing left knee examined, and acknowledges that surgery might be a possibility.
(MySanAntonio)
• The NBA offers media partners, fans and teams access to all kinds of statistics to help tell the story of what happened during games, as well as the leagues history.
(Daily Oklahoman)
• The future is now, and the stakes are high. The 2012 NBA draft is every franchises opportunity to grab the leagues next superstar, but history has proven only a select few prospects ever reach their full potential.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• REUTERS - The Big Three of the Miami Heat won their first NBA titles together when they silenced the Oklahoma City Thunder in five games of the championship series, but the achievement was not as easy as one, two, three.
(Not as easy as one-two-three for Miami Heat - Reuters India)