Carlisle, the longtime NBA head coach, has received endless praise over the offseason as he's helped lead the Pacers through the Eastern Conference and now to a lead in the NBA Finals over the league's best regular season team. Barkley's only kidding, but with how the Knicks have went about their coaching search, don't put anything past them.

The Thunder's do-it-all energizer and defensive menace has been a bigger part of the offense, and his playing time has increased accordingly in the most important games of the season.

Thunder series, Oklahoma City suffered a crushing business loss to Indianapolis. OKC rebuilt itself in Indy's image.

Charles Barkley joked about the Knicks' coaching search strategy by making a direct reference to the Pacers' head coach Rick Carlisle.

A general manager's job is to win now and plan for the future. Since 2007, Sam Presti has turned the Thunder into one of the NBA's best teams.