Bill Reiter

National Columnist /

Why the NBA Cup is working for Adam Silver, even if it's still a work in progress

With Year 2 complete, the league is taking the long view when it comes to its in-season tournament

Why Jimmy Butler rumors are complicated and how Heat are handling them as NBA trade season approaches

Trade rumors started swirling this week about the Heat star

How Victor Wembanyama is mirroring LeBron James in second season as Spurs star tries to meet generational hype

Wembanyama's 10-8 Spurs meet LeBron's Lakers on Wednesday night

Stephen Curry, James Harden and the difference between NBA's No. 1 and No. 2 most prolific 3-point shooters

Harden, now No. 2 all-time in 3-pointers made, faced off with the only man ahead of him on Monday

For Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo, a series of winnable November games has become a crucial stretch

The 3-8 Bucks face a strange reality as they try to get their season back on track

76ers have NBA's worst record and familiar level of drama, but Philly is focused on big picture with Big Three

Injuries, investigations and off-court incidents have dominated the early-season headlines for the 1-6 76ers

Why Giannis Antetokounmpo's Bucks future is being called into question amid ugly start: 'Teams are circling'

Things have not started great for Milwaukee in Doc Rivers' first full season... could it lead to a blockbuster?

Why NBA is investigating Joel Embiid's season-opening absence and what it means for 76ers

This inevitable probe is the new normal and far from surprising

Clippers' gleaming new arena can't obscure the mediocrity of the team that plays inside it

Wednesday's debut was a metaphor for this entire Clippers era -- hope gained, and quickly extinguished

Bronny James makes historic Lakers debut with his legendary dad, but now he'll have to carve own path forward

Bronny and LeBron James shared the court in the Lakers' season-opening win Tuesday night

LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant enter another season as top-10 talents -- enjoy it while it lasts

Steph, LeBron and K.D. take up the No. 6, No. 8 and No. 9 spots in CBS Sports' Top 100, respectively

NBA Top 100 players, ranked: How LeBron James, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Edwards stack up ahead of 2024-25 season

Ten CBS Sports experts voted on our list of the league's 100 best players entering the 2024-25 season

USA Basketball: Steph Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant keep Team USA golden by doing what all-time greats do

Curry, James and Durant led Team USA to its fifth straight gold medal and added to their legacies in Paris

What Team USA's nail-biting win vs. Serbia says about the Americans -- and Nikola Jokic

Team USA needed a thrilling comeback to take down Serbia and reach the gold medal game in Paris

Lakers, Clippers fail in NBA free agency as the L.A. teams fall into traps of mediocrity

It has not been a particularly good week for either NBA team in Los Angeles

Bill Reiter began his career as a newspaper journalist before becoming a national columnist at CBS Sports. He currently hosts a national CBS Sports radio show from New York City from 6 to 10 p.m. ET called Reiter Than You and hosts Reiter's Block for CBSSports.com. Bill has covered the NBA, MLB, college football and major events like the Super Bowl, Olympics and NCAA Tournament. He's won seven APSE writing awards and been recognized several times for his notable work. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

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