James Herbert

CBS Sports Writer /

Thomas Bryant trade: Heat, Pacers agree to deal that sends big man to Indiana, per report

The Pacers have lost two backup centers to season-ending Achilles injuries

Austin Reaves injury update: Lakers wing likely to return from five-game absence Friday vs. Timberwolves

Reaves has been out with a left pelvic contusion

Hawks' Dyson Daniels on Pelicans, his former team, and their injury woes: 'That organization's cursed'

The Hawks guard is happy to no longer be affected by whatever is going on in New Orleans

Rockets GM Rafael Stone says they want to develop, not trade for a star: 'We do not intend to change anything'

Houston has been the subject of high-profile trade rumors, including for Kevin Durant or Jimmy Butler

Kawhi Leonard injury update: Clippers star, who hasn't played this season, makes return to practice

Leonard is not taking contact in practice yet but appears to be inching closer to making his season debut

Kevin Durant injury update: Suns star could return from sprained ankle as soon as Friday, per report

Phoenix is 1-9 without Durant this season

NBA trade rumors: Could this be the end of the Heat's Jimmy Butler era? Plus Brandon Ingram, Warriors, more

Miami is reportedly open to trading its franchise player, and Butler apparently has his preferred destinations

Magic's Franz Wagner out indefinitely with torn oblique, the same injury that sidelined Paolo Banchero

Wagner will be reevaluated in four weeks, according to the team

Why Warriors coach Steve Kerr wants to keep starting Jonathan Kuminga, bringing Draymond Green off the bench

After a 12-3 start, Golden State is now 13-9 and still 'searching, lineup-wise'

Rockets coach Ime Udoka fined $50K for 'profane language' toward ref; Alperen Sengun, Tari Eason also punished

Udoka and Sengun were both ejected late in the fourth quarter during Tuesday's loss to the Kings

Zion Williamson injury update: Pelicans star, sidelined since Nov. 6, to miss at least two more weeks

Williamson was ruled out indefinitely on Nov. 9 after injuring his hamstring

Tyrese Haliburton says Pacers are putting an 'embarrassing' product on the floor and need a 'reality check'

Indiana is 9-13 after making the Eastern Conference finals last season

Kevin Durant injury update: Suns' 'impossible to replace' star sidelined again with ankle issue

Durant, who missed seven games last month, is out for at least a week with a new injury

Grizzlies' Ja Morant says he's 'not trying to dunk at all' after alley-oop attempt led to injury

Morant -- one of the NBA's best in-game dunkers -- said he's 'dead serious' about this

NBA quarter-season grades for every East team: Celtics and Cavaliers earn best marks, one squad gets an 'F'

With the NBA regular season 25% complete, it's time to hand out some grades

James Herbert is somewhat fond of basketball, feature writing and understatements. A former season-ticket holder for the expansion Toronto Raptors, Herbert does not think the NBA was better back in the days of hand checking and illegal defense. He joined CBS Sports in 2014 and lives in Brooklyn.

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