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Sam Quinn

The Bulls reportedly want to emulate the Pacers, but being an NBA copycat doesn't work

It's hard to do a better job of building the Pacers than the Pacers did

NBA Cup group stage winners and losers: Magic are out to prove that their success is no act

Let's look at some of the big-picture winners and losers of the now-completed group stage

NBA MVP rankings: Early look at top five in race and why SGA currently has edge over Nikola Jokić

Five weeks into the 2025-26 season, it looks like we could be headed for an all-time MVP race

Jalen Williams just got subjected to NBA's most unfair rule because of the Thunder forward's ill-timed injury

Williams is about to lose a whole lot of money for an exceedingly stupid reason

Anthony Davis trade rumors: Ranking every NBA team as a possible landing spot for Mavericks' star big man

Dallas needs to trade Davis to facilitate its post-Nico Harrison rebuild, but the fit is tough

Chris Paul will retire without a ring -- but his career proves he was one of the NBA's greatest winners

Future Hall of Famer's legacy will be defined by losses he couldn't control

What if a genie forced the Thunder to trade everyone? Welcome to my burn-it-down spiral

We could write another love letter to the Oklahoma City Thunder (15-1) ... or we could trade their whole roster for fun

The definitive rankings of which NBA teams are most in need of a 'blow-it-up' trade, from No. 30 to No. 1

From juggernauts to moribund franchises, here's how itchy each NBA team is getting to drop a bomb on their current situation

LeBron James had a remarkably selfless season debut for the Lakers, just not in his usual ways

James played far faster than usual in his first game of the season

LeBron James is returning to a Lakers team that needs a different version of him than it has ever gotten

For once, James doesn't need to control everything for his team

Lauri Markkanen is once again playing the Jazz out of the tank race and setting up an impossible decision

How badly do the Jazz want to keep their 2026 first-round pick?

The Derik Queen draft pick is working out far better than the Derik Queen trade

The Pelicans overpaid for Queen, but New Orleans is still getting everything it hoped for

Pelicans fire Willie Green: New Orleans coach ousted after miserable 2-10 start; James Borrego named interim

Injuries have decimated Green's roster the last several years but the results were impossible to ignore

Willie Green was a symptom of much deeper problems for the Pelicans and a new coach probably can't solve them

Firing Willie Green won't fix much in New Orleans. James Borrego might not either

Sam Quinn joined CBS sports as a basketball writer in 2019. Prior to that, he wrote for 247Sports and Bleacher Report. He is a New York native and NYU graduate who also has roots in Florida and California.

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