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James Herbert

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NBA midseason awards picks: Experts choose MVP, DPOY, Rookie of the Year and more at halfway mark

As teams hit the 41-game mark, we're picking who's been the best of the best so far this season

How Michael Porter Jr. took a different kind of star turn with the Nets

Porter has played his way back into trade rumors by becoming a potential All-Star in Brooklyn

Trae Young contract: Wizards mulling extension after trade, so what kind of deal makes sense?

Young has a $49 million player option next season

10 questions that will shape NBA trade deadline: What happens with AD? Who will sell? Is Giannis staying put?

Trae Young is off to the Wizards, so what's next in NBA trade season?

In defense of the Trae Young trade for the Wizards, who bought low on an offensive engine

Washington used a series of moves to turn Bradley Beal's contract into a buy-low chance on Trae Young

Brad Stevens sheds light on Celtics' trade deadline plans as Jayson Tatum's potential return looms

Boston's season has gone surprisingly well, and Stevens said 'nothing is holding us back' as the team assesses the deadline

NBA trade rumor roundtable: Discussing Giannis Antetokounmpo, Anthony Davis and more as trade season nears

There could be some league-altering moves this winter... so what do our writers expect to see?

'You gotta play harder than everybody else': How small guards are making it in an increasingly tall NBA

Davion Mitchell, Jamal Shead and Collin Gillespie -- all 6-foot-1 and under -- are providing the blueprint for today's short kings

The Clippers did Chris Paul dirty: 'Legendary Clipper' sent packing in the middle of the night

Chris Paul will not get to end his 21-season NBA career on his terms

NBA quarter-season grades for every West team, from obvious 'A+' to alarming 'F-'

As we hit the end of the first quarter in the 2025-26 NBA season, we're handing out grades

Anthony Davis' situation is a bummer, and so is the NBA trade landscape

Anthony Davis is set to return to the court Friday, and he will likely be part of trade rumors for the next two-plus months

Do the Mavericks really see Kyrie Irving as part of their future? Dallas reportedly doesn't want to trade star

If Dallas is open to trading Anthony Davis, then why would Irving be any different?

What's wrong with the Clippers? Discussing the disastrous start of the most disappointing team in the NBA

The Clippers have lost nine of their last 10 games to fall to 12th place in the West

10 of the craziest, weirdest and most significant early season NBA stats from Nikola Jokić, Giannis and more

Nikola Jokić, Jaylen Brown and Giannis Antetokounmpo are doing unprecedented stuff

VJ Edgecombe, the NBA's most exciting rookie, has given the Sixers new life: 'Better than we could have hoped'

The 20-year-old guard, picked No. 3 in the draft, is already doing it all in Philly

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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