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Sam Quinn

NBA's most underrated players: An improving LaMelo Ball, a picked-on James Harden ... and a rookie?

In wake of our NBA Top 100 list going live, CBS Sports writers are picking who they think are the most underrated players in the league

Top 50 NBA trade candidates for 2026-27 season: Anthony Davis, Zion Williamson and more names to watch

NBA trade season really never ends these days, and here are 50 players who could be moving during the new season

Why the Celtics are getting a bargain on Payton Pritchard's two-year, $44.2 million contract extension

With an NBA championship and Sixth Man of the Year Award already under his belt, Pritchard is set for an even bigger role in Boston this season

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope says 76ers' success will come down to 'us liking each other'

Philly's star-studded lineup will require everyone to sacrifice some if they're going to make it work

Ranking the NBA's top 100 players: Victor Wembanyama enters 2026-27 season at No. 1

Wemby is ahead of SGA and Nikola Jokić as a new season begins ... so what about everyone else?

Takeaways from Knicks pausing contract extension talks: Is Josh Hart's time in New York running out?

Coming off a title, four Knicks players are eligible for contract extensions, including starters Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart

Ranking every NBA team's defense entering the 2026-27 season: Thunder and Spurs competing for top spot

Who will be the best -- and worst -- on defense this season? We're projecting each team

Could LeBron James help solve the 76ers' depth problem at center? Here's what the numbers say

LeBron at the 5? The 76ers might need to try it after their backup center was hurt in their preseason opener

Ranking every NBA team's offense entering the 2026-27 season: Knicks at No. 1, Lakers and Celtics in top five

Who will have the best -- and the worst -- offenses in the NBA this season? We're projecting each team

NBA head coach rankings: Where all 30 stand entering the 2026-27 season

Joe Mazzulla and JJ Redick are on the rise, Ime Udoka and Nick Nurse have something to prove ... and who's No. 1?

Jalen Duren says he wants 'to be a Piston for life' despite contentious free agency, trade rumors

Duren eventually accepted Detroit's five-year, $200 million offer, but not before leaks of a fractured team-player relationship

The Blazers have a starting lineup dilemma with a clear solution: Bring Ja Morant off the bench

Putting Morant in the backcourt with Damian Lillard in a starting group with Deni Avdija makes little sense

Grading Jalen Duren's $200 million contract: Pistons pay up to keep All-NBA center

The Pistons and Duren ended their contractual standoff on Thursday night, so how did each side do?

Trail Blazers fire new announcer hours after hiring him over social media posts he made as a teen

Braiden Bell was let go on Thursday shortly after being hired; the team says it has 'zero tolerance for racist, sexist or harmful comments'

NBA closing in on choosing ownership for new Las Vegas franchise: When could team debut? What about Seattle?

The winning bid for the Las Vegas expansion team is expected to exceed $12 billion

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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