Skip to Main Content

Brad Botkin

CBS Sports Staff

The Warriors are a flawed team and Jonathan Kuminga is neither scapegoat nor solution

Whether Draymond Green's agenda comment was actually aimed at Kuminga is beside the point

Thunder taking early aim at Golden State's 73-win record and there's reason to believe they can get there

There are levels to the NBA's parity era. OKC is on a different one

NBA Power Rankings: Lakers keep rolling in LeBron James' debut; Rockets swap spots with Spurs

Meanwhile, the Pistons and Raptors have combined to win 20 of their last 21

Nikola Jokić might be shooting himself straight into the GOAT conversation

Jokić's shooting numbers this season have blown completely off the charts

NBA Power Rankings: Spurs, Pistons making the leap; Eastern Conference earning its keep

Meanwhile, the Lakers keep cruising along without LeBron James

Nico Harrison was done with the Mavericks the day he traded Luka Dončić; he just didn't know it

Harrison was fired Tuesday, nine months after he shipped his generational superstar to Los Angeles

How Pistons' Cade Cunningham authored one the best worst games in NBA history

Cunningham missed 31 shots but made the ones that counted in Detroit's seventh straight win

How Jrue Holiday is piloting a Blazers plane that has officially taken off

Credit GM Joe Cronin for taking an expensive swing on a risky trade

NBA Power Rankings: Lakers, Rockets on the rise; Blazers, Bulls busy shocking the world

Meanwhile, the Warriors are sliding and the Magic haven't gotten off the ground

Ja Morant doesn't want his minutes messed with, but his declining production no longer warrants superstar say

Girzzlies coach Tuomas Iisalo provided great perspective on Morant's sort-of new rotation pattern

How Josh Giddey has led the Bulls to their first 5-0 start since Chicago's Michael Jordan days

Giddey is stuffing the stat sheet while shooting 45% from 3

Draymond Green takes clear shot at Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns in denouncing Knicks as a contender

The key will be whether the Knicks are a different team by the time the postseason rolls around

How 76ers' Tyrese Maxey has leveraged his elite shooting into a superstar leap

Maxey is off to a scorching start for the feel-good 4-0 Sixers

Around the Web Promoted by Taboola