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James Herbert

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Ranking top 25 NBA players of the 21st century, from LeBron to Russ: Kobe misses top five, Jokić over Shaq

CBS Sports' NBA experts have ranked the 25 best players of the last 25 years

Warriors and Knicks among six NBA teams with most offseason work left to do

It's almost August, and there are still some unanswered questions (and open roster spots) in the NBA

Resetting the NBA offseason: Best free agents remaining, plus extension-eligible players and trade candidates

The NBA offseason is past its peak, but there are still some deals that need to be done

How the Clippers, who keep getting deeper, better and older, are zagging in youth-focused NBA

Los Angeles looks increasingly dangerous on paper, but can this team full of vets hold up?

How Damian Lillard just won the offseason by returning to the Trail Blazers

Lillard is going back to Portland on a contract that made the reunion a no-brainer

Nets' Egor Dëmin has been more Klay Thompson than Shaun Livingston at summer league

Dëmin has looked like a sharpshooter (and played a different role than expected) in Las Vegas

Why Bradley Beal and the Clippers needed each other after veteran flamed out with Suns

The former All-Star joining the Clippers is a right-place, right-time, right-player, right-price situation

Knicks miss out on potential key coaching addition as Pelicans reportedly keep James Borrego

The Knicks were interested in having Borrego join Mike Brown's staff

How did Jayson Tatum injury affect Celtics' offseason? Brad Stevens says 'hard decisions' were coming anyway

Boston needed to cut costs regardless, but Tatum's ruptured Achilles simplified the situation

Rockets GM explains Kevin Durant trade, aggressive offseason: 'We're not a developmental team anymore'

In his first public comments since the trade, GM Rafael Stone said Houston's goal is to win a title

Jrue Holiday trade revised as Celtics won't get draft picks from Blazers after reported review of medicals

Portland was initially supposed to send Boston two second-rounders along with Anfernee Simons in the deal

Norman Powell trade grades: Heat get scoring punch, Clippers add John Collins from Jazz in win-win-win deal

The 32-year-old guard is taking his talents to South Beach after the best season of his 10-year career

How Mike Brown can make Knicks fans get over Tom Thibodeau firing by revamping New York's approach

Brown is reportedly on the verge of being named New York's next coach

How the Nuggets reloaded and escaped salary-cap hell in the first 24 hours of NBA free agency

Denver is looking much deeper around Nikola Jokić going into the 2025-26 season

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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