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Sam Quinn

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

Tearing down the Mavericks: Finding a trade for every player who can legally move (except Cooper Flagg)

The Mavericks should rebuild around Flagg, but everyone else is trade bait

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

Who could replace Nico Harrison? Seven names to watch in Dallas with Mavericks GM fired

With Cooper Flagg in place, Dallas should still be a desirable landing spot for an executive, despite the chaos

Mavericks fire Nico Harrison: General manager ousted less than a year after Luka Dončić trade

Dallas will now look to someone new to build around No. 1 draft pick Cooper Flagg

If Nico Harrison is really on the hot seat, that may be the best news Mavericks fans have gotten all season

The Mavericks may be close to ending an all-time bad run of basketball malpractice

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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