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Brad Botkin

CBS Sports Staff

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

Five NBA early-season surprises: Lakers have a star in Austin Reaves; Ajay Mitchell is breaking out in OKC

Meanwhile, Jonathan Kuminga has flipped his Warriors script, and the Bulls are undefeated

Jonathan Kuminga and the Warriors have gone from arranged marriage to basketball soulmates

If Kuminga keeps playing like this, the Warriors are going to have a tough trade-deadline decision

Stephen Curry hits nuclear button yet again as Warriors win OT thriller vs. Nuggets

At 37 years old, Curry hasn't lost anything on his fastball

Rockets haunted by glaring lack of point guard competence in season-opening defeat

Maybe the Fred VanVleet injury is as big of a deal as some people feared

Luka Dončić gets a bitter taste of life without LeBron James in Lakers' season-opening loss to Warriors

The Lakers got 43 points from Dončić and still lost to Golden State by double digits

30 NBA storylines to follow this season: LeBron's last dance? Next-level Wemby? Old-en State Warriors?

A new NBA season is upon us, and these storylines are worth keeping an eye on

Rockets X-factor Reed Sheppard empties his bag in electric preseason finale

Sheppard scored 29 points in 29 minutes against Atlanta's regulars on Thursday night

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