Sam Quinn

WATCH: Bronny James scores his first NBA points in his father's old building in Cleveland

James appeared in his second NBA game on Wednesday

Russell Westbrook gets back to basics, offers first glimpse of hope for fit with Nuggets in win over Nets

Westbrook scored 22 points in 21 minutes against Brooklyn on Tuesday

Jazz forward Taylor Hendricks suffers gruesome non-contact injury, expected to miss rest of season, per report

Hendricks collapsed midway through the third quarter and needed a stretcher to leave the court

Paolo Banchero becomes first 50-point scorer of NBA season in historic performance as Magic topple Pacers

Banchero is the second-youngest player to reach 50 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in an NBA game

Jerrod Mustaf, former Maryland star and Knicks first-round pick, dies at 55

Mustaf played four NBA seasons for the Knicks and Suns

WATCH: Joel Embiid assessed postgame technical foul for waving towel in a game he didn't play in

Embiid was assessed the technical foul for his conduct on the bench during Sunday's game vs. Indiana

JJ Redick is excelling as Lakers' coach, and they're not even shooting 3-pointers yet

Redick's Lakers are doing everything right without relying on 3-point volume

Russell Westbrook's Denver debut marred by same old problems as Nuggets look shaky in season-opening loss

The Nuggets have serious flaws, and the addition of Westbrook only magnifies them

Pelicans' Dejounte Murray out 4-6 weeks after fracturing hand; Trey Murphy III out another two weeks

Murray had surgery after leaving the Pelicans' season-opening game

Bulls' Lonzo Ball looks like himself again in first regular season action in over 1,000 days

Ball had five points and four assists in his first regular-season game since January 2022

Barack Obama rails against effort from NBA's best at All-Star Game: 'It insults the game'

Obama called for NBA players to take the game seriously

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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