Every week, the Hoops Rumors writing team compiles original content to complement our news feed. Here are some of our favorite segments and features from the past seven days:
- Chris Crouse was in attendance at the 2017 MIT Sloan Conference earlier this month, and spoke to many NBA executives, analysts, and other sources at the event. He rounded up all of his pieces and provided a few more interesting tidbits from Sloan right here.
- With the trade deadline and the buyout period now very much in the rear-view mirror, we examined which NBA teams still have open roster spots.
- Our weekly fantasy basketball feature focused this week on players who are benefiting from veterans being shut down for the season, including Tyler Ulis (Suns), Rajon Rondo (Bulls), and Brandon Ingram (Lakers).
- Arthur Hill discussed the NBA’s Coach of the Year award, the Clippers, and more in his weekly Sunday mailbag. For details on how to submit a question for our next mailbag, click here.
- In our weekly Hoops Links roundup of interesting articles from around the blogosphere, Milo Taibi passed along pieces on Draymond Green, Larry Sanders, David Nwaba, and more. For details on how to submit a blog entry for consideration in our next installment of Hoops Links, click here.
- I answered questions in our live chat, which happens every Monday afternoon. Here’s the transcript.
- Here are the questions we asked you in our Community Shootaround discussions and polls this week:
- Will LeBron James, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwyane Wade ever join forces on the same team?
- What are your thoughts on teams resting healthy stars, as the Cavaliers and Warriors have done recently?
- Which team do you expect to claim the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference? The Trail Blazers edged the Nuggets in this vote.