Every week, our writing team here at Hoops Rumors creates original content to complement our news feed. Below are the original segments and features from the past seven days:
- In his Weekly Mailbag, Arthur Hill answered readers’ questions regarding the trade candidacy of Wesley Matthews, the status of Jawun Evans, and the Wizards’ potential fire sale.
- Our Trade Candidate Watch series focused on the Central Division and Atlantic Division.
- Chris Crouse took a look at how the lightened load on Russell Westbrook has affected his fantasy impact.
- In this week’s Community Shootaround posts, we asked:
- Where would you rank Kemba Walker among the top players in the league?
- Do you believe anyone will trade for J.R. Smith or will he have to accept a buyout to get out of Cleveland?
- In this week’s Polls, we asked:
- Assuming the Rockets make the playoffs, where will they finish?
- Will the Grizzlies make the playoffs?
- What about the Clippers?
- Luke Adams analyzed how the new lottery odds will affect the NBA’s “race to the bottom.”
- Our Free Agent Stock Watch series put a spotlight on the Northwest Division.
JR is not hot enough of a commodity for someone to give up assets for him especially this early in the season. If this were closer to the deadline then maybe. I would bet on a buyout in the next two weeks.