Every week, the Hoops Rumors writing team creates original content to complement our news feed. Here are our original segments and features from the past seven days:
- Luke Adams takes stock of the clubs that hold traded player exceptions expiring this month as NBA teams consider their trade options before the February 6 deadline.
- Rival front office executives project 2020 unrestricted free agent and current Wizards forward Davis Bertans to net a significant raise when he hits the market this summer, as Chris Crouse details.
- There are five teams still projected to pay the luxury tax this season, as Adams details here.
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- Knicks point guard Dennis Smith Jr. and Nets guard Rodions Kurucs could be on the move before the trade deadline, as Luke Adams explained in the Atlantic Division’s version of our NBA Trade Candidate Watch.
- With the trade deadline swiftly approaching, Adams takes a look at the Ted Stepien Rule, which was designed to help save teams eager to offload draft picks from themselves.
- Is your team on a hopeless losing streak? Are you excited about the opportunity to add James Wiseman or Cole Anthony to your squad’s roster in 2020? Then take a look at Adams’ latest update of our 2019/20 Reverse Standings tool, which catalogues the NBA’s 30 teams from worst to first.
- In our Community Shootaround discussions this week, we asked:
- Should the Mavs make a major trade to beef up their frontcourt?
- If Derrick Rose is traded by Detroit, where will he end up?
- In our Poll Questions this week, we asked:
The only players to ever avg over 40% on 8+ 3PA a game:
Steph (5x)
Klay (2x)
Ray Allen (1x)
KAT (1x, this current season)
Davis Bertans (1x, this current season)