Hoops Rumors Originals: 3/11/17 – 3/18/17

Every week the Hoops Rumors staff compiles original content to complement its news feed. Here are a few of our favorite segments and features from the past seven days.

  • We doubled back on all of the probable 2017 lottery picks that have been involved in trades and explored where they’re likely to end up now that we’re into the final month of the regular season.
  • The annual MIT Sloan Conference is an excellent place to get insight from some of the best minds in basketball, we polled past and current executives about some player awards and the trade deadline.
  • A handful of player options could dramatically impact certain possible free agents, not to mention the teams that they play for. We looked at just what hinges on the decisions that players like Dwyane Wade and Greg Monroe will have to make this offseason.
  • There’s no denying that role of analytics in basketball has grown tremendously over the course of the past two decades. We looked at how traditional scouting tactics and modern data-driven management have evolved over the years.
  • We took a good look at some of the best content the NBA blogosphere has to offer. Take a look for yourself and be sure to hit us up with the best reads you find heading forward.
  • The NBA draft is approaching and that means we’ll soon get waves of reports that certain underclassmen are testing the waters to see how they might fare in the draft. Keep your web browser locked on Hoops Rumors for our updated accounts of the NBA Draft’s Early Entrants.
  • Our latest fantasy basketball column zeroes in on a pair of big men who have seen their stocks skyrocket over the course of the past month. Go add Jusuf Nurkic and Alan Williams in your leagues, then check back in for the rest of the fantasy tips.
  • You have questions, we have answers. Here is the latest Weekly Mailbag with answers to legitimate questions like “Would the No. 1 seed impact Kawhi Leonard‘s MVP chances?” and “Why is Spencer Hawes still a Buck?
  • Oh yeah, and send us your questions for next week’s mailbag!
  • So your favorite team is terrible! That’s okay, there’s still reason to be optimistic. Follow along with our 2016/17 NBA Reverse Standings to get a better idea of where you might land in the lottery. Except maybe you, Nets fans, it’s probably better that you don’t.
  • Keeping up with the wave of players slated to star in this summer’s BIG3 league can be overwhelming, so we broke down everything that there is to know so far, all in one place. From player age to their NBA career PER, consider Hoops Rumors your one-stop shop for BIG3 roster news.
  • Every now and then we like to hand the mic over to our readers so that they can weigh in on some of the pertinent topics in the league. Here are this week’s Community Shootarounds.
  • You can still catch up on the Hoops Rumors Originals from last week, too. Check them out and let us know what you think.
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