The Hoops Rumors team was busy pumping out original content this week and we’ve broken it all down for you here. Take a look at some of our favorite pieces and let us know what you think.
- It’s getting harder to contain enthusiasm for the upcoming draft. Here’s a summary of the recent tiebreaker results and a tentative look at the 2017 NBA Draft order.
- We completely revamped how we feature content from around the NBA blogosphere. This week we showcase our favorite original content with our own analysis and rating. Send us your NBA links for next week’s edition!
- We explored the “dead money” that teams have sitting on their books this year and what that means.
- We gathered a panel of Hoops Rumors staffers to vote on the year-end awards.
- We were torn between Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo for Most Improved.
- We gave the nod to Lou Williams for Sixth Man.
- We put Rudy Gobert just ahead of Draymond Green for Defensive Player of the Year.
- We chose Malcolm Brogdon over Joel Embiid for Rookie of the Year.
- We decided that Russell Westbrook was this year’s MVP.
- We conducted polls to determine what the All-NBA teams should be. Here are the results, determined by readers.
- First Team. (Westbrook, Harden, James, Leonard, Davis)
- Second Team. (Curry, Thomas, Antetokounmpo, Durant, Towns)
- Third Team. (Wall, DeRozan, Butler, George, Gobert)
- Only two teams finished above the NBA’s luxury tax threshold, we broke down the culprits and the impact that will have on those organizations and the rest of the league.
- Four teams finished below the NBA’s salary floor this season, we looked at who those were and what that means.
- We answered reader inquiries in our Weekly Mailbag, including questions about Klay Thompson‘s eventual free agency and the forecast for next year’s Lakers club. Be sure to get your questions in for inclusion in next week’s mailbag.
- We always like to gauge what our readers think about pressing matters. Our Community Shootaround this week asked people who they think the next head coach fired will be.
- If you missed last week’s Hoops Rumors Originals summary, you can catch up here.
- Did you know that you can get a Trade Rumors app for iOS and Android? Well, you can. And should.