Send Us Your Mailbag Questions, Hoops Links Submissions
Every Sunday at Hoops Rumors, we publish a pair of features that rely on input and submissions from our readers. One is our Weekly Mailbag, in which Arthur Hill answers a few questions related to the latest news and rumors from around the NBA. The second is our Hoops Links feature, which showcases a selection of notable NBA blog entries from all over the internet. In each instance, the content for those features comes from you.
Have a question regarding player movement, free agent rumors, the salary cap, the NBA draft, or the top storylines of the week? You can email them here for consideration for our Weekly Mailbag: hoopsrumorsmailbag@gmail.com. If your question doesn’t get selected for our mailbag, be sure to join us on Monday afternoons for our weekly live chats — our chats will resume after the regular season ends, as we begin to look ahead to the summer in earnest.
Got a new NBA blog post that you’d like to see featured on Hoops Rumors? You can send the URL and a brief description of the piece to hoopslinks@gmail.com for consideration.
Be sure to send us your new mailbag questions and NBA blog posts each week, and check back every Sunday to see if you’ve been featured in that week’s installment!
Hoops Rumors Originals: 3/26/17 – 4/1/17
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:
- Luke Adams broke down the maximum salaries that players of varying experience can command under the new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
- Hawks swingman Kent Bazemore and Jazz guard Rodney Hood are a couple of under-the-radar players who could help your fantasy team. Chris Crouse dishes out expert advice in his weekly fantasy column.
- The Celtics are not only in position to nab the No. 1 seed in the East, they could make moves this offseason to become a perennial powerhouse. Arthur Hill explains why that could occur in his Weekly Sunday Mailbag. For details on how to submit a question for our next mailbag, click here.
- We keep track of every 10-day contract signed this season. Get all the details here on how to search our database.
- In our weekly Hoops Links roundup of interesting articles from around the blogosphere, Chris Crouse passed along pieces on Draymond Green, LeBron James, P.J. Tucker, and more. For details on how to submit a blog entry for consideration in our next installment of Hoops Links, click here.
Here are the questions we asked you in our Community Shootaround discussions and polls this week:
- Do you think the Nuggets hold onto the eighth seed and make the playoffs?
- Should the Bulls bring back Rajon Rondo and Nikola Mirotic next season or should they look for other players to fill those roles?
- We polled our readers on this hot topic: Who is the best point guard in this year’s draft?
Week In Review: 3/26/17 – 4/1/17
Plenty of prominent freshmen decided to enter the draft, the Pacers re-signed Lance Stephenson and the Suns will reportedly explore the trade market for Eric Bledsoe. Those were just a few items in another very busy week around the NBA. Here’s our recap of what you need to know for the last seven days:
News
- Jeanie Buss reached a legal agreement with her brothers that ensures she will be the Lakers’ controlling owner as long as the family owns the team.
- Pistons point guard Reggie Jackson hasn’t played the last four games and he may be shut down the remainder of the season.
- Pacers star forward Paul George ripped his teammates for lacking a sense of urgency during the stretch drive.
- Pistons shooting guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, a restricted free agent, was arrested after failing a sobriety test just hours following the team’s one-point loss to the Heat.
- Knicks center Joakim Noah began serving his 20-game suspension for using a banned substance.
- Veteran big man Reggie Evans would like to continue his NBA career.
- The Pelicans will have their own D-League team in operation by the 2018/19 season.
- Spurs assistant Becky Hammon declined an offer to coach the Florida women’s basketball team.
- Dayton hired Thunder assistant Anthony Grant as its head coach.
- The Kings are interested in hiring ex-Sixers executive Sam Hinkie to run the franchise, despite a club denial.
- The Suns will explore trades for starting point guard Eric Bledsoe this offseason.
- A handful of teams that underachieved this season could make front office changes.
- The Bulls could move Jimmy Butler before Dwyane Wade‘s player option decision is due.
- Lakers guard Nick Young is undecided whether to opt in for $5.67MM next season or become a free agent.
- The Pacers reunited with swingman Lance Stephenson on a three-year deal.
- The Pacers waived injured guard Rodney Stuckey, which opened up a spot for Stephenson.
- The Pelicans signed point guard Quinn Cook to a second 10-day contract.
- The Suns signed swingman Jarell Eddie to a second 10-day contract.
- The Mavericks signed forward Jarrod Uthoff to a multi-year contract and didn’t re-sign guard Manny Harris.
Early Entrants
- Harry Giles, Duke (freshman) (link)
- Dennis Smith Jr., North Carolina State (freshman) (link)
- Edmond Sumner, Xavier (sophomore) (link)
- Lauri Markkanen, Arizona (freshman) (link)
- TJ Leaf, UCLA (freshman) (link)
- Kostja Mushidi, Serbia (link)
- This list includes top-60 prospects, based on DraftExpress.com’s rankings. For the full list of early entrants so far, check out our breakdown.
- Kevin Durant will likely be on a minutes restriction when he returns from his knee injury. The Warriors announced he hasn’t had any setbacks.
- The Sixers have shut down center Jahlil Okafor and forward Robert Covington for the rest of the season.
- Bulls guard Dwyane Wade hopes to return in the postseason if Chicago qualifies.
- Hawks forward Paul Millsap is expected to return soon from a knee injury.
- Clippers guard Austin Rivers is expected to miss the rest of the regular season with a hamstring strain.
- Lakers center Ivica Zubac is out for the season with a high ankle sprain.
- Pelicans center Omer Asik and guard Quincy Pondexter will miss the remainder of the season.
- The Kings shut down swingman Malachi Richardson for the rest of the season.
- Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic fractured his right leg.