Every week, we here at Hoops Rumors strive to create interesting original content to complement our news feed. Here are the original segments and features from the past seven days:
- Generally, NBA teams fill up their 15 roster spots by the end of the regular season, so we identified the seven teams that still have openings on their squads.
- In the latest installment of his Free Agent Stock Watch series, Austin Kent took a closer look at the Nets‘ 2018 free agents, including Joe Harris and former third overall pick Jahlil Okafor.
- Due to the protections on them, it’s still not clear where a handful of this year’s traded draft picks will land. We looked at five protected traded draft picks for 2018 that are worth watching closely down the stretch.
- When 2018’s window for 10-day contract signings ended, I broke down some numbers on this year’s 10-day deals — in total, 61 of those contracts were signed by 20 NBA teams, including eight by the Pelicans.
- Arthur Hill answered questions about the Knicks‘ point guard situation, the Nets‘ 2018 first-round pick, and tanking in this week’s mailbag.
- Our polls this week focused on the upcoming playoffs — we asked which two Western Conference contenders would miss out on the postseason and gauged your thoughts on how far the Celtics will advance in the playoffs after Kyrie Irving‘s season-ending surgery.
- Our lone Community Shootaround discussion this week revolved around 2018’s Basketball Hall of Fame class. Which of the new inductees had the most impressive career?