Every week, the Hoops Rumors writing team creates original content to complement our news feed. Below are the original segments and features from the past seven days:
- With January 7 representing a key date for NBA players on non-guaranteed contracts, we broke down which of those players earned a full guarantee on their 2018/19 salaries.
- In his Weekly Mailbag, Arthur Hill answered readers’ questions regarding the difficulty the Knicks would have trading away Tim Hardaway Jr. and Courtney Lee, the future of Lauri Markkanen with the Bulls, and the best fit for Clippers forward Tobias Harris in free agency.
- In his Fantasy Hoops post, Chris Crouse takes a look at the fantasy value of the entire Nuggets rotation, from Nikola Jokic to Monte Morris, Malik Beasley, and Torrey Craig.
- We introduced our 2019 NBA 10-Day Contract Tracker, beginning with deals for Quincy Acy and Cameron Payne for the Suns and Cavaliers, respectively.
- In our NBA Trade Candidate Watch, we focused on the Atlantic Division for a third go-round.
- In this week’s Community Shootaround posts, we asked:
- How would you fill out your hypothetical awards ballot for the first half of the 2018/19 NBA season?
- What should the struggling Pistons do to get out of their slump – trade Andre Drummond, trade other players and draft picks, keep their roster intact, or something else?
- Midway through the season, Luke Adams took a look at the unique roster situations for five teams – the Wizards, Suns, Trail Blazers, Knicks, and Pelicans.
- Our Free Agent Stock Watch series highlighted the Southwest Division.