Every week, the Hoops Rumors writing team creates original content to complement our news feed. Here are our original segments and features from the past seven days:
- This week in our Community Shootaround discussions, we focused on:
- The best available free agent big men, including Nene, Joakim Noah, and others.
- Players like Pascal Siakam, Jaylen Brown, and others who are eligible to sign rookie scale extensions this offseason.
- Whether Nuggets’ rookie Michael Porter Jr. can play a role on a contending team this season.
- How the BIG3 could become a summer showcase for players hoping for a return to the NBA.
- The five teams who could give Team USA a run for their money at the 2019 FIBA World Cup.
- Luke Adams analyzed the amount of “dead money” each NBA franchise is carrying for the 2019/20 season.
- In this week’s Polls, we asked:
- Will the Pistons make the playoffs? 60% of you said that they will.
- Will Team USA win the 2019 FIBA World Cup? Over 60% of you said yes, but over 41% of you said that Team USA will lose at least one game.
- We began a breakdown of the status of every team’s second-round picks for the 2020 NBA Draft.
- This year’s Remaining Offseason Questions series began with the Eastern Conference:
- Luke Adams took a look at the NBA players who are headed overseas for the 2019/20 season.
- We provided an up-to-date list of all NBA players who will or could become free agents in the summer of 2021.
- Who are the NBA’s highest-paid players for the 2019/20 season? Find out right here. What about by team? We also have that list, here.
- October 31 is the last day for teams to exercise team options on the rookie scale contracts of former first-round picks. Check out the decisions on tap for Halloween 2019.