There are very rarely dull moments on the NBA calendar. Even during the months-long offseason, trades and free agency bring about their own intrigue, and the Summer of 2022 was no exception. With limited cap space around the league, teams turned to trades as their primary means of improving – or tearing down – [Read More]

[The following submission is from the Charlotte Hornets, run by students in the mock deadline practicum at the SBC Las Vegas Immersive.] Assignment: Charlotte Hornets Team Members: Ray O’Keeffe, Grant Curry, Zachary Janisse, Rafael Otoro, Adam Beladtz With glimpses of a strong developing team, we understood that we would be challenged to push forward [Read More]

[The following submission is from the Houston Rockets, run by students in the mock deadline practicum at the SBC Las Vegas Immersive.] Assignment: Houston Rockets Team Members: Grant Gilbert, Pierre Riddle, Danish Pradhan, Jailon Bates, Levy Renaud, Faith LeMelle The Rockets are in full rebuild mode. We aspired to acquire draft capital to build [Read More]

[The following submission is from the New Orleans Pelicans, run by students in the mock deadline practicum at the SBC Las Vegas Immersive.] Assignment: New Orleans Pelicans Team Members: Sean Leftwich, Fredderick Nettles, Jeffrey Hueckel, Mariya Williams, Robert Royer, Taneé Denson Coming away from the 2021-22 season, where we made the playoffs and played [Read More]

[The following submission is from the Brooklyn Nets, run by students in the mock deadline practicum at the SBC Las Vegas Immersive.] Assignment: Brooklyn Nets Team Members: Andrew Crookes, Anchit Nath, Jay Brown, Devin Zanskas, Shant Ohanian, Caleb Gipson  After soul-searching as a franchise, the decision was made to move on from Kevin Durant, [Read More]