2017-18 NBA Bric-a-Brac (Week 17)

Waivings/Signings
Celtics sign Greg Monroe (1yr/$5m) (gives them some scoring down low and (kinda) the rim protector they've long needed)

Heat waive AJ Hammons (never part of their future, they needed roster space for D Wade's return)

Kings waive Georgios Papagiannas (supposedly they were desperate to include him in trade with the Cavs but ended up just waiving him instead; kinda quick to give on a lottery pick but I don't recall seeing him play in the 2 years he wore a Kings uniform; I assume he heads back to Europe because, man, if you can't make it in Sacramento...jeez, I dunno what to tell ya)

Knicks waive Johnny O'Bryant (seems like they could've used him for the rest of the year, guess they've got enough G-League depth to suffice)

Mavs sign Kyle Collinsworth to 3yr/min contract (I have no idea what this is or how the Mavs plan to use him going forward)

Bulls waive Willie Reed (I kinda like Reed, he should be picked up by someone (Celtics?) for the post-season) and Tony Allen (already rumored to be joining the Rockets)

Hawks waive Okaro White and Sheldon Mac (officially un-doing the two trades they made at the deadline) and Marco Belinelli (who they tried to trade but got held up while the Grizzlies tried to move Tyreke Evans)

Suns waive Isaih Canaan (this wraps up one of the weirder moves all year long: Suns sign Mike James to a long-term deal, then waive him a week later to bring in Canaan, who almost instantly breaks his ankle and now gets waived, leaving the Suns with neither James nor Canaan, neither of whom they really needed anyway...so what were all these moves all about?)

Rockets sign Bobby Brown for the rest of the year (I don't know who this is, but then again I was always more of a Bell Biv Devoe guy)

Grizzlies waive Brandon Wright (already signed with the Rockets)

Jazz waive Derrick Rose (they never needed him, he was just trade filler; personally, I think Rose should head to the BIG3 League, if he has anything left he can still have fun and be a star there) and sign Naz Mitrou-Long to another 10-day contract (so far so good for the Naz)

Mavs waive Josh McRoberts (this came as a shock to those who thought they waived him in October)

Pelicans waive Mike James (castoff from the Suns couldn't hook on with the Pelicans, I assume we'll see him in Summer League) and Rashad Vaughn (I kinda thought they wanted to give him a look but I guess he was just a roster shuffling move)

Kings waive Joe Johnson (he's already signed with the Rockets)

Sixers sign Marco Belinelli (nice pick up, Belinelli is one of those guys that can contribute to a good team but has not much to offer a terrible team)


Injuries
Seth Curry (Mavs) surgery on left leg stress fracture (out indefinitely)


Debuts
Isaiah Hicks (Knicks), Luke Kornet (Knicks) and PJ Dozier (Thunder bring the number of NBA debuts this season up to 104.