1-Moves are already happening ahead of the 2022 NBA trade deadline (Thursday, 3 p.m. ET) to put players with new teams for the 2021-22 regular season.

2-The 2021-22 NBA All-Star player pool is set after the NBA announced the Eastern and Western Conference reserves on Thursday night. The Westreserves were led by two sets of teammates -- Phoenix's Chris Paul and Devin Booker and Utah's Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell -- with Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks), Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors) and Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves) rounding out the list. Two first-time All-Star guards headline the East reserves in Cleveland's Darius Garland and Toronto's Fred VanVleet to go along with veterans Jimmy Butler (Miami Heat), James Harden (Brooklyn Nets), Zach LaVine (Chicago Bulls), Khris Middleton (Milwaukee Bucks) and Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics).

3-Someone might say that despite the poor performance this season, Russell Westbrook is still one of the top point guards in the NBA today. Indeed, Westbrook has been like this in the past few years. However, despite being an elite player, Westbrook himself has been traded from one team to another year after year.

4-Athletes and artists have made headlines as they opted to get paid in crypto. In 2021 alone, many reports have shown that athletes are getting paid in crypto. In August, soccer star Lionel Messi received fan tokens for his deal with Paris Saint-Germain. In November, National Football League players Odell Beckham Jr. and Aaron Rodgers chose to accept crypto payments. The former said he would take his full NFL salary in Bitcoin (BTC), while the latter would receive only part of his salary in BTC.

5-Over the course of the past couple weeks, it has become evident that Gunna is now a formidable rap powerhouse, rather than his prior status as a burgeoning up-and-comer. This was made clear by his topping of the hottest pop star in the world right now, The Weeknd.

6-Bow Wow was trending on social media as fans argued that they could not name three different songs from Bow Wow, seemingly forgetting about tracks including "Shortie Like Mine," "Like You," or even "Basketball" from earlier in his career. Unfortunately, it seems as though the trend may have hurt Bow's confidence because the entertainer named his one regret on Twitter, explaining that he wishes he would have never released any music.