Next up (we hope): An NBA Trade Convention

The return of the NBA's G League Showcase in Las Vegas should give trade talks leaguewide a jolt ... provided the event isn't derailed by the worldwide surge in COVID cases via the Omicron variant

Unpopular NBA take: I have come to prefer the G League Winter Showcase in Las Vegas to Summer League in Las Vegas.

I actually felt this way when the G League Showcase was held in less glamorous locales like Mississauga, Ont., Reno, Nev., and the legendary CBA town of Sioux Falls, S.D., but the position was cemented by the move to Sin City and the reasoni…