Matt Stroup and Steve Alexander highlight some of the most serviceable and intriguing waiver wire additions, with veterans Eric Gordon, Bobby Portis, George Hill and Justin Holiday all making varying degrees of box score noise. We also look a couple of struggling players in Portland — Jusuf Nurkic and Robert Covington — and consider whether there's hope for both to turn it around in the near future. Plus, the Hassan Whiteside dilemma, the rise of Bismack Biyombo and some recent momentum for Desmond Bane.