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Based on Maggie O'Farrell's acclaimed 2020 novel about William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes, Chloe Zhao's beautiful film Hamnet tells a story of tragedy and the healing power of art.

A disabled player exception can be granted when an NBA team has a player go down with an injury deemed to be season-ending. The exception gives the club some additional spending flexibility to add a single-season replacement in the trade market or in free agency We go into more detail on who qualifies for disabled player exceptions, what they’re worth, and how exactly they work in our glossary entry on the subject. But essentially, a DPE allows a team to sign a player to a one-year contract, trade for a player in the final year of his contract, or place a waiver claim on a player in the final year of his contract. The exceptions are worth either half the injured player’s salary or the amount of the non-taxpayer mid-level exception (whichever amount is less). Because the rules related to disable player exceptions are somewhat restrictive and the exceptions themselves generally aren’t worth a lot, they often expire without being used. Still, it’s worth keeping an eye on which disabled player exceptions have been granted, just in case. We’ll use this space to break down the teams with disabled player exceptions available for the 2025/26 league year, updating it as the season progresses if more teams are granted DPEs and/or to indicate which ones have been used. Teams have until January 15 to apply for a disabled player exception and until March 10 to actually use them. Here’s the list so far: Available disabled player exceptions: Houston Rockets: $12,500,000 (Fred VanVleet) VanVleet tore the ACL in right knee at an unofficial team mini-camp in September, prior to the start of training camp, and underwent surgery to address the injury a few days later. A report in October indicated that the Rockets had applied for a disabled player exception in response to VanVleet’s injury, and while there was no follow-up report confirming that request was granted, Eric Pincus of Sports Business Classroom has the $12.5MM DPE on his list of available exceptions, which suggests the NBA officially signed off. Unfortunately for the Rockets, they’re operating about $1.26MM below their first-apron hard cap and can’t surpass that threshold at any time during the 2025/26 league year. As a result, they can’t really add salary using the VanVleet disabled player exception at this point, though there’s a chance it could come in handy on the trade market, or in free agency later in the season. Indiana Pacers: $14,104,000 (Tyrese Haliburton) Haliburton’s injury technically occurred during the 2024/25 league year, as he tore his right Achilles tendon during Game 7 of the NBA Finals in June. However, because the injury will sideline Haliburton for all of ’25/26, the Pacers were granted a disabled player exception. It’s worth the amount of the non-taxpayer mid-level exception, since half of Haliburton’s $45.6MM salary would far exceed that amount. The Pacers are operating about $4.7MM below the luxury tax line, so they’re unlikely to add a significant amount of extra salary during the season, but this exception is big enough that there are a variety of ways in which they could end up using a portion of it. Los Angeles Clippers: $2,677,000 (Bradley Beal) The Clippers were awarded their disabled player exception in the wake of Beal’s season-ending hip injury. It’s worth half of his $5.35MM salary. The Clippers are in nearly the exact same situation as the Rockets, with an open spot on their 15-man roster but without enough breathing room below their first-apron hard cap to sign a free agent to fill that spot until later in the season, with or without this DPE. The Clippers’ team salary is about $1.28MM below their hard cap, limiting their spending options for now. Oklahoma City Thunder: $2,327,520 (Thomas Sorber) For a second straight year, the Thunder’s top draft pick will miss his entire rookie season due to an ACL tear. Oklahoma City knew about Nikola Topic‘s injury when they drafted him in 2024, but Sorber’s happened in early September during an offseason…

If you’re going to get an uber-fast USB-C charger this Black Friday, make it one that’s powerful enough to use with your laptop as well. This 140W Anker laptop charger is excellent for the price, especially now that it’s 40% off and slashed down to just $60 on Amazon. That’s a new low price for it—and it’s understandably selling out fast. It even comes with a fast 240W USB-C cable, sweetening the deal further! View this Amazon deal When it comes to chargers and cables, Anker is one of the best brands out there, so being able to snag an uber-fast model with a free cable at a steep discount is just fantastic. This charger has four ports—three USB-C and one USB-A—and you can use them all simultaneously to charge four devices at once. It’s able to hit 140W of charging when the main USB-C is used on its own, or it gets split up when multiple ports are being used (though the main USB-C can still hit 65W with all ports in use). The built-in smart digital display on the charger will tell you exactly what you need to know about how much power is being routed to each port in used. The included USB-C cable is rated for up to 240W of power, so it’s not only good for this charger but also for any future charger upgrade you might get that provides up to 240W. Long story short, don’t miss out on this awesome deal! An awesomely fast charger plus an ultra-fast cable for just $60 is a really good bargain. Save 40% on this stellar USB-C charger with a free USB-C cable includedScore this Amazon deal

Black Friday is the ideal time to get your hands on some new earbuds for the holiday season, and right on cue, the AirPods Pro 3 have dropped to their best price yet. With a $249 MSRP, you can now get the buds for $220 while Amazon’s Black Friday sale is still going on. These earbuds are absolutely fantastic, as evidenced by the 4.5-star review and Editors’ Choice award at our sister publication, Macworld. They loved how comfortable they are to wear for long hours and how secure they fit into the ear, as well as the quality of the noise-cancelling and the transparency modes. The improved battery life over the 2nd-gen model definitely didn’t hurt, either. The buds offer between eight and 10 hours of listening time, depending on whether you’re using ANC, while the case holds another 16 hours of charge. Also, these buds have a heart-rate sensor in them — how cool is that? When in your ears, the buds will track your heart rate during exercise and help you keep track of things for some 50 different workout types, thus letting you know just how many calories you’ve burned. It’ll feed your results right into the Fitness app on your iPhone so you can get a complete picture of your health. Another great use for the AirPods Pro 3 is Apple’s Hearing Health feature that can turn your earbuds into a hearing aid, as well as Live Translation, which can automatically translate someone speaking in French, German, Portuguese, or Spanish into English. Take advantage of Apple’s first proper discount for the AirPods Pro 3 while they’re still down to $220. Get the AirPods Pro 3 for their best price yetBuy now at Amazon

Portable monitors are great, as we’ve discussed. And an OLED panel is a fantastic upgrade, for either a laptop screen or a monitor. So, why not combine the two? The answer is “because it’s expensive” — portable OLED monitors can cost double or triple the price of a standard USB-C-powered model. But Amazon is offering one for just $94.99 on Black Friday. This is a fairly typical portable screen, aside from that fantastic OLED upgrade. At 13.3 inches and just .2 inches thin, it’s eminently portable, with a built-in kickstand that’s a little more sturdy than most of the combination stand/cases in these designs. I appreciate the dual USB-C ports and mini-HDMI, offering up a little extra connectivity for things like game consoles, though at just 60Hz it won’t handle the fastest PC games. At the time of writing, this Innocn monitor appears to be going for a 27 percent discount at Amazon, $35 off, with no Prime subscription necessary. If you need even more savings, there’s a refurbished version of the same design going for just $80, though that could go out of stock at any moment. For other Black Friday deals, be sure to check out PCWorld’s monitor deals page. Get an OLED portable USB-C monitor for just $95View Deal