Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted August 2, 2013 Major free agency is over so we can start all the fun debating. My prediction for the lottery teams (worst to best record) 1- Philadelphia 2- Phoenix 3- Utah 4- Orlando 5- Boston 6- Milwaukee 7- Sacramento 8- Charlotte 9- LA Lakers 10- Washington 11- Toronto 12- Dallas 13- Minnesota 14- New Orleans And my early predictions for the playoff teams WEST 1- Oklahoma City 2- San Antonio 3- LA Clippers 4- Memphis 5- Houston 6- Golden State 7- Denver 8- Portland EAST 1- Miami 2- Chicago 3- Indiana 4- New York 5- Brooklyn 6- Detroit 7- Atlanta 8- Cleveland Now the awards! Coach of the year: Tom Thibodeau Defensive player of the year: Dwight Howard Most Improved Player: Jimmy Butler Rookie of the year: Trey Burke Sixth Man of the year: Jarret Jack MVP: LeBron James All NBA 1st: Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard All Rookie: Trey Burke, Victor Oladipo, Anthony Bennet, Cody Zeller, Alex Len -- Please share yours ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted August 2, 2013 Forgot the All-Defensive team: Chris Paul, Tony Allen, Paul George, LeBron James, Dwight Howard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted August 27, 2013 I'm not that confident in Denver's ability to make the playoffs. What do you guys think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malik Buttface 57 Report post Posted August 27, 2013 I'm not that confident in Denver's ability to make the playoffs. What do you guys think? It'll be interesting to see how they play this year not having Iggy and Galli for large chunk of the season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted October 1, 2013 So far, Simmons and Jalen agree with my predictions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YPUgG4Wamao These videos are sweet!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted October 10, 2013 Who says no? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,477 Report post Posted October 21, 2013 Can't believe I never saw this thread; Lottery teams (worst to best record): 1. Philly 2. Phoenix 3. Orlando 4. Utah 5. Milwaukee 6. Sacramento 7. Charlotte 8. Boston 9. Toronto 10. New Orleans 11. Washington 12. Dallas 13. LA Lakers 14. Denver West Playoff Seeds: 1. Oklahoma City 2. San Antonio 3. LA Clippers 4. Houston 5. Memphis 6. Golden State 7. Minnesota 8. Portland East Playoff Seeds: 1. Miami 2. Chicago 3. Indiana 4. Brooklyn 5. New York 6. Atlanta 7. Detroit 8. Cleveland (Although I think there will be a very open race for the last 2 playoff spots in each conference and it could be very different) Coach of the Year: Tom Thibodeau MVP: Lebron DPOY: Joakim Noah Most Improved Player: Not a clue 6th Man of the year : Lance Stephenson Rookie of the Year: Victor Oladipo All NBA 1st team: Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, Lebron James, Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard All Rookie 1st team: Trey Burke, Victor Oladipo, Anthony Bennett, Cody Zeller, Kelly Olynyk (I think Tony Snell and KCP both have an outside chance at knocking out Zeller depending on playing time for each of them) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted October 21, 2013 Can't believe I never saw this thread; Thanks for your input, my man. I'm not confident in Denver at all but for some reason I don't think they'll drop from #3 in the West to #9 or worse. And yeah, the Bucks are horrible so where you rank them is probably more accurate. I don't think we're that bad, even though I really want a top 3 pick in the draft. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted October 22, 2013 Zach Lowe's 32 predictions http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9860683/32-bold-predictions-2013-14-nba-season Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,477 Report post Posted October 23, 2013 Thanks for your input, my man. I'm not confident in Denver at all but for some reason I don't think they'll drop from #3 in the West to #9 or worse. And yeah, the Bucks are horrible so where you rank them is probably more accurate. I don't think we're that bad, even though I really want a top 3 pick in the draft. Yea I think the Bucks actually have a young core that could make a pretty awesome team (Antetokounbo, Henson, Sanders, Knight etc) someday but: 1. It's the Bucks 2. Right now that team is too young to beat anybody. And OJ Mayo is going to take hundreds of shots I'm sure. As far as Denver goes, I just don't have confidence in them. They don't have a single All-Star on their roster. Lost Iggy, Corey Brewer and Kosta Koufas. They are "gauging the value of" Kenneth Faried and will Galinari be healthy ever? And I think we're a bottom 5 team still. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTMagicUK 1,477 Report post Posted October 23, 2013 Zach Lowe's 32 predictions http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/9860683/32-bold-predictions-2013-14-nba-season I really like Zach Lowe, fun article. Obviously he's going to get it wrong a fair few times but I can agree with quite a few of these. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mauro Pedrosa 1,031 Report post Posted October 23, 2013 I really like Zach Lowe, fun article. Obviously he's going to get it wrong a fair few times but I can agree with quite a few of these. Would you like to get Kenneth Faried in a trade? He's probably one of my top 5 favorite players right now but his defensive flaws are quite obvious. Considering we have Harris and there are a bunch of good Forwards in the upcoming draft it turns into a very interesting question. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites