THE 2012-2013 NBA PREDICTIONS THREAD

[pmatic]

With the NBA season not too far away, let's predict what we expect to happen this season so we can bump this thread in eight months and laugh at each other.

2010-2011 Predictions
2011-2012 Predictions

Most Valuable Player:


Defensive Player of the Year:


Rookie of the Year:


Sixth Man of the Year:


Most Improved Player:


Coach of the Year:


Executive of the Year:


All-NBA 1st Team:
G
G
F
F
C

East:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

West:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

NBA Champions:


Finals MVP:


Key Headlines:

 

[wavy bone]

Most Valuable Player:

Kevin Durant

Defensive Player of the Year:

Dwight Howard

Rookie of the Year:

Bradley Beal

Sixth Man of the Year:

James Harden

Most Improved Player:

O.J Mayo

Coach of the Year:

Erik Spoelstra

Executive of the Year:

Mitch Kupchak

All-NBA 1st Team:
G Chris Paul
G Russell Westbrook
F Lebron James
F Kevin Durant
C Dwight Howard

East:
1. Miami
2. Indiana
3. Boston
4. Brooklyn
5. New York
6. Philadelphia
7. Atlanta
8. Chicago


West:
1. Oklahoma City
2. Los Angeles (Lakers)
3. San Antonio
4. Los Angeles (Clippers)
5. Denver Nuggets
6. Memphis Grizzlies
7. Dallas Mavericks
8. Golden State Warriors

NBA Champions:

OKC Thunder

Finals MVP:

Kevin Durant

 

[thasoleful1]

Most Valuable Player:
Kevin Durant

Defensive Player of the Year:
D12

Rookie of the Year:
Damian Lillard

Sixth Man of the Year:
Marshon Brooks

Most Improved Player:
Jrue Holiday

Coach of the Year:
George Karl

Executive of the Year:
Mitch

All-NBA 1st Team:
G CP3
G Kobe
F LBJ
F KD
C D12

East:
1. Heat
2. Boston
3. Brooklyn
4. Pacers
5. Knicks
6. Philly
7. Bulls
8. Cavs

West:
1. Lakers
2. Thunders
3. Spurs
4. Nuggets
5. Clippers
6.Grizzlies
7. Dallas
8. T'Wolves

NBA Champions:
Lakers

Finals MVP:
D12

 

[worldbeefreeg]

Most Valuable Player: LeBron James


Defensive Player of the Year: Dwight Howard


Rookie of the Year: Anthony Davis


Sixth Man of the Year: James Harden


Most Improved Player: Lance Stephenson


Coach of the Year: Mike Woodson


Executive of the Year: Mitch Kupchak


All-NBA 1st Team:
G Rondo
G Russ
F Durant
F James
C Dwight

All-NBA 2nd Team:
G Williams
G Kobe
F Melo
F Dirk
C M. Gasol

East:
1. Celtics
2. Heat
3. Pacers
4. Knicks
5. Nets
6. Sixers
7. Atlanta
8.Bulls

West:
1. Thunder
2. Lakers
3. Spurs
4. Nuggets
5. Grizz
6. Clips
7. Mavs
8. Warriors

NBA Champions: Miami Heat vs. Lakers in 7


Finals MVP: LeBron James


Key Headlines:
- Amar'e bounces back to have a solid season
- Melo has a career year
- Rose comes back a little slow but by the playoffs he back like he never left, give Celts tough first round series.
- Clips struggle at points this year get bounced in the 1st round
- Nuggets are best watch in the league.
- Boogie...Cousins. That's all.
- Young Hornets
- Minnesota Whitewashes dissapoint.
- Bynum misses games...clockwork.

 

[pmatic]

Most Valuable Player:
Kevin Durant

Defensive Player of the Year:
Serge Ibaka

Rookie of the Year:
Anthony Davis

Sixth Man of the Year:
James Harden Jason Terry

Most Improved Player:
Derrick Favors

Coach of the Year:
Scott Brooks

Executive of the Year:
Mitch Kupchak

All-NBA 1st Team:
G Russell Westbrook
G Kobe Bryant
F Kevin Durant
F LeBron James
C Dwight Howard

East:
1. Miami Heat
2. Indiana Pacers
3. Boston Celtics
4. Brooklyn Nets
5. New York Knicks
6. Philadelphia 76ers
7. Chicago Bulls
8. Atlanta Hawks

West:
1. Oklahoma City Thunder
2. San Antonio Spurs
3. Los Angeles Lakers
4. Denver Nuggets
5. Memphis Grizzlies
6. Los Angeles Clippers
7. Dallas Mavericks Utah Jazz
8. Minnesota Timberwolves Houston Rockets

NBA Champions:
Miami Heat over the Oklahoma City Thunder Los Angeles Lakers 4-2.

Finals MVP:
LeBron James

Key Headlines:
Kevin Durant leads the league in scoring.
Kevin Love leads the league in rebounding.
Chris Paul leads the league in assists.
The Thunder have the best record in the league.
The Bobcats have the worst record in the league.
Brandon Roy is just a rotation player for 15 MPG.
Derrick Rose returns by All Star Weekend.
Jared Sullinger replaces Brandon Bass in the starting lineup by December.
Josh Smith finally makes the All Star Team.
Paul Millsap, Monta Ellis and Derrick Williams get traded mid-season.

 

[extraordinary swag]

Most Valuable Player: Lebron


Defensive Player of the Year: Tyson


Rookie of the Year: Thomas Robinson


Sixth Man of the Year: Marshon Brooks

Most Improved Player: Javale Mcgee


Coach of the Year: Mike Brown :x


Executive of the Year: Mitch Kupchak


All-NBA 1st Team:
G CP3
G Westbrook
F LBJ
F Durant
C Bynum

East:
1. Miami
2. Boston
3. Brooklyn
4. NY
5. Philly
6. Indiana
7. Chicago
8. Washington

West:
1. Lakers
2. Spurs
3. Thunder
4. Clippers
5. Mavs
6. Nuggets
7. Grizzlies
8. Hornets

NBA Champions: Lakers vs Heat with LA winning


Finals MVP: Nash


Key Headlines:
- Lakers win 65 games even with Dwight missing a month
- John Wall gets snubbed as an all star but wins the dunk contest
- Wade misses 20 games due to injury
- Westbrook averages 9 assists a game
- Rose comes back after the all star break to get the Bulls to the playoffs
- Thomas Robinson becomes a double double machine
- Blake Griffin has a post game and averages 25 and 10
- Bobcats back to back worst record in the NBA, won't win more than 13 games
- Cavs compete for a playoff spot but fall short the last week of the season
- CP3 extends with the Clippers mid season

 

[datznasty]

With the NBA season not too far away, let's predict what we expect to happen this season so we can bump this thread in eight months and laugh at each other.

2010-2011 Predictions
2011-2012 Predictions

Most Valuable Player: Kevin Durant


Defensive Player of the Year: Dwight Howard


Rookie of the Year: Anthony Davis


Sixth Man of the Year: James Harden


Most Improved Player: Mario Chalmers or Klay Thompson


Coach of the Year: Eric Spoelstra


Executive of the Year: Mitch Kupchak


All-NBA 1st Team:
G Chris Paul
G Kobe Bruant
F Kevin Durant
F LeBron James
C Dwight Howard

West:
1. Thunder
2. Lakers
3. Spurs
4. Clippers
5. Nuggets
6. Mavericks
7. Grizzlies
8. Timberwolves

East:
1. Heat
2. Celtics
3. Pacers
4. Nets
5. Sixers
6. Knicks
7. Hawks
8. Bulls

NBA Champions: Oklahoma City Thunder


Finals MVP: Kevin Durant


Key Headlines:
Major injuries (1/3rd of season or more) to Andrew Bynum, Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman, Roddy Beaubois, and previously indestructable Steve Nash
Dwyane Wade misses 18 games and continues to decline, Mario Chalmers having recieved a huge confidence boost fromt he finals picks up that slack
Kobe and Dwight Howard show visible frustration on court with each other which spills into locker room scuffle after Kobe has a 9-29 shooting night and Dwight, who was 9-12fgs and 7-9ft for 25pts felt like he needed more shots
Yet to be unsigned vets like Derek Fisher., TMac (China), MIchael Redd, jump on playoff teams at the end of the season; fail to contribute
Jeremy Lin averages a meager 14/8, leads the NBA in tos (still can't go left) and yet STILL starts in the all star game thus preventing one WC deserving guard (either CP3 or Russ) from making it who will then drop a ridiculous 39, 11, 11 triple dip on him after
Ray Allen scores 24 on 7/7 3pt shooting (to include the game winner) and 3-3 ft in a Miami Heat win over his former team, the Miami Heat

 

[henz0]

Most Improved Player:
O.J Mayo

Didn't expect to hear that from you

Can't decide between Beal or Barnes for ROY

 

[CP1708]

Clippers team is going to be ravaged by injuries.

Warriors are going to be fun to watch when healthy

Hornets are going to be much improved.

Celtics, one last run, again, for the 5th time. Credit to them.

Wade is going to be broken down again by year end, his glimmer of hope is if Ray can stay healthy all year, and keep Wade under 30 minutes a night with 15-20 games missed to just chill.

Durant is going to be even better by LEAPS.

Bron is going to be much better, playing much more relaxed now, scary thought.

Spurs are going to Spur. Flame out soon as they match up with a team that can study them for a week and dismantle them with ease.

I have a really, really, bad feeling about Andrew Bynum this year. I pray that I'm wrong, I just feel him playin 60+ last year was a fluke.

Knicks are oddly put together, however, if they somehow get pieces to fit, they could do something. Big if tho.

Nets, eh, they'll be alright, still don't expect much from them at all.

T-Wolves, lookin forward to what they can do.

Crazy random prediction, Lamarcus gets traded. Port needs a huge move, and he flirts with heart issues, blood issues, this that, Port history, they just pull the plug and flip him before he goes down and really ends that franchise forever. Flip him for multiple pieces, try it all over again.

Dallas flames out. I don't expect them to work out, at all.

Nuggets are going to be TOUGH, but they have George Karl in the postseason, non threat.

West is going to be loaded once again, even the bad teams would still finish 5-6-7 in the East.

 

[Chester McFloppy]

bhzmafia14 wrote:
I called the WCF last year and a 35-40 game season the year before that. Now, I'm calling the Finals. They are ready.

 

[kevin cleveland]

 

[airjordan jb23]

Most Valuable Player:

KD

Defensive Player of the Year:

Dwight

Rookie of the Year:

Anthony Davis

Sixth Man of the Year:

MarShon Brooks

Most Improved Player:

O.J. Mayo

Coach of the Year:

Erik Spoelstra

Executive of the Year:

Mitch Kupchak

All-NBA 1st Team:
G CP
G Kobe
F LeBron
F KD
C Dwight

East:
1. Miami
2. Boston
3. Indiana
4. Brooklyn
5. NY
6. Philly
7. Atlanta
8. Chicago


West:
1. OKC
2. LAL
3. SA
4. LAC
5. Denver
6. Dallas
7. Memphis
8. Minny

NBA Champions:

Miami Heat

Finals MVP:

LeBron

 

[rook]

MVP: Carmelo Anthony
Finals Champs: LA Lakers
Finals MVP: Dwight Howard

 

[wavy bone]

MVP: Carmelo Anthony

 

[rook]

MVP: Carmelo Anthony

THIS IS HIS YEAR!

 

[JD617]

Not this again.

 

[gangsta grillz]

Most Valuable Player:

LEBRON JAMES

Defensive Player of the Year:
LEBRON JAMES

Rookie of the Year:
AUSTIN RIVERS

Sixth Man of the Year:
NATE ROBINSON

Most Improved Player:
BRANDON JENNINGS

Coach of the Year:
TIM TIBIDEOU

Executive of the Year:
KUPCHAK

All-NBA 1st Team:
G RAJON RONDO
G DWAYNE WADE
F LEBRON JAMES
F KEVIN DURANT
C DWIGHT HOWARD

East:
1.HEAT
2.BULLS
3.KNICKS
4.NETS
5.BUCKS
6.CELTICS
7.HAWKS
8.PACERS

West:
1.SPURS
2.CLIPPERS
3.THUNDER
4.LAKERS
5.MAVERICKS
6.WARRIORS
7.SUNS
8.NUGGETS

NBA Champions:
MIAMI HEAT

Finals MVP:
LEBRON JAMES

Key Headlines: TRACY MCGRADY RETURN TO HIS OLD FORM

 

[jpzx]

Just curious, what about the Suns shouts "playoff team"?

 

[jjs07]

Most Valuable Player: LeBron James


Defensive Player of the Year: LeBron James


Rookie of the Year: Harrison Barnes


Sixth Man of the Year: James Harden


Most Improved Player: Jeremy Lin


Coach of the Year: Spo


Executive of the Year: Kupchak


All-NBA 1st Team:
G Chris Paul
G Kobe Bryant
F LeBron James
F Kevin Durant
C Dwight Howard

East:
1. Miami
2. Indy
3. Boston
4. New Jersey
5. Chicago
6. New York
7. Philly
8. Washington

West:
1. OKC
2. LAL
3. Dallas
4. Denver
5. SAS
6. LAC
7. Memphis
8. Minnesota

NBA Champions:

Heat over OKC in 6
Finals MVP: Lebron



-Key Headlines:

Rondo shows out as ARGUABLY the best PG in the NBA - CP3 gets the All-NBA nod due to rep.

Mike Woodson gets fired - and guess who takes over? LORD.

Kris Humphries makes his first ASG.

 

[Chester McFloppy]

MVP: Carmelo Anthony

 

[Bert.]

Clippers suck, that is all.

 

[gangsta grillz]

Just curious, what about the Suns shouts "playoff team"?

i was running out of teams.

 

[|A-Man|]

Barring injury

Knicks 2012-2013 NBA Champions

Melo Season and Finals MVP.

 

[henz0]

 

[mjshoefanatic]

Most Valuable Player: KD35


Defensive Player of the Year: DeAndre Jordan


Rookie of the Year: Anthony Davis


Sixth Man of the Year: Eric Bledsoe


Most Improved Player: Jeff Green


Coach of the Year: Scott Brooks


Executive of the Year: Mitch Kupcake


All-NBA 1st Team:
G Paul
G Bryant
F Durant
F James
C Howard

East:
1. MIA
2. BOS
3. NYK
4. BKN
5. IND
6. ATL
7. CHI
8. MIL

West:
1. OKC
2. SAS
3. LAC
4. LAL
5. DAL
6. DEN
7. MEM
8. MIN

NBA Champions: Thunder


Finals MVP: Kevin Durant


Key Headlines:

'Cats will win more than 7 games probably somewhere in the 10-15 range.
Hornets/Warriors/Kings/Sun/Blazers will all be borderline playoff teams but still miss the postseason due to inexperience and youth.
Brandon Roy will play at least 70+ games without injury.
Bynum will miss half the season with those bad knees.
Kobe will never catch MJ and retire after his team gets eliminated in the Semi's.
Lakers bench will be exposed in the regular and postseason.
Paul will reup with LA Clips after leading his team to the WCF vs OKC.
Knicks and Nets will be top 5 teams in the East Conf.
Celtics and Heat will meet in the ECF (again)
Clips will win Battle of LA series (3/4)
Orlando, D.C. and Toronto will rack up the most L's this season and be vying for the #1 draft pick spot next summer.