2015-2016 NBA Predictions Thread

[whoyouthink]

The Lakers are still going to trash that no one wants to see on national tv

 

[jjs07]

Bucks #1 in the East.

East is terrible. No one saw the Hawks rise, the Pacers were pretty similar. Went from the 8th seed to being the other big dog in the East for a few years.

Most importantly, everybody is young, they are super long, have a few nice bench pieces. It's pretty ambitious I'll admit but Miami has old guys who get hurt, Cleveland has guys who get hurt, Chicago has guys that get hurt. Other teams are a lot older in the East, they have the fresh legs to race out in the East and they have very good coaching.

I don't have them doing anything in the playoffs while you think Miami can get to the finals. Come playoff time, no one is beating Cleveland in the East so it really doesn't matter.

I don't even think Cleveland has as much of a cakewalk as you and others think in reaching the finals (for the reasons I put in bold). Nothing is a given in the NBA. While I don't think that the Bucks are anywhere close to being a #1 seed, I wouldn't be surprised at them making some noise in the playoffs.

 

[ny mavurs]

Cavs will have a few bumps but they're still going to the finals

 

[socalkid]

MVP
James Harden

Defensive Player of the Year
Deandre Jordan

Rookie Of The Year
Jahlil Okafor

6th Man of the Year
Who ever comes off the bench for the Clips Crawford or Stephenson

Most Improved
Lance Stephenson

Coach Of The Year


NBA 1st Team
G Steph Curry
G Russell Westbrook
F Lebron James
F Anthony Davis
C Dwight Howard

East Standings
1. Cavs
2. Bulls
3. Heat
4. Bucks
5. Hawks
6. Wizards
7. Bucks
8. Hornets

West Standings

1. Warriors
2. Rockets
3. Clippers
4. Spurs
5.Thunder
6. Grizzlies
7. Pelicans
8. Dallas

NBA Champs
Cavs over the Rockets/Clippers in 6

Finals MVP
Lebron James

 

[worldbeefreeg]

I think as long as that guy LeBron exists, Cleveland has a cakewalk to the Finals.

 

[pjdabullsfan]

East

1. Cavs 56-26

2. Bulls 54-28

3. Hawks 50-32

4. Heat 47-35

5. Wizards 46-36

6. Raptors 44-38

7. Bucks 44-38

8. Celtics 41-41

West

1. Spurs 62-20

2. Warriors 60-22

3. Thunder 57-25

4. Rockets 56-26

5. Clippers 55-27

6. Grizzlies 52-30

7. Pelicans 48-34

8. Kings 43-39

East First Round

1. Cavs def. 8. Celtics 4-1

2. Bulls def. 7. Bucks 4-2

3. Hawks def. 6. Raptors 4-1

4. Heat def. 5. Wizards 4-3

East Semifinals

1. Cavs def. 4. Heat 4-2

2. Bulls def. 3. Hawks 4-1

East Finals

1. Cavs def. 2. Bulls 4-3

West First Round

1. Spurs def. 8. Kings 4-0

2. Warriors def. 7. Pelicans 4-1

3. Thunder def. 6. Grizzlies 4-2

4. Rockets def. 5. Clippers 4-3

West Semifinals

1. Spurs def. 4. Rockets 4-3

3. Thunder def.  2. Warriors 4-2

West Finals

1. Spurs def. 3. Thunder 4-3

Finals

1. Spurs def. 1. Cavs 4-2

Awards

MVP- Russell Westbrook

FMVP- LaMarcus Aldridge

ROY- Emmanuel Mundiay

COY- Gregg Popovich

DPOY- Draymond Green

MIP- Giannis Antetokounmpo

6[sup]th[/sup]MOY- Isiah Thomas

All NBA 1[sup]st[/sup] Team                      

F LeBron James                           

F Kevin Durant                   

C DeMarcus Cousins                  

G James Harden                 

G Russell Westbrook

Warriors take a step back

​Miami shows that they're overrated 

D. Rose comes back to All-Star form

Spurs prove as a Dominant force

KD is back

No lil b curse 

 

[finallyfamous]

Cavs over Wizards in ECF

Warriors over Spurs in WCF

Cavs over Warriors in NBA Finals.

NBA Finals MVP: Kevin Love

 

[pmatic]

Most Valuable Player:
James Harden

Defensive Player of the Year:
Draymond Green

Rookie of the Year:
Jahlil Okafor

Sixth Man of the Year:
Gerald Green

Most Improved Player:
Otto Porter

Coach of the Year:
Kevin McHale

Executive of the Year:
Daryl Morey

All-NBA 1st Team:
G Steph Curry
G James Harden
F LeBron James
F Kevin Durant
C Dwight Howard

East:
1. Bulls
2. Cavaliers
3. Wizards
4. Heat
5. Raptors
6. Hawks
7. Bucks
8. Celtics

West:
1. Rockets
2. Warriors
3. Clippers
4. Thunder
5. Spurs
6. Grizzlies
7. Pelicans
8. Jazz

NBA Champions:
Warriors vs Cavaliers

Finals MVP:
Steph Curry

Key Headlines:
Top three records: Rockets, Warriors and Clippers.
Botton three records: Sixers, Nets and Blazers.
Kevin Durant leads the league in scoring, DeAndre Jordan leads the league in rebounding and Chris Paul leads the league in assists.
The Suns blow it up by New Years.

Changed my mind, just slightly:

Most Valuable Player:
James Harden

Defensive Player of the Year:
Draymond Green

Rookie of the Year:
Karl-Anthony Towns

Sixth Man of the Year:
Isaiah Thomas

Most Improved Player:
Otto Porter

Coach of the Year:
Kevin McHale

Executive of the Year:
Daryl Morey

All-NBA 1st Team:
G Steph Curry
G James Harden
F LeBron James
F Kevin Durant
C Anthony Davis (the voters reason he plays enough minutes at C)

East:
1. Wizards
2. Cavaliers
3. Bulls
4. Heat
5. Hawks
6. Celtics
7. Raptors
8. Bucks

West:
1. Rockets
2. Warriors
3. Clippers
4. Thunder
5. Spurs
6. Grizzlies
7. Jazz
8. Pelicans

NBA Champions:
Warriors vs Cavaliers

Finals MVP:
Steph Curry

 

[champcruthik]

For now, I got Stan for ROY and C.J. McCollum for MIP.

 

[whoyouthink]

We going for Back to Back Chips

 

[antidope]

Most Valuable Player:LeBron James

Defensive Player of the Year: Anthony Davis

Rookie of the Year: Karl Anthony-Towns

Sixth Man of the Year: Gerald Green

Most Improved Player: Aaron Gordon

Coach of the Year: Gregg Popovich

Executive of the Year: RC Buford

All-NBA 1st Team:
G Stephen Curry
G James Harden
F LeBron James
F Kevin Durant
C Anthony Davis

East:
1. Cleveland Cavaliers
2. Atlanta Hawks
3. Miami Heat

4. Chicago Bulls
5. Washington Wizards
6. Milawulkee Bucks
7. Toronto Raptors
8. Boston Celtics

West:
1. San Antonio Spurs
2. Golden State Warriors
3. Oklahoma City Thunder
4. Los Angeles Clippers
5. Houston Rockets
6. Memphis Grizzlies
7. Dallas Mavericks
8. Utah Jazz

NBA Champions: San Antonio Spurs

Finals MVP: Kawhi Leonard

Key Headlines: Last Kobe Season, Last Tim Duncan Season.

Dwight Howard ends up in trade rumours.

Clippers implode and infighting begins, to the rest of the worlds pleasure.

LeBron makes it to the Finals and loses again.

 

[the shoe]

Most Valuable Player: James Harden


Defensive Player of the Year: Kawhi Leonard


Rookie of the Year: DeAngelo Russell


Sixth Man of the Year: Andre Iguodala


Most Improved Player: Aaron Gordon


Coach of the Year: Kevin McHale


Executive of the Year: Daryl Morey


All-NBA 1st Team:
G - Russell Westbrook
G - James Harden
F - LeBron James
F - Anthony Davis
C - DeMarcus Cousins

East:
1. Cleveland 
2. Chicago
3. Washington
4. Atlanta
5. Toronto
6. Milwaukee
7. Miami
8. Indiana


West:
1. Houston
2. Golden State
3. Oklahoma City
4. Los Angeles Clippers
5. San Antonio
6. Memphis
7. New Orleans
8. Utah


NBA Champions: Cleveland Cavaliers


Finals MVP: LeBron James


Key Headlines: Rockets finish with league's best record.

San Antonio/Cleveland meet in the Finals.

Harden leads the league in scoring. 

OKC doesn't stay completely healthy all year, Durant resigns on a one year deal.

Toronto gets swept in the first round again, Casey gets fired.

Philly ends the season with the worst record, again.

 

[hustlinhusky22]

Most Valuable Player: LeBron
Defensive Player of the Year: Kwahi 
Rookie of the Year: Mudiay 
Sixth Man of the Year: Isaiah Thomas
Most Improved Player: CJ Mccollum

 

[Retroballer]

EAST
1. Cleveland
2. Boston
3. Chicago
4. Atlanta
5. Washington
6. Miami
7. Toronto
8. Milwaukee
WEST
1. OKC
2. Houston
3. Golden State
4. Los Angles
5. San Antonio
6. Memphis
7. New Orleans
8. Phoenix.

NBA finals
Houston over Cleveland

MVP
James Harden

DPOY
Leonard

ROY
Super Mario

1st Team
Harden
Westbrook
Durant
Lebron
Gasol

 

[Quincy McCall]

Most Valuable Player: Harden/AD

Defensive player of the year: Whiteside/AD

Rookie of the Year: kit-KAT

Sixth man of the year: Gerald Green

Most improved player: Reggie F Shmurda

Coach of the Year: Kerr

Exec. of the year: Morey

All-NBA 1st team:
Curry
Harden
James
Davis
Gasol

(Based more on health/depth)

East:
MIA
WIZ
CLE/ CHI
CHI/ CLE
Hawks
Pistons/ Raptors
Raptors /Pistons
Pacers/ Celtics/ Knicks

West:
GS
HOU
OKC
LAC
SAN
MEM/ SAC
SAC/ NO
NO/ DAL/ UTH

Finals: Rockets/Heat

Headlines: Fun season. No 60 win teams.

 

[shoeking2102]

 

[bigworm91]

Not Gonna follow the format. Only thing I will say is....

Spurs in 6.

 

[pmatic]

Not Gonna follow the format. Only thing I will say is....

Spurs in 6.

Bucks in six.

 

[fx2]

nah, raps in 4 #waliswalis

 

[a mufasa]

MVP: Anthony Davis

DPOY: Anthony Davis

6th Man: Isaish Thomas

ROY: Jahlil Okafor

MIP: Otto Porter

Coach: SVG

Exec: Doc

1st time All Star: Conley

NBA 1st team

G: Curry

G: Westbrook

F: James

F: Davis

C: Boogie

East Champ: Cavs

West Champ: Clippers

NBA Champ: Cavs in 5

The year of Anthony Davis is upon us. 

 

[pmatic]

Exactly how high of a seed are the Pelicans getting for Davis to get MVP?

 

[Quincy McCall]

Exactly how high of a seed are the Pelicans getting for Davis to get MVP?

Good point

 

[dacomeup]

West

1.GSW

2. OKC

3. Houston

4. LAC

5. Spurs

6. Memphis 

7. New Orleans

8. Utah  Jazz

East

1. Chicago

2. Cleveland

3. Washington

4. Atlanta

5. Miami

5. Boston

6. Toronto 

7. Milwaukee

8. Indiana

First Team- All NBA

Steph Curry

James Harden

LeBron James

Kevin Durant

Anthony Davis

MVP: Kevin Durant

COY: Fred Hoiberg

ROY: Karl Anthony-Towns

6MOY: Isiah Thomas

DPOY: Rudy Gobert

MIP: CJ McCollum 

Finals: Thunder over Cavs.

 

[a mufasa]

Exactly how high of a seed are the Pelicans getting for Davis to get MVP?

Recent history would say around 50 wins/top 5 seed.

 

[a mufasa]

Headlines: Fun season. No 60 win teams.

Thats pretty bold. When was the last time that happened?