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I'm bored. So I figured I would do this.

Western Conference

1. Los Angeles Clippers
2. Oklahoma City Thunder
3. San Antonio Spurs
4. Memphis Grizzlies
5. Dallas Mavericks
6. Houston Rockets
7. Golden State Warriors
8. Phoenix Suns
9. Portland Trail Blazers
10. New Orleans Pelicans
11. Denver Nuggets
12. Sacramento Kings
13. Utah Jazz
14. Minnesota Timberwolves
15. Los Angeles Lakers

Western Semi-Finals: Clippers over Grizz/Thunder over Spurs

Western Champ: Oklahoma City Thunder

Eastern Conference

1. Chicago Bulls
2. Cleveland Cavaliers
3. Washington Wizards
4. Charlotte Hornets
5. Atlanta Hawks
6. Toronto Raptors
7. Miami Heat
8. Brooklyn Nets
9. New York Knicks
10. Detroit Pistons
11. Orlando Magic
12. Indiana Pacers
13. Milwaukee Bucks
14. Boston Celtics
15. Philadelphia 76ers

Eastern Semi-Finals: Bulls over Hornets/Cavaliers over Wizards

Eastern Champion: Cleveland Cavaliers

NBA Champion: Oklahoma City Thunder over Cleveland Cavaliers

Most Valuable Player: LeBron James
Rookie of the Year: Jabari Parker
Most Improved Player: Lance Stephenson
Coach of the Year: Dave Joerger
Least Valuable Player: Josh Smith
 
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I could see all eight western teams getting back to the playoffs. I'm not sure about the Suns/Grizzlies though.

I agree with Bulls, Cavs, Wizards in East. I might put Nets at 9 or 10 though. Deron Williams is only declining at this point, and Joe Johnson would need to have another great year. And I don't know about Lopez, health is a concern. I'm also interest to see what Stan can do with Pistons.

MVP: D. Rose
Rookie of the Year: Jabari Parker
Most Improved: Steven Adams
Coach of the Year: Stan Van Gundy
 
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West:
1. Spurs
2. Clippers
3. Trailblazers
4. Grizz
5. Rockets
6. Warriors
7. Suns
8. Thunder

East:
1. Bulls
2. Cavs
3. Wizards
4. Hornets
5. Raptors
6. Heat
7. Hawks
8. Knicks

Western Championship: Grizz over Spurs
Eastern Championship: Bulls over Cavs

NBA Championship: Grizz over Bulls in 7
 
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Notorious B.E.N said:
Isn't Lance Stevenson already considered pretty good? Will he improve that much?
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I agree but I think he has an all-star type year.

Remember a couple years ago when Paul George was pretty good, but he bumped up his stats to really damn good and they gave it to him?

I see that for Lance. Instead of 14/7/4.5 with shooting averages of 49/35/71 I think you will see 21/6/5 shooting 50/38/75 and more free throw attempts. He will have a huge year.
 
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East:
1. Cavs
2. Bulls
3. Wizards
4. Raptors
5. Heat
6. Hornets
7. Nets
8. Pistons

West:
1. Spurs
2. Clippers
3. Grizzlies
4. Thunder
5. Trail Blazers
6. Mavs
7. Warriors
8. Rockets

ECF: Bulls vs. Cavs
WCF: Clippers vs. Grizzlies

Finals: Cavs over Clippers

MVP: LeBron
DPOY: D12
COY: SVG
ROY: Jabari Parker (or Elfrid Payton)
Most Improved: Chandler Parsons (or the Greek Freak)
 
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Notorious B.E.N said:
Isn't Lance Stevenson already considered pretty good? Will he improve that much?
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The formula for winning most improved is score more. He's really good, but in the eyes of the general public, he's barely ranked in the top 50 of players. If he scored 20 ppg, I guarantee he'd be seen as a top 20 player.

If he scores 20 ppg, I'd say he's a pretty good candidate, though I don't think it necessarily means he's improved as a player.
 
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Western Conference
1. Spurs
2. Thunder
3. Clippers
4. Grizz
5. Mavs
6. Warriors
7. Rockets
8. Suns

WCF- Thunder over Grizz (sorry Grizz fans)

Eastern Conference
1. Bulls
2. Cavs
3. Wizards
4. Hornets
5. Heat
6. Raptors
7. Pistons
8. Knicks

ECF-Bulls over Cavs

Finals-Thunder over Bulls


MVP-Russ...deal with it yo
DPOY-Serge
ROY-Parker
CBPOY-Rose
MIP-Greek Freak
COY-Ron Jeremy
Biggest waste of air-Kendrick Perkins
 
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BadJerry20 said:
MVP-Russ...deal with it yo
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I honestly thought about this. With KD out for a while Russ might put up huge numbers. Maybe he finds his groove with KD and continues it. I hope the Thunder do good this year. They're fun to watch when healthy.
 
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LittleCat said:
I honestly thought about this. With KD out for a while Russ might put up huge numbers. Maybe he finds his groove with KD and continues it. I hope the Thunder do good this year. They're fun to watch when healthy.
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If KD was out longer he might have a legit shot if he kept OKC a top 3 seed. I just wanted to be a Homer. Lol They were one of the healthiest teams in the league for about 3 years, the last couple have been rough. I almost put Adams as my MIP, Brooks is an idiot though.
 
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BadJerry20 said:
If KD was out longer he might have a legit shot if he kept OKC a top 3 seed. I just wanted to be a Homer. Lol They were one of the healthiest teams in the league for about 3 years, the last couple have been rough. I almost put Adams as my MIP, Brooks is an idiot though.
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I doubt there's ever been a MVP by a guy who is teammates with last years MVP.

I don't think it happens. It would take other guys having a bad year to make it possible.
 
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Western Conference
1. Spurs
2. Clippers
3. Thunder
4. Warriors
5. Suns
6. Mavericks
7. Trailblazers
8. Rockets
9. Trailblazers
10. Pelicans
11. Kings
12. Lakers
13. Jazz
14. Nuggets
15. Timberwolves

Eastern Conference

1. Bulls
2. Cavs
3. Heat
4. Hornets
5. Raptors
6. Wizards
7. Nets
8. Knicks
9. Hawks
10. Pistons
11. Pacers
12. Magic
13. Bucks
14. Celtics
15. 76ers

Yes I think a mediocre Knicks team will be able to get the final 8th spot which I imagine to again not be steep to get the final playoff spot.
 
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