2013 -2014 NBA Season Prediction Thread

[deneem4]

Jus what you think will hapoen around the nba this year, offseason, draft, trades, playoffs, injuries, whatever

I think beal will be an allstar
Bynum actually plays
Kobe take lakers to playoffs
Rose gets mvp
Miami get knocked out by nets
Wall shoots 48%
Rudy gets traded...again
Amare becomes healthy
Philly wins tank war
Oladipo gets rookie of the year
Pelicans become a feared team outwest
We become a fear team in the east
Lebron takes off his head band again

[Chocolate City Jordanaire]

I agree that Oladipo wins ROTY.

I think Kevin Durant will win MVP. He will put up huge numbers with Westbrook out and Martin on another roster. Chris Paul could win MVP if Doc Rivers coaches up the Clippers. Dark horse MVP: Anthony Davis. Pelicans are going to make a lot of noise and the Unibrow is going to blow up. deneem, we agree about the Pelicans!

Miami will fall to the Bulls in the playoffs, but I think this season the OKC Thunder will win it all. Adams is going to supplant Perkins at C and they'll be really tough defensively. Jackson and Lamb are going to be really good together and Westbrook when he returns is going to have it really easy. I think OKC is the most talent team, and they'll break through this season.

deneem, I love your Rudy Gay prediction. I can see it happening. If not him, I bet the Knicks will really want to trade Bargnani before too long. He or Amare have to go.

I think the Lakers are going to make the playoffs. Mike D'Antoni will prove to be one heck of a coach. Blake or Nash will be traded. Got to be. Farmar's probably a better starter for what they want to do in LAL.

If Oladipo doesn't win ROTY, Cody Zeller will. He's going to be killing it. But I think WizarDynasty is going to be back and vocal when Steven Adams helps OKC become best in the West.

I think Oden will finish the season healthy but Bynum won't be able to play more than 15 games.

The Wizards are going to win at least 45 games, and I won't be surprised to see them go to round two of the playoffs. The NBA is all about transition offense and defense, speed, range, and quickness to the basket. Wall and Beal are going to kill it together, their games fit that well. Guys like Harrington and Ariza will speed up the front court by opening the floor with their range. Seraphin and Vesely, if neither are traded, will both have their best seasons. Booker's probably going to stay healthy. Okafor will play well after February, if he's not traded along with Ariza (as I think they both will, for someone like Stoudemire or Randolph).

This will be a fun season for Wizards fans... unless Dat is right and the wheels fall off. I'm posting from the heart and feelings a lot more than from the head. In my heart, post play is overrated until playoffs. In the east, there's not one team with beasts in the post that the Wizards can't hang with BESIDES Indiana. Roy Hibbert would be a problem, but as long as the Wizards counter with speed, they can play with any team. Think about Beal getting better and not Nene breaking down. I think health is going to side with the Wizards, and that Randy Wittman is going to get it done.

[TheBabyMaker]

Wizards will win 80% home games 20% away
Beal will average between 20-22 points on 48% shooting (43% 3pt) but only average 4 ft's a game Just missing the allstar game
Rose or Durant will win MVP
Oladipo will win ROY
Wiz, Clev and Detroit will fight for 6,7,8th seeds
Bulls beat Miami in 7 games from east
Thunder beat Spurs in 6 games west
Bulls win finals in 7 Rose finals MVP
Golden State wins more games than Houston
LAL will tank for #1 pick
Anthony Davis win Defensive player of the year
Silas will drain 3's during garbage time
Boston will be better than most think.
I will watch every Wizards game.

[deneem4]

I forgot about the celtics...theyre gonna be good...jeff green bradley and wallace is going to play hard every game...theyre going have to trade rondo and green to successfully tank...

Kevin love back
Dirk got ellis
Blazers got depth, lillard isnt a rookie anymore
Grizzlies got a shooter and its zach contract yr
Darren collison best offseason pick in thr nba, hes going to win some games

The west is so wild this yr...I cant even pick 8 team for the playoffs
Spurs
Thunder
Clippers
Warriors
Rockets
Nuggets
Timberwolves
Grizzlies
Maverick
Lakers
Pelicans

Can all make the playoffs

Orlando is going to be the team to watch this yr...
I see rudy going to the kings for thorton and salmons
Or
Rudy/2nd for granger
Boston will get 1st pick
Ersan to Houston
Or
Evan turner and thad young for lin and asik...

[payitforward]

Darren collison best offseason pick in thr nba, hes going to win some games

Orlando is going to be the team to watch this yr...

Agree 100% w/ the above.

The young GM in Orlando is going to give a seminar on how you actually rebuild an NBA team. -- not just pretend to. Doubt they make the playoffs this year, but they look to get better and better year on year while we stagnate.

God I wish Ernie would get lost on the way to work!

[deneem4]

Darren collison best offseason pick in thr nba, hes going to win some games

Orlando is going to be the team to watch this yr...

Agree 100% w/ the above.

The young GM in Orlando is going to give a seminar on how you actually rebuild an NBA team. -- not just pretend to. Doubt they make the playoffs this year, but they look to get better and better year on year while we stagnate.

God I wish Ernie would get lost on the way to work!

Yea theyre rebuilding looking as good as the thunders (no offense to the cavs)

Also another thing I realized is the pelicans are plotting..theyre not keeping holiday and tyreke...theyre evaluating them...of course we know jrue is better all around but tyreke is 6'6...was a 20/5/5 as a rookie pg and would be gordons opposite...jrue is jrue he was jus an allstar but hes small like gordon, but I think the rockets want him....so msybe something like

Lin/asik/jones (davis old Kentucky buddy)
For
Jrue/anderson

Houston would have the best bsckcourt duo (no offense wall and beal) and theyre stretch 4..
Pelicans would still hsve legitimate pg off bench banger center and davis best buddy from college...maybe davis play small forward?

[deneem4]

The magic young guys are too good for the team to tank....expect some trades
Paul george will be an mvp canidate...
Jimmy butler will be a dpoy canidate..
Deandre gets trade...for nene

[Upper Decker]

1. The Heat will 3peat and have the best record in the NBA. They've heard all summer how they're old hat and Lebron will dominate and prove to the world he's not human.

2. Cleveland will once again be terrible and Irving will go from the media darling to last years John Wall where the media continually roasted him.

3. Anthony Davis will assend to top-10 player this season. NOH will become the team you wish you selected for league pass.

4. The Clippers won't make it past the 2nd round of the playoffs again.

5. Otto Porter will play less than half the games this season and average less than 4 points per game.

6. GSW will represent the West in the finals.

[dobrojim]

I'm wondering if CHI will turn out to be as good as most analysts, armchair or otherwise,
seem to think after watching them last night struggle to score. If Boozer hadn't had one of
his occasional very good games, the final score would have been even less indicative
of the competitiveness of the game. Losing BOTH Nate Robinson and Bellinelli is
going to hurt. Rose may take another year to get all the way back. Deng is over-rated.
So is Gibson. Both are decent/solid but not much more. If Noah gets hurt as he often
has, who is his backup? I just watched them last night and I can't remember. Oh yeah,
Nazr Mohammed. Yawn. We'll see how far their elite team defense can take them.

The LA-LA game also made me question how good Lob City ultimately will be.
Collison would have been a great pickup for us (he's darn good) but he and CP3 let
Jordan Farmer beat them last night. Not encouraging if you're a Clips fan.

But I'm probably putting too much weight on single games.

[deneem4]

Mcw gets roty...yea its only 1 game but you dont fluke in debuts against #1 teams
Pelicans is a top5 seed..
Dwight and harden becomrs new shaq and kobe
Kevin love is an mvp candidate
Dirk and monte becomes a big 2
Davis gordon holiday becomes a big 3
Bynum becomes healthy
Jeff green gets traded