NBA Predictions with The Medium Three
Champs + Top 5 teams
Fresh Prince - Champions - Indiana
Top 5: Miami, Oklahoma City, Indiana, Chicago, LA Clippers
I just don’t see Miami delivering a three-peat. The pressures of emulating Jordan’s Bulls, Shaq/Kobe’s Lakers will prove too much for the Miami squad and I see Indiana upsetting Miami in the Eastern Conference Finals.
His Airness - Chicago
Top 5: Miami, Chicago, Indiana, San Antonio, Oklahoma City
Nighthawk - Miami
Top 5: Miami, Indiana, Oklahoma, San Antonio, Chicago
Bottom 5 Teams
Fresh Prince - Boston, Charlotte, Orlando, Atlanta, Utah, and Phoenix
His Airness - Charlotte, Sacramento, Phoenix, Orlando and Boston
Nighthawk - Philadelphia, Orlando, Pheonix, Sacremento, Charlotte
Conference Winners
Fresh Prince West: Oklahoma City Thunder
East: Indiana Pacers
His Airness - West: San Antonio
East: Miami
Nighthawk - West: Oklahoma
East: Chicago
MVP Rankings
Fresh Prince MVP: LeBron James
Top 5: James, Durant, Rose, CP3, Carmelo
His Airness - MVP Kevin Durant
Top 5: Durant, LeBron James .Chris Paul, James Harden, Paul George
Nighthawk - I reckon it will just be the usual but I reckon Kevin Durant will make a big push for it. Keep an eye out for Jrue Holiday and Kyrie Irving to be be surprise contenders if there team does well.
Rookies of the Year ( top 3-5)
Fresh Prince ROY: Victor Oladipo
Top 5: Oladipo, McCollum, Ben McLemore, Anthony Bennett, Schroeder
Ones to surprise: Tony Snell (Chicago) and Archie Goodwin (Phoenix)
His Airness - ROY: Victor Oladipo
Top 5: Oladipo, Ben McLemore, Anthony Bennett, Nerlens Noel
Nighthawk - I think Kelly Olynyk, Carter Williams and Cody Zeller will all have a good shot at it, but it's going to be between Victor Oladipo, Ben Mclemore and Anthony Bennett to win the award.
Muppet of the year
Amare Stoudemire or JaVale McGee. It's fair to say McGee featured a fair bit in this segment.
Team of Battlers (limited talent)
Fresh Prince - Denver Nuggets, Portland Trailblazers
Weird/funny prediction
Fresh Prince - Jason Kidd to lace up and player/coach for a few games
His Airness - New Orleans, Detroit, Cleveland and Washington make play-offs
Kobe wins M.V.P and Michael Jordan to play a couple of games for Charlotte.
Nighthawk - Dwight Howard won't be a top 3 centre.
Coach of the Year
Fresh Prince - Doc Rivers
His Airness - Tom Thibodeau
Nighthawk - Monty Williams or Mark Jackson
Storyline of the Year
The return of Derrick Rose and the eventual return of Kobe Bryant. Both Chicago and L.A. rely heavily on these two stars and their hopes for this season will depend greatly on when and how these two return to the league.
Under the Radar Player/Team
Fresh Prince New Orleans Pelicans if healthy, Anthony Davis to have a big year!
Two teams I see going under the radar are the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards. New Orleans were aggressive in the off season trading for Jrue Holiday and signing Tyreke Evans, both immensly talented players who will contribute right away. If Eric Gordon and Tyreke can stay healthy, they will surpise and I see Anthony Davis being a force this year, both offensively and defensively.
Washington are a team who now have some solidity in their team. Wittman’s defense minded approach linked with the suprememly talented John Wall will surprise this year. The Wall/Beal backcourt was effective towards the end of last season and I expect them to pick up where they left off. If Nene can stay helathy and once Emeka Okafor returns this squad is ready for some playoff action.
His Airness - Detroit – In the weaker Eastern conference they could surprise many people.
New Orleans (if players stay healthy) to scrap into playoffs while Kyrie Irving and Jrue Holiday could have M.V.P like seasons
Nighthawk - I think my under the radar team is New Orleans , Monty Williams could be coach of the year, I reckon jrue holiday is a MVP candidate and tyreke a 6th man candidate. They should be good cause they have solid depth and a true point guard with scorers around, a dominant big man and big man who can shoot from deep.