because it will be done eventually (award predictions)

MVP: Rose. pretty much a lock at this point. he's won the proverbial popularity contest although i'm shocked durant fell out of the mvp talks so early in the season despite his hype pre-season. everyone in the media & ESPN & Michael Jordan & Barkley is on Rose's nuts with Dwight at a distant 2nd.
Most Improved: Dorrell Wright. although it could be disputed that he's now getting starter's minutes, and is in a high-paced offense in Golden State, I think he still deserves it.
6th man: Odom. i know, a lot of people say he's not really a bench player, but look at crawford, terry, & ginobili in years' past. plus, if i remember right, the rule is you can't start more than half your games and he's at 34 so he's my 6th man. arguably an all-star this year, there is no contest in my mind.
Rookie: The Blake Show. the media attention on this guy makes John Wall's otherwise perfectly good season look like a failure.
Coach: Thibs. Chicago is #1 in the east with major injuries to Noah & Boozer... pretty much a lot of the same arguments for Rose for MVP belong here
Defensive: Dwight. don't see anyone else winning this for a while, though Josh Smith could contend if he has a good year.

and for fun:
All NBA 1st team
C-Dwight
F-Lebron
F-Durant
G-Kobe
G-CP3
2nd team:
C-Amare
F-Pau
F-Dirk
G-Wade
G-Rose
3rd team
C-Horford
F-Love
F-Aldridge
G-Rondo
G-Westbrook
All NBA Defensive 1st Team
C-Dwight
F-Lebron
F-GWallace
G-CP3
G-Rondo
2nd team
C-McGee
F-JSmith
F-Artest
G-Wade
G-TAllen
All-NBA rookie 1st team
Blake
Wall
Fields
Cousins
Johnson
2nd team
Monroe
Neal
Bledsoe
Turner
Favors

5 points for each individual award winner, 1 point for each correct All-NBA team pick on the right team. all posts after announcement of first winner will not count
winner gets a cookie.

Other than the teams, we're done here folks. There's barely any chance someone else wins the awards other than Dwight. (And MIP since the voters don't even know the award means.)

Why would anyone want to predict this crap? Who cares what journalists think? They aren't human beings after all.

Name the real winners, then we have shit to talk about.

Don't we usually post our picks in one thread and predictions in another? Or post our picks for who will win along with our picks for who should win?

Anyway, my picks for the game at hand:

MVP: Derrick Rose
MIP: Kevin Love (wouldn't be too surprised if it was Dorell Wright, but Love was an All-Star so I think the votes will favour him)
6th Man: Lamar Odom
Coach: Tom Thibodeau
Rookie: Blake Griffin
Defensive: Dwight Howard
Executive: Pat Riley (Gar Forman may have a shot, but assembling the trio in Miami was just a huge coup for Riles)

All-NBA First Team:

C: Dwight Howard
F: LeBron James
F: Kevin Durant
G: Kobe Bryant
G: Derrick Rose

All-NBA Second Team:

C: Amar'e Stoudemire
F: Pau Gasol
F: Dirk Nowitzki
G: Dwyane Wade
G: Chris Paul

All-NBA Third Team:

C: Tim Duncan
F: Kevin Love
F: Paul Pierce
G: Russell Westbrook
G: Rajon Rondo

All-Defensive First Team:

C: Dwight Howard
F: Kevin Garnett
F: LeBron James
G: Chris Paul
G: Rajon Rondo

All-Defensive Second Team:

C: Tim Duncan
F: Josh Smith
F: Gerald Wallace
G: Kobe Bryant
G: Dwyane Wade

All-Rookie First Team:

Blake Griffin
John Wall
Landry Fields
Greg Monroe
DeMarcus Cousins

All-Rookie Second Team:

Derrick Favors
Wes Johnson
Evan Turner
Gary Neal
Ed Davis

I would put Cousins somewhere on All-Rookie team and I think Tim Duncan deserves a nod in the second team over Amare as well but I guess it's true his numbers have dropped huge despite the team doing well this season.

Other than the teams, we're done here folks. There's barely any chance someone else wins the awards other than Dwight. (And MIP since the voters don't even know the award means.)

Why would anyone want to predict this crap? Who cares what journalists think? They aren't human beings after all.

Name the real winners, then we have shit to talk about.

You're absolutely right. Who cares what people predict, it's not like they're Nostradamus.

MVP:Baron Davis
MIP:Kwame Brown
6thMOY:Joel Anthony
ROY:Dexter Pittman

All-Star 1st team:
C: Shaq
PF: Jerome James
SF: Glen Davis
SG: Boris Diaw
PG: Eddy Curry

^Fat ass team of the year!

Last edited by x-uNdErRaTeD-z on Fri Apr 08, 2011 12:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.

My predictions are first, but my (thoughts are in parentheses)

MVP: Derrick Rose (LeBron/Howard deserves it)
MIP: Kevin Love (Him, Dorell, Chandler, Rose, Felton, and Augustin are all very deserving)
6th Man: Lamar Odom
Coach: Tom Thibodeau
Rookie: Blake Griffin
Defensive: Dwight Howard
Executive: Pat Riley

All-NBA First Team:

C: Dwight Howard
F: LeBron James
F: Kevin Durant
G: Kobe Bryant
G: Derrick Rose

All-NBA Second Team:

C: Tyson Chandler
F: Amar'e Stoudemire
F: Dirk Nowitzki
G: Dwyane Wade
G: Chris Paul

All-NBA Third Team:

C: Andrew Bynum
F: Lamarcus Aldridge
F: Pau Gasol (Carmelo deserves it over him, but there are too many Laker fans out there)
G: Russell Westbrook
G: Rajon Rondo

All-Defensive First Team:

C: Dwight Howard
F: Josh Smith
F: LeBron James
G: Dwyane Wade
G: Rajon Rondo

All-Defensive Second Team:

C: Tyson Chandler
F: Kevin Garnett (Grant Hill, anybody?)
F: Gerald Wallace
G: Kobe Bryant
G: Chris Paul

All-Rookie First Team:

C: Demarcus Cousins
F: Blake Griffin
F: Wesley Johnson
G: Landry Fields
G: John Wall

All-Rookie Second Team:

C: Greg Monroe
F: Derrick Favors
F: Ed Davis
G: Jordan Crawford
G: Evan Turner (because Zabian Dowdell would never make it)

Tyson Chandler on the All-NBA 2nd team? Damn I guess it's true that you're on ZanShadow's level (no offense Zan I love you its shadow with his evil schemes). But Chandler is a good player but not that great. I would consider Duncan, Bynum, Amare, or even Gasol in this position. Maybe I could be overrating Bynum too.

People should keep in mind that when All-Rookie teams are selected, they're selected without regard for position. You dont need a Centre, 2 Forwards and 2 Guards.

Player Awards (runners-up in parentheses)

MVP: Derrick Rose - Leading a reconstructed team full of injury-prone players to a likely number one playoff seed. (Dwight Howard)
MIP: Kevin Love - Taking over the starting job and earning an All-Star berth, despite playing for a horrific team. (Derrick Rose/Dorell Wright)
6th Man of the Year - Lamar Odom. Overdue. Circumstances took these awards from him the last couple of years. (Louis Williams/James HardenTFU)
Defensive Player of the Year - Dwight Howard. I wouldnt be surprised if this ends up being unanimous. (Kevin Garnett)
Rookie of the Year - Blake Griffin. He locked this up in November. (John Wall)

Sideline Awards
Coach of the Year - Tom Thibodeau. Coaching an extraordinarily consistent team and turning Derrick Rose into the MVP. (Gregg Popovich/George Karl)
GM of the Year - Gar Forman. Built a deep team and hired an outstanding Head Coach. (Pat Riley pulled off a massive coup, but it hasn't showed on the court. Miami will probably be better in the long run, but that's not what the award is for.)

Team Awards

All-NBA 1st team
C - Dwight Howard
F - leBron james
F - Kevin Durant
G - Derrick Rose
G - Kobe Bryant

2nd team
C - Amare Stoudemire
F - Pau Gasol
F - Dirk Nowitzki
G - Dwyane Wade
G - Chris Paul

3rd team
C - Andrew Bogut
F - Zach Randolph
F - Paul Pierce
G - Manu Ginobili
G - Russell Westbrook

All Defensive 1st Team
C - Dwight Howard
F - Lebron James
F - Luol Deng
G - Rajon Rondo
G - Chris Paul

2nd Team
C - Tyson Chandler
F - Tim Duncan
F - Kevin Garnett
G - Dwyane Wade
G - Russell Westbrook

All-Rookie 1st Team
Blake Griffin
John Wall
Landry Fields
DeMarcus Cousins
Greg Monroe

All-Rookie 2nd Team
Gary Neal
Wesley Johnson
Ed Davis
Eric Bledsoe
Evan Turner

Added DeMarcus Cousins to my All-Rookie picks, dropped Neal to second team and removed Bledsoe.

I think Love is a worthy candidate for MIP, but the problem is that he was this good last year. he really hasn't improved at all. he's gotten more minutes this year because for some reason Rambis was idiotic last year and chose to play him 28 mins a game when guys like Pecherov & Jawai never shouldve seen the light of day. i think he has a problem with playing any player big minutes.

and i cant really put Crawford or Ed Davis in the rookie teams. i feel like they have only come on strong in the last month or so, so i couldnt pull the trigger on them.

Crawford's also missed 40 games. Give him a full season and he'd be pushing for the first team. He should definitely make the sophomore team at All-Star next year.

yeah crawford's problem was that he got no PT this year. he's a Jamal Crawford clone and got drafted to Jamal Crawford's team, presumably to cover themselves in case Joe Johnson didn't re-sign. well, Joe did and Jordan got stuck at the end of the bench. I could he him starting over Young next year, he was reallly talented at Xavier.

Personally, I can't wait for Rose to win the MVP and there to be about fifty thousand players voted for in the case of MIP.

Hopefully it's not Love even though everyone is aware he exists now because of the double-double streak. I want another year where they pick someone who had a better year before but they weren't paying attention to the Magic back then like when they picked Turkoglu. But Wright is good enough since he's at best playing as well as he did last year and actually shooting worse from every location on the court this season. Seems like the standard pick under the usual circumstances.

MVP
Will Win: Derrick Rose | My Pick: Dwight Howard
RotY
Will Win: Blake Griffin | My Pick: Landry Fields (but I won't complain at all when Blake wins it)
MIP
Will Win: Kevin Love (or some other ridiculous player) | My Pick: Derrick Rose (Ironic - the reverse of my 09 ROY picks!)
DPotY
Will Win: Dwight Howard | My Pick: Dwight Howard
6th Man
Will Win: Lamar Odom | My Pick: Lamar Odom (a joke if he doesn't win it
CotY
Will Win: Tom Thibodeau | My Pick: Tom Thibodeau (lol if Popovich or Doug Collins win it)
Executive
Will Win: Gar Forman | My Pick: Pat Riley (I like Heat better as long-term contenders as three of the Bulls' top four are injury prone)
My All-NBA Teams
1 - Rose/Paul/Bron/Pau/Dwight
2 - Wade/Kobe/KG/Dirk/Aldridge
3 - Manu/Ray/Pierce/Durant/Horford

Fuck All-D and All-Rookie. And it's too late for elaboration tonight,

MVP: Rose.
2nd team:

G-Rose

MVP on the All-NBA 2nd team? Has that happened?

Anyway,

MVP: Derrick Rose
MIP: Kevin Love
6th Man: Lamar Odom
Coach: Tom Thibodeau
Rookie: Blake Griffin
Defensive: Dwight Howard
Executive: Pat Riley

All-NBA First Team:

C: Dwight Howard
F: LeBron James
F: Kevin Durant
G: Dwyane Wade
G: Derrick Rose

All-NBA Second Team:

C: Amar'e Stoudemire
F: Pau Gasol
F: Dirk Nowitzki
G: Kobe Bryant
G: Chris Paul

All-NBA Third Team:

C: Tim Duncan
F: Kevin Love
F: Carmelo Anthony
G: Russell Westbrook
G: Rajon Rondo

All-Defensive First Team:

C: Dwight Howard
F: Kevin Garnett
F: LeBron James
G: Dwyane Wade
G: Rajon Rondo

All-Defensive Second Team:

C: Andrew Bogut
F: Josh Smith
F: Gerald Wallace
G: Tony Allen
G: Chris Paul

All-Rookie First Team:

Blake Griffin
John Wall
Landry Fields
Greg Monroe
DeMarcus Cousins

All-Rookie Second Team:

Eric Bledsoe
Wes Johnson
Jordan Crawford
Gary Neal
Ed Davis

MVP: Derrick Rose
MIP: Kevin Love
6th Man: Lamar Odom
Coach: Tom Thibodeau
Rookie: Blake Griffin
Defensive: Dwight Howard
Executive: Gar Forman

All-NBA First Team:
C: Dwight Howard
F: LeBron James
F: Kevin Durant
G: Kobe Bryant
G: Derrick Rose

All-NBA Second Team:
C: Amar'e Stoudemire
F: Pau Gasol
F: Dirk Nowitzki
G: Dwyane Wade
G: Chris Paul

All-NBA Third Team:
C: Tim Duncan
F: Kevin Love
F: Carmelo Anthony
G: Russell Westbrook
G: Rajon Rondo

All-Defensive First Team:
C: Dwight Howard
F: Josh Smith
F: Luol Deng
G: Rajon Rondo
G: Ronnie Brewer

All-Defensive Second Team:
C: Joakim Noah
F: Kevin Garnett
F: Gerald Wallace
G: Kobe Bryant
G: Chris Paul

All-Rookie First Team:
Blake Griffin
John Wall
Landry Fields
Wesley Johnson
DeMarcus Cousins

All-Rookie Second Team:
Derrick Favors
Evan Turner
Gary Neal
Greg Monroe
Ed Davis

Last edited by Valor on Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:21 am, edited 1 time in total.

MVP: Rose.
2nd team:

G-Rose

MVP on the All-NBA 2nd team? Has that happened?

yeah probably won't happen, but i dont want CP3 on the 2nd team

MVP: Derrick Rose
MIP: Kevin Love
6th Man: James Harden
Coach: Tom Thibodeau
Rookie: Blake Griffin
Defensive: Dwight Howard


All-NBA First Team:
C: Dwight Howard
F: Dirk Nowitzki
F: Kevin Durant
G: Kobe Bryant
G: Derrick Rose

All-NBA Second Team:
C: Amar'e Stoudemire
F: Pau Gasol
F: LeBron James
G: Dwyane Wade
G: Chris Paul

All-NBA Third Team:
C: LaMarcus Aldridge
F: Kevin Love
F: Carmelo Anthony
G: Monta Ellis
G: Rajon Rondo

All-Defensive First Team:
C: Dwight Howard
F: Josh Smith
F: Kevin Garnett
G: Rajon Rondo
G: Kobe Bryant

All-Defensive Second Team:
C: Joakim Noah
F: Lebron James
F: Gerald Wallace
G: Monta Ellis
G: Chris Paul

All-Rookie First Team:
Blake Griffin
John Wall
Landry Fields
Wesley Johnson
DeMarcus Cousins

All-Rookie Second Team:
Greg Monroe
Evan Turner
Gary Neal
Jordan Crawford
Ed Davis

Would love to see Noah make an All-Defence team and I would have predicted it before the season started, but it really can't and won't happen.

Here's a question. Does Kobe really deserve a nod over Wade on All NBA Team? Their stats are pretty much identical if not Wade's is bit better.

It's pretty much a wash. Wade put up slightly better stats on a slightly better team, but Kobe is the first option/primary ballhandler while Wade shares those duties with LeBron. Wade's a better player, but I'd probably give the nod to Kobe. Would almost be tempted to put Wade/Kobe on first team, then move Rose on to the second...

I gave it to Wade, because he put up more points (slightly), rebounds, blocks, steals and shot a better %. Sharing the court with LeBron made it even more impressive.

does the media vote on that too? if so, i'd say kobe wins it.

The media votes for everything.

popularity contests!