2024 Season Predictions Game

I might change my down the road when the season is about to start, but here we go for now:

EAST
New York
Boston
Orlando
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Indiana
Milwaukee
Miami
Toronto
Charlotte
Atlanta
Detroit
Chicago
Washington
Brooklyn

WEST
Oklahoma City
Minnesota
Dallas
Denver
New Orleans
Memphis
Golden State
Phoenix
Houston
Sacramento
Lakers
San Antonio
Clippers
Portland
Utah

Awards/Stats
MVP – Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic
MIP – Scoot Henderson, Victor Wembanyama, Amen Thompson
DPOY – Victor Wembanyama, Chet Holmgren, Rudy Gobert
6MOY – Donte Divincenzo, Russell Westbrook, Amen Thompson
ROY – Reed Sheppard, Zach Edey, Zaccharie Risacher

PPG – Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, De’Aaron Fox
RPG – Rudy Gobert, Domantas Sabonis, Giannis Antetokounmpo
APG – Tyrese Haliburton, Luka Doncic, Trae Young
BPG – Victor Wembanyama, Rudy Gobert, Myles Turner
SPG – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Marcus Smart, Reed Sheppard

East:
1. Boston
2. Indiana
3. Milwaukee
4. Philly
5. New York
6. Cleveland
7. Miami
8. Atlanta
9. Orlando
10. Charlotte
11. Chicago
12. Detroit
13. Washington
14. Toronto
15. Brooklyn (bonus prediction: Cooper Flagg goes to Brooklyn!)

West:
1. Minnesota
2. OKC
3. Dallas
4. Denver
5. San Antonio
6. Phoenix
7. Memphis
8. Houston
9. New Orleans
10. LAL
11. Sacramento
12. Golden State
13. Utah
14. Portland
15. LAC

MVP: Wemby, SGA, Luka
MIP: Brandon Miller, Brandin Podziemski, Andrew Nembhard
DPOY: Wemby, Chet, JJJ
6MOY: DiVincenzo, Grayson Allen, Zach Collins
ROY: Reed Sheppard, Zach Edey, D. Knecht (Kel’el Ware honorable mention)

PPG: SGA, Luka, Ant
RPG: Giannis, Sabonis, Wemby
APG: Luka, Hali, CP3
BPG: Wemby, JJJ, Walker Kessler
SPG: Ant, CP3, LaMelo

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

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

MVP: Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic
MIP:Christian Braun, Jaden Ivey, Josh Giddey
DPOY: Bam Adebayo, Victor Wembanyama, Evan Mobley
6MOY: Jaime Jaquez Jr., Malik Monk, Russell Westbrook
ROTY: Dalton Knecht, Rob Dilingham, Kel’el Ware

PPG: Luka Doncic, Joel Embiid, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
RPG: Domantas Sabonis, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Alperen Sengun
APG: Tyrese Haliburton, Trae Young,Nikola Jokic
BPG: Victor Wembanyama, Walker Kessler,Chet Holmgren
SPG: Anthony Edwards, Alex Caruso, Herbert Jones

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

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

Awards:
MVP: Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Karl-Anthony Towns
DPOY: Rudy Gobert, Victor Wembanyama, Myles Turner
MIP: Neemias Queta, Cade Cunningham, Josh Giddey
6MOY: Naz Reid, Andrew Wiggins, Vit Krejci
ROY: Zaccharie Risacher, Zach Edey, Dillon Jones

League Leaders:
PPG: Trae Young, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Paolo Banchero
RPG: Nikola Jokic, Rudy Gobert, Domantas Sabonis
APG: Tyrese Haliburton, Luka Doncic, LaMelo Ball
SPG: Ja Morant, Victor Wembanyama, Derrick White
BPG: Victor Wembanyama, Walker Kessler, Myles Turner

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

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

Awards:
MVP: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jason Tatum, Luka Doncic,
DPOY: , Victor Wembanyama, Rudy Gobert, Chet Holmgren
MIP: Victor Wembanyama, , Cade Cunningham, Cole Anthony
6MOY: Naz Reid, Stephon Castle, CJ McCollum
ROY: Zach Edey, Reed Sheppard, Tidjane Salaun
League Leaders:
PPG: Joel Embiid, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Doncic
RPG: Rudy Gobert, Domantas Sabonis, Anthony Davis
APG: Tyrese Haliburton, Luka Doncic, Trae Young
SPG: Ja Morant, De’Aaron Fox,, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander,
BPG: Victor Wembanyama, Walker Kessler, Rudy Gobert

Dejounte Murray already breaking his hand… Bronny’s sucks… OKC is for real, Philly is incomplete… Klay Thompson had a great debut for Dallas… Edey fouls too much… ROY might get 20 minutes/game this year… Just thought I’d throw some spaghetti on the wall and see if it sticks… hahaha

Dallas will be fun to watch if they can share the shots out. Nothing else really jumped out to me after the first few days of games except Scoot being on the bench for the Blazers.

Anthony Davis has been balling in the first few games with the rise of Jokic and the emergence of Wemby plus being on the same team as LBJ has meant “The Brow” hasn’t had so much hype recently. But he played a career high number of games last year and made All Defensive First Team and All NBA Team for the first time in 4 years so is he possibly now at his peak as a fully matured player.

A few guys who were drafted inside the top 10 haven’t yet or have just barely got on court. I see Zach Edey hit a 3 pointer over the weekend too.

I remember screaming at the screen as the Lakers passed on Cam Whitmore. Now JHS has his rookie extension declined. smh.

Wemby achieved another 5×5 last night, the 2nd of his career, only the 3rd guy to have more than one 5×5 game and he is the only guy to have done it in the last 6 years.

Ja Morant looking sharp again and Booker had his shooting boots on last night.

Nothing really standout from a rookie yet, lots of the guys are works in progress although Sarr , Edey and Risacher are starting. I don’t think Dillingham and Shannon have seen the court in a competitive NBA match yet?

Ryan and Booker the two draft picks we might have got right. Never forgave them for passing on Doncic.

Yep Fultz has had all those injury issues and isn’t the greatest shooter but surely a team would have offered him veteran’s minimum unless he wanted more or is looking at options abroad.

He’s still made $87 million gross from NBA salaries alone which after tax is still going to be somewhere around $30 to $40 million before you factor in endorsements and what his wealth made in interest and investments. So he should be pretty comfortable if he hasn’t gone OTT with his money.

I would have thought a developing team with a good fitness and coaching dept might have had a look at him and seen what they could get out of him. The Spurs sprang to mind or even a contender looking for some bench scoring, he could potentially put himself in the shop window for a better deal. Plus if he looks a good bench player on a contender then others will look at him in the future and he gets a few years to be on strong teams.

So far, MIP imo is Bilal Coulibaly… that guy’s had a few good games now.

Bilal remains a top prospect and should really come on this year as one of Washington’s key players and one of their main scoring threats alongside Jordan Poole. I do however think 2nd year guys being in MIP vote doesn’t seem right, really it should be guys off rookie deals or at least 3rd or 4th year guys. Should a guy on his rookie deal who makes the All Star game or even did a Derrick Rose and became MVP be in MIP mix.

Chet and Wemby will hopefully put up better numbers than last season this year so should they be in the mix. Do voters use some caveat when voting for this?

Zaccharie Risacher had a 33 point game last night and a couple of nights back Zach Edey had a 25 point game including some outstanding FG shooting so the rookies are hotting up. Even former Kentucky and now T-Wolves bench warmer Dillingham has seen court time.

I’ll admit, I watch more college basketball than I watch NBA basketball… but I catch some highlight every night… SGA had been on a terror getting 50+ points whenever needed. Meanwhile Nikola has a 30/20/20 game… hard to argue that being the best… Both players deserve the MVP award from the bird’s nest view…

I was crunching numbers yesterday figuring out how the best players ever stack up against each other… I know stats are more inflated in today’s game, but damn! Nikola Jokic is truly up there with the best players in history. He got robbed that year he won the title of the MVP award too.

I’d have SGA ahead as OKC have a far better record than Denver this season. Plus Jokic has won 3 of the last 4 MVP awards so voters might look elsewhere this year. But Jokic is having these huge games night after night and is making a strong case for being one of the greatest frontcourt players ever. LBJ played a lot of his career at SF so I could make a strong case for Jokic being the best big man this century.

Steph went past 25K points last night I think and Giannis hit 20k mark a few days back. DeRozan only 150 odd points off 25k points too.

I could make a stronger case for Jokic getting it last year than him winning it last year. But I still think SGA gets it. He has had 3 successive 30 ppg seasons so he certainly deserves an MVP for one of them and the Thunder have had a season to back up his bid.

The bigger prize of course is being a finals MVP as that is almost certain to bring your team the title.

Joker just averaged a triple double for the season very efficiently. He gets a golden ticket. This guy is one of the greatest players in history.

If there ever was a year to give the award to SGA it would be this year. His team won 67 games and hes played in 76 with one more to play of course. Hes clearly taken the leadership role for his team where they openly copy him, his work ethic and professionalism. Hes the perfect MVP.

But lets be honest man. Jokic is league MVP. Hes the best player in the world and he should win it this year just like he should have won it the year they gave it to Embiid.

Jokic is so good I’m going to throw it out there if you compiled a list of the greatest active players in the NBA there is an argument for him to be number 2 behind LBJ. That puts him in the mix with Steph, Westbrook, Harden and KD in my mind.

CP3 became first player to start all 82 games in his 20th season, Thibs rested 4 of his starters and I noticed Houston bench warmer Reed Sheppard actually started a game this weekend.

Well its the end of the regular/Melo season. Behind the Thunder the rest of the West was super tight with only 4 wins between 2nd and 8th. I could see there being some shocks with play in teams possibly ousting 2nd seeded Houston.