2009 Predictions

[zerophase]

Best record in the East? Celtics
Best record in the West? Hornets
ROY? Greg Oden
MIP? Not sure.
6th Man? Manu
DPOY? Camby
MVP? Chris Paul
Most surprising team? L.A. Clippers
All Star MVP? D-Howard

NBA Finals? (Team X Vs. Team Y)  Celtics vs. Hornets
NBA Finals Winner? Hornets
NBA Finals MVP? Chris Paul

[BudweiserCeltic]

Shane Battier has no chance at the 6th Man of the Year award... he needs to score more.

Anthony Mason won it in '95 averaging 9.9 ppg.  Battier averaged 9.3 ppg last year.  Although with the addition of Artest, he'll get even less touches, so I agree with you.  I originally had Battier, but that was my reasoning for changing it.

It's not the norm. But you also have to factor in that he was very efficient, shooting over 55% from the field and grabbing 8+ rebounds in his minutes coming off the bench.

I might also question the type of competition he might've had that year.

With that said, Battier played a ton last year and didn't fill the stat sheet in any category. He should play much less this year in my opinion, so his stats should go down.

[BballTim]

Wow you're that high on Love huh?

  Based on another long thread you started this week, I'll nominate this for the most ironic post in the history of celticsblog.

[fairweatherfan]

Best record in the East? Celtics
Best record in the West? Lakers
ROY? Beasley
MIP? Stuckey
6th Man? Sadly, gotta go with Vujacic right now, unless Ginobili's still coming off the bench
DPOY? Garnett
MVP? I think they'll give it to Kobe again, though again he won't deserve it
Most surprising team?
Positive: Sacramento (rock bottom expectations, but I think they've got the scoring and youth to be very exciting and win 36-39 games - though they won't make the playoffs)
Negative: Hornets (I think despite adding Posey they'll drop down to 50-51 wins and a 4-6 seed, as teams will be gunning for them this year and the West is even stronger than last year)
All Star MVP? Chris Paul

NBA Finals? (Team X Vs. Team Y) Celtics vs Jazz
NBA FInals Winner? Celtics
NBA Finals MVP? Paul Pierce

[slamtheking]

Best record in the East?  Detroit -- Maxiell and Stuckey step up and have something to prove.
Best record in the West?  Lakers -- healthy Bynum gives them the edge
ROY?  Oden -- gift-wrapped by Stern for the next golden boy of the league
MIP?  Rajon Rondo -- develops the jumper to become an offensive threat
6th Man?  Posey -- makes the difference for NO to battle for the top spot in West
DPOY?  Rondo
MVP?  Kobe -- Lakers with best record in West will get him MVP although he won't deserve it
Most surprising team?  Upside: Minnesota -- gets 35 wins in the West.  Downside: Cleveland -- team won't gel as expected for Lebron
All Star MVP? Lebron

NBA Finals? (Team X Vs. Team Y) Boston vs Lakers
NBA FInals Winner? Boston
NBA Finals MVP?  Paul Pierce -- because "you can't handle the TRUTH".

[slam]

Best record in the East? Celtics
Best record in the West? Spurs
ROY? Oden
MIP? Rondo
6th Man? Gordon
DPOY? Artest
MVP? Lebron
Most surprising team? Bucks
All Star MVP? Kobe

NBA Finals? (Team X Vs. Team Y)Celtics vs Suns
NBA FInals Winner? Celtics
NBA Finals MVP? Garnett

[Shaqzilla]

Rondo- Most improved player

I'm banking on this one for sure

[Shaqzilla]

Best record in the East? Celtics
Best record in the West? I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the rockets, unless Artest decides he's had enough of Yao's lip...
ROY? Beasley
MIP? Telfair
6th Man? Prolly someone lame like Manu
DPOY? Emeka Okafor
MVP? Lebron James
Most surprising team? Houston Rockets
All Star MVP? Allen Iverson

NBA Finals? (Team X Vs. Team Y) Celtics vs. Hornets
NBA FInals Winner? Celtics
NBA Finals MVP? KG

Best record in the East? Magic
Best record in the West? Hornets
ROY? Oden
MIP? Bynum
6th Man? Shane Battier
DPOY? Kevin Garnett
MVP? Lebron James
Most surprising team? Magic
All Star MVP? Paul Pierce

NBA Finals? Celtics vs. Utah
NBA FInals Winner? Celtics
NBA Finals MVP? Ray Allen

Your picking the Magic over the Celtics!!!!!!!!!!

I can understand if your a big Dwight Howard fan but if your not whats your reasoning behind that??

[KCattheStripe]

Best record in the East? Celtics
Best record in the West? New Orleans
ROY? OJ Mayo
MIP? Jeff Green
6th Man? Tony Allen
DPOY? Josh Smith
MVP? Duncan
Most surprising team? Bobcats
All Star MVP? Ray Allen

NBA Finals? (Team X Vs. Team Y)Celtics vs New Orleans
NBA FInals Winner? Celtics
NBA Finals MVP? Ray

[lon3lytoaster]

Rondo- Most improved player

I'm banking on this one for sure

Yea, hopefully we let Rajon take more shots (He did take 20 in the last game of the Finals, after all) and let him control the offense a little more. I think we're at our best when Rondo is playing well. 14-16 PPG 6-8 assists and 4-5 rebounds with the usual 2 steals isn't too far out of the picture, i don't think.

So yeah, either Rondo or Bynum for MIP.