'09-'10 NBA Predictions

**EAST**

1 seed - Orlando Magic

2 seed - Chicago Bulls

3 seed - Boston Celtics

4 seed - Cleveland Cavaliers

5 seed - Atlanta Hawks

6 seed - Washington Wizzards

7 seed - Philadelphia 76ers

8 seed - Toronto Raptors

Just missing: Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons, and Charlotte Bobcats

Team that will have the worst season: Indiana Pacers

**WEST**

1 seed - Los Angeles Lakers

2 seed - San Antonio Spurs

3 seed - Denver Nuggets

4 seed - Portland Trailbazers

5 seed - Houston Rockets

6 seed - Dallas Mavericks

7 seed - Utah Jazz

8 seed - Oklahoma City

Just missing: Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Clippers, and New Orlenas Hornets

Team that willhave the worst record: Minnesota Timberwolves

EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPION

Orlando Magic vs. Washington Wizzards

MAGIC

WESTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPION

Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs

LAKERS

FINALS PREDICTION

LAKERS in 7

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

MVP: Kobe Bryant

Scoring Title: Kevin Durant

Rookie of The Year: DeMar DeRozan

Coach of The Year: Flip Saunders

Defensive Play of The Year: Dwight Howard

6th man: Rudy Fernandez or Paul Milsap

Most Improved: (Greg Oden is dying for this ... too friggin bad!) Andrew Bynum

Here were my 2008-2009 NBA Predictions ... an older post from my last blog.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Final NBA Predictions

If you have not seen my NBA preview post - - - they were written Wednesday, October 22. Scroll down and you will see what I have to say about the East and West. These are the FINAL predictions for the 2008-09 NBA Season.

WEST EAST

1 seed- Los Angeles Lakers 1 seed- Boston Celtics

2 seed- New Orleans Hornets 2 seed- Cleveland Cavaliers

3 seed- Houston Rockets 3 seed- Detroit Pistons

4 seed- Utah Jazz 4 seed- Chicago Bulls

5 seed- San Antonio 5 seed- Orlando Magic

6 seed- Phoenix Suns 6 seed- Philadelhpia 76er’s

7 seed- Dallas Mavericks 7 seed- Miami Heat

8 seed- Denver Nuggets 8 seed- Toronto Raptors

EAST - Just missing the playoffs- Washington Wizzards, Atlanta Hawks, and Milwaukee Bucks.

WEST- Just missing the playoffs- Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, and Golden State Warriors.

Defensive Player of The Year- Marcus Camby (Los Angeles Clippers)

Scoring Title- Kobe Bryant/Lebron James - - - (split)

Most Valuable Player- Kobe Bryant

Eastern Conference Champion- Boston Celtics vs. Cleveland Cavaliers - Cleveland

Western Conference Champion- Los Angeles Lakers vs Utah Jazz - Los Angeles

NBA World Champion- Los Angeles Lakers

Coach of The Year- Jerry Sloan (Utah Jazz) (Do not be surprised if Rick Carlisle of the Dallas Mavericks)

6th Man of The Year- Too early … but when Manu Ginobli is back…he could win it back to back.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR- This is so hard to choose from. If Oden is healthy who knows. I am going out on a limb and taking either KEVIN LOVE or OJ MAYO- both can do wonders for their team.

PEACE I WILL BE IN CT this weekend for the WVU football game.