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Offline perks-a-beast

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Bored. Slow offseason. Here are some bold predictions for this upcoming season..

The Lakers will struggle. They’ll make the playoffs but lose in the first round to a higher seeded team.

The Hawks will be just as bad as the 04-05 Hawks, winning only 13 games.

Jimmy Butler will be traded to the Knicks after the Wolves continue to struggle.

The Wizards will continue to struggle and try to trade John Wall.

Fultz will show significant promise and Simmons and Embiid will stay healthy. Sixers win 50+ games.

Chicago will exceed expectations, similar to the 14-15 Celtics, and make the playoffs.

Kevin Love will have a monster stat year, putting up 23 and 14 just like in his Minnesota days. Cavs won’t be half bad.

Bagley and Doncic will be far and away the best rookies. The rest of the 2018 class will struggle including Ayton. Bagley will win ROTY.

Denver has an incredible offensive season and IT4 will return to form they but will miss the playoffs again.

Most fans continue to completely forget that Blake Griffin is still in the league.

Victor Oladipo finishes in the top 5 in MVP voting.

Chris Paul will struggle to stay healthy and his contract will start to look like one of the worst of all time.

Doc Rivers will be fired

Justice Winslow and Stanley Johnson FINALLY have breakout years.

Westbrook wins 2nd MVP award

Raptors struggle and it becomes apparent by mid season that Kawhis leaving.

Julius Randle thrives playing next to AD, has a monster year.

Lillard requests a trade after Portland loses yet again in 1st round

Jerian Grant will have a terrific year and solidify himself as the starting PG in Orlando.

Spurs win 55+ games.

Brad Stevens finally wins COTY.

Warriors win 70 games but things get heated behind the scenes and chemistry becomes an issue. It costs them in the finals against the Celtics who click on all Cylinders.

Whose got some more?




































Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2018, 02:24:01 PM »

Offline Jvalin

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Bagley --> bust

Trae Young --> absolute bust

The C's are gonna win the championship this season! 8)
« Last Edit: August 04, 2018, 02:30:30 PM by Jvalin »

Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2018, 03:03:47 PM »

Offline perks-a-beast

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Bagley --> bust

Trae Young --> absolute bust

The C's are gonna win the championship this season! 8)


I don’t know if Trae Young could be called a bust since not many are expecting him to be good..I seriously think the Doncic for Young trade will haunt ATL for years. Young is probably Mo Williams at very best.

Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2018, 04:37:36 PM »

Offline SparzWizard

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An injury will happen to the Celtics. It always does.

Maybe it's Horford's turn now because he's been in the clear for a few years already. Knock on wood.


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#JFJM (Just Fire Joe Mazzulla)

Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2018, 05:18:27 PM »

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Lakers miss the Playoffs completely.

Celtics go 16-0 in the playoffs en route to Banner 18.

Kevin Love leads the Cavs to the 5th seed.

Andrew Wiggins is an all-star.

The Celtics have 3 guys average 20+ PPG and 3 more also in double figures.

Victor Oladipo wins MVP.


Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2018, 06:34:55 PM »

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MVP: LeBron James
ROTY: Trae Young
MIP: Zach Lavine
6 MOTY: Eric Gordon
DPOY: DeAndre Jordan
COTY: Quin Snyder
Exec OTY: Magic Johnson
Sportmanship Award: Al Horford
All NBA Team: Curry, Harden, LeBron, Leonard, AD

Best RS record: GSW
Best EC record: Celtics
Champions: Houston
Runner ups: Celtics
FMVP: Chris Paul

Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2018, 08:01:02 PM »

Offline wiley

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the Lakers will meet GSW in the WCF and take them to 7 games.
(what will be their starting lineup?)


Cleveland will be a top 4 worst team (not so bold I know).


Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2018, 08:51:08 PM »

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MVP: LeBron James
ROTY: Trae Young
MIP: Zach Lavine
6 MOTY: Eric Gordon
DPOY: DeAndre Jordan
COTY: Quin Snyder
Exec OTY: Magic Johnson
Sportmanship Award: Al Horford
All NBA Team: Curry, Harden, LeBron, Leonard, AD

Best RS record: GSW
Best EC record: Celtics
Champions: Houston
Runner ups: Celtics
FMVP: Chris Paul
MVP: Anthony Davis
ROY: Luka Doncic
MIP: Javale McGee ;)
6MOTY: Lou Williams
DPOY: Kawhi Leonard
COTY: Brad Stevens
Exec: Tim Connelly (go IT!)
All-NBA: Kyrie, Harden, Giannis, Durant, AD

West record: GSW
East record: BOS
Champs: Boston
Runners up: Houston
FMVP: Kyrie Irving
'23 Historical Draft: Orlando Magic.

PG: Terry Porter (90-91) / Steve Francis (00-01)
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SF: Brandon Roy (08-09) / Walter Davis (78-79)
PF: Terry Cummings (84-85) / Paul Millsap (15-16)
C: Chris Webber (00-01) / Ralph Sampson (83-84) / Andrew Bogut (09-10)

Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
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Bagley --> bust

Trae Young --> absolute bust

The C's are gonna win the championship this season! 8)


I don’t know if Trae Young could be called a bust since not many are expecting him to be good..I seriously think the Doncic for Young trade will haunt ATL for years. Young is probably Mo Williams at very best.
This.  TP

Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
« Reply #9 on: August 04, 2018, 09:34:26 PM »

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COTY: Brad Stevens
East record: BOS
Champs: Boston
FMVP: Kyrie Irving


Concur!

Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
« Reply #10 on: August 04, 2018, 09:54:09 PM »

Offline greece66

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MVP: LeBron James
ROTY: Trae Young
MIP: Zach Lavine
6 MOTY: Eric Gordon
DPOY: DeAndre Jordan
COTY: Quin Snyder
Exec OTY: Magic Johnson
Sportmanship Award: Al Horford
All NBA Team: Curry, Harden, LeBron, Leonard, AD

Best RS record: GSW
Best EC record: Celtics
Champions: Houston
Runner ups: Celtics
FMVP: Chris Paul
MVP: Anthony Davis
ROY: Luka Doncic
MIP: Javale McGee ;)
6MOTY: Lou Williams
DPOY: Kawhi Leonard
COTY: Brad Stevens
Exec: Tim Connelly (go IT!)
All-NBA: Kyrie, Harden, Giannis, Durant, AD

West record: GSW
East record: BOS
Champs: Boston
Runners up: Houston
FMVP: Kyrie Irving

Interesting choices

Originally, I also had Lou Williams as 6MOTY lol, this is "the 3p shooting guard" award

I can see Leonard winning a 3rd DPOY with his new team, I chose DeAndre for his blocks and bcs I think he ll fit nicely in the Mavs.

 Exec is hard to make sense of IMO. With players you have stats and performance, no clue how one GM chooses to vote for another. Last year, I felt Ainge made great moves, yet he was only 4th in the voting (and got the same number of 1st place votes [1] as Colangelo and Olshey). Good luck to Connelly for the coming season ofc

I'm really interested in how the Trae Young/Doncic trade will play out. My first reaction is that Atlanta made a mistake, Doncic is arguably the best talent to ever come out of Europe,  and the pick they got from the Mavs seems underwhelming. Since they also traded Schroeder, ATL's coaching staff and FO must be really high on Young (hence I picked him for ROY), I'm really curious to watch them next season.

Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
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Lebron James will suffer his first ever, season ending injury sometime before the end of January.

Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
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MVP: LeBron James
ROTY: Trae Young
MIP: Zach Lavine
6 MOTY: Eric Gordon
DPOY: DeAndre Jordan
COTY: Quin Snyder
Exec OTY: Magic Johnson
Sportmanship Award: Al Horford
All NBA Team: Curry, Harden, LeBron, Leonard, AD

Best RS record: GSW
Best EC record: Celtics
Champions: Houston
Runner ups: Celtics
FMVP: Chris Paul
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Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
« Reply #13 on: August 04, 2018, 10:59:29 PM »

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1. Celtics 64-18
2. Raptors 61-21
3. Pacers 52-30
4. Bucks 51-31
5. Sixers 51-31
6. Wizards 49-33
7. Heat  44-38
8. Pistons 44-38

1. Warriors 68-14
2. Rockets 61-21
3. Thunder 54–28
4. Jazz 52-30
5. Spurs 51-31
6. Trailblazers 48-34
7. Nuggets 48-34
8. Pelicans 47-35

A lot of 50+ win teams and a surprisingly balanced eastern/western conference.  Lakers miss the playoffs.  A lot of crappy teams including the Sacramento Kings.


Re: 18-19 season predictions that will look brilliant or ridiculous in June
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1. Celtics 64-18
2. Raptors 61-21
3. Pacers 52-30
4. Bucks 51-31
5. Sixers 51-31
6. Wizards 49-33
7. Heat  44-38
8. Pistons 44-38

1. Warriors 68-14
2. Rockets 61-21
3. Thunder 54–28
4. Jazz 52-30
5. Spurs 51-31
6. Trailblazers 48-34
7. Nuggets 48-34
8. Pelicans 47-35

A lot of 50+ win teams and a surprisingly balanced eastern/western conference.  Lakers miss the playoffs.  A lot of crappy teams including the Sacramento Kings.

If  the Lakers miss the playoffs, and there are 4 teams with 60+ wins, this post is going down to history.