2015 NBA awards predictions/picks and discussion

Draymond was ten years old when the 2000 election happened! Weird

I guess it's probably a prominent chapter in history books nowadays now that I think about it so maybe it's not that weird

hes just a huge al gore fan

prob luvs the internet, thx big al

i was at a bar and pulled my phone out just in time to snap it it literally went away less than a second after i took the picture i was very relived and proud of myself btw its a projection and u can see part of it is projected on a menu at the bottom there this has been ilh screenshots behind the music

wiggins ROY shocker

1. Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota Timberwolves (110 first-place votes, 17 second-place votes, 3 third-place votes)

2. Nikola Mirotic, Chicago Bulls (14 first-place votes, 81 second-place votes, 22 third-place votes)

3. Nerlens Noel, Philadelphia 76ers (3 first-place votes, 22 second-place votes, 60 third-place votes)

4. Elfrid Payton, Orlando Magic (3 first-place votes, 8 second-place votes, 40 third-place votes)

5. Marcus Smart, Boston Celtics (1 second-place vote, 3 third-place votes)

6. Jusuf Nurkic, Denver Nuggets (1 second-place vote)

7. Jordan Clarkson, Los Angeles Lakers (2 third-place votes)

what the heck how did the buss family get to place votes

Clarkson was pretty awesome after they handed him the keys. Rookie of the week a couple times I think.

yeah clarkson saved my fantasy season

nah i'm just clowning he was legit p good

if it'd been two first place votes, that would've been a lot more sus.

It actually wasn't that bad of a year for the rookie class in the end, a lot of guys hit their stride

Obviously those injuries were a big deal, such a shame with Jabari

Elfrid Payton has first-place hair.

Nurkic getting a 2nd place vote actually is kind of ok. He really did play elite defense, which is all Nerlens did really. Not as big of a fan of the Elf first place votes.

mirotic isn't a real rookie

he's 23

24 and 2 months but point stands, not really much different from drafting a senior

did not realize he was that young, he looks old, like hes been alive since the bible

orlando drafting non shooting guards with high picks in back to back drafts is really something

he's a pretty baffling talent to me. He seemingly based everything off his jumper and then he comes to the NBA and is effective despite struggling with the jumper all year. He's more athletic than he seems too. xp

I actually think Dipo-Payton could work if Dipo could become a 38% or better 3 point shooter and I personally think he can

The Magic's horribleness with all that talent is pretty impressive really

idk i feel like dipo cant prob get to being a decent shooter/scorer but you prob dont want to pair him w a non shooter like payton, u just dont want non shooters on the perimeter at all really

I do think they ended up with two good players in drafts where that wasn't so easy

but yeah it's complicated.

shooting seems important, seems like many of the good teams shoot well

i am not sold on either of them tbh, tho oladipo prob has a pretty high floor

Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 55s56 seconds ago
Golden State GM Bob Myers has been voted the NBA"s Executive of the Year.

warriors GM wins executive of the year, presumably for NOT making the love deal. well-deserved tbh

yeah what is that award really for, like i assume not for only moves made in the past year

just like u made a good team here u go buddy

the decision not to trade for love was as difficult a decision as any other decision that ended in a deal being made. and now it's a slam dunk, i think he deserves it. alternative probably danny ferry so

yeah im not saying that wasnt good just that its prob not what hes getting the award for

for firing mark jax

They added Livingston and Barbosa which were good moves but that's pretty much all they did this year.

lol tru xp

Yeah firing Jax and not trading for love were two pretty tough choices

curry got that mvp

the hoops gods have smiled upon us this day

!!!!

More glad that Harden didn't win tbh, I don't want to hate that dude as much as I do

he's #2 surely, interested in seeing the totals as curry mvp seemed a sure thing by the end of the season

I'd guess it's near-unanimous curry as no 1 outside of local guys voting for harden and wb and lebron. That run curry had sit the end of the season was impossible to ignore.

grats steph, cool player, amazing season

Player / Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TOTAL

Stephen Curry, Golden State 100 26 3 — 1 1,198
James Harden, Houston 25 87 13 4 — 936
LeBron James, Cleveland 5 12 62 32 12 552
Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City — 5 33 41 29 352
Anthony Davis, New Orleans — — 9 35 53 203
Chris Paul, L.A. Clippers — — 10 15 29 124
LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland — — — 1 3 6
Marc Gasol, Memphis — — — 1 — 3
Blake Griffin, L.A. Clippers — — — 1 — 3
Tim Duncan, San Antonio — — — — 1 1
Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio — — — — 1 1
Klay Thompson, Golden State — — — — 1 1

lol how did we ever think curry vs harden would be a close race for first

seventh place is sort of interesting since the top six seemed relatively in stone. was aldridge the best of the rest?

played well through injury, so probably got some admiring the sacrifice votes, but that's 1 5th place and 3 6th place votes most of which are prob homers. I'd have voted gasol 6th personally.