2015 NBA awards predictions/picks and discussion

Jaryd Hawks ‏@JarydWilson 35m35 minutes ago
The Hawks organization, upon finding out from NBA about the award, called Popovich to ask him if he wanted to break the news to Bud. He did.

aw that's super cool

nice

gotta say I did not quite expect kawhi DPOY given the time he missed but he deserves it

Diamond Leung ‏@diamond83 45s45 seconds ago
Celtics broadcaster Tommy Heinsohn left Steve Kerr and Draymond Green off his ballots along with Kawhi Leonard.

B-)

Marcus Thompson ‏@ThompsonScribe 40m40 minutes ago
The real difference: Green did not receive a vote on 42 ballots. Leonard was left off 26 ballots

its weird there was like almost no buzz for any dpoy candidate this year, kawhi kinda won by default

but hey congrats i guess or w/e

jk obvs he is a super elite defender tho winning while missing so much time and also playing at half speed some of the time is kinda a sus proposition for an award

idk really who shd get it tho bogut is great but he missed almost as many games as kawhi

no one was really out there terrorizing the league on a nightly basis

boguts and draymonds probably split votes? kinda crazy to have two top 3-5 dpoy candidates on the same starring five.

yeah dubs line up is murderous

then iggy coming off the bench. when they play curry/klay/iggs/dray/bogut its just too much. curry can just roam the lanes looking for steals

seems like barnes is good too

yeh hes solid but he's not iggy

ya the ig dawg is disruptive

Here’s the full voting with player, team (first-place votes, second-place votes, third-place votes, points):

1. Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio (37-41-25-333)

2. Draymond Green, Golden State (45-25-17-317)

3. DeAndre Jordan, L.A. Clippers (32-25-26-261)

4. Anthony Davis, New Orleans (11-15-7-107)

5. Rudy Gobert, Utah (2-4-11-33)

6. Andrew Bogut, Golden (0-6-13-31)

7. Tony Allen, Memphis (1-4-12-29)

8. Tim Duncan, San Antonio (1-1-4-12)

9. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Charlotte (0-2-3-9)

10. Jimmy Butler, Chicago (0-2-1-7)

10. Marc Gasol, Memphis (0-2-1-7)

12. Joakim Noah, Chicago (0-1-1-4)

13. LeBron James, Cleveland (0-0-3-3)

13. Trevor Ariza, Houston (0-1-0-3)

15. Patrick Beverley, Houston (0-0-1-1)

15. DeMarre Carroll, Atlanta (0-0-1-1)

15. Nerlens Noel, Philadelphia (0-0-1-1)

15. Chris Paul, L.A. Clippers (0-0-1-1)

15. Hassan Whiteside, Miami (0-0-1-1)

Ha there's so obviously a Houston dude whose ballot went dray or kawhi 1 and 2 then Ariza Beverley and probably Dwight 3-4-5

lol who voted for lebron

srsly

lmao

http://i.imgur.com/QA9VUHs.jpg

good perspective there, dray

classic

Lotsa votes for the curio big man huh

Jimmy Butler's D has really slipped FYI

draymond is hilarious

yeah would so kiw dray

obv no one should be voting for bron but i want to note that he has been playing great d on evan turner this playoffs, he seems to be taking special joy in shutting turner down

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