MVP - LeBron
COY - Quin Snyder
6th Man - Eric Gordon
Most Improved - Clint Capela
DPOY - Rudy Gobert
ROY - Ben Simmons
Biggest shock - OKC will be 5th seed behind Warriors, Rockets, Spurs, and Jazz.

West - Warriors vs Rockets
East - LeBron walks thru playoffs again because the east is trash.
Champ - Rockets (yeah...I said it)

 

Good call on Russell. I agree with that. When they were shopping him, I said I'd like to see the Heat make a run at him. I loved him coming out of Ohio State, and think this could be a nice fit for him. I actually think that team will surprise some people and won't deliver the Cavs the top pick they think they're getting.

 

Worst leg injury I have ever seen in fast motion.

 

****ing awful. Sad to see, really like Gordon's game.

 

Brutal.

 

And just like that, it’s over for Boston. How tragic, prayers for Gordon and his family. Hope his kids didnt witness that.

 

Jeez that was nasty.
Poor guy. That’s the type of injury that can end your career.

 

I hate Boston and their fans. Feel bad for Gordon.

 

I loved Bobby Portis coming out of college. If he really cheap shotted his teammate, fracturing the guy's face, wow, what a **** head.

 

HELL YEAH!!!!

Rockets 1-0 on Warriors. No one saw that coming...lmao

 

Impressive. Congrats.

 

:up:
Good luck on your season.

 

Too bad for Hayward, but I think he could come back after a couple months. The NBA season is very long.

 

Survived the season opening road back-to-back. I'd like to change my most improved prediction to Eric Gordon (yup...6th man of the year & most improved). Somebody really worked on their handles this off season. He's crossing people up and dunking on anybody in the way. Didn't see that coming. Averaging 25 ppg so far and hardly any coming from three pointers.

2-0

 

Dion Waiters says he “tweaked” his ankle three times against the Magic...

 

Depends on potential ligament damage. They're not winning anything with him, might as well make sure he's fully healthy.

 

League MVP: LeBron James
COTY: Terry Stotts
Most improved player: Jusuf Nurkic
ROTY: Dennis Smith Jr.
East Champs: Cleveland - I thought Boston was overrated from the get go so this isn't hindsight. Cleveland has an all-star PG coming back fresh in Jan/Feb and a high first round pick to add another piece later on along with the GOAT.
West Champs: GSW
NBA Champ: GSW

 

He may just have a degenerative ankle...

 

https://deadspin.com/gordon-hayward-will-likely-miss-the-entire-season-1819674443

Both Hayward and Boston dodged a huge bullet long-term. They'll have a chance to evaluate the talent on the roster, get Hayward back for next season, and get to see that team together on the last year of Kyrie's contract. If they do well, he's very likely to sign that super-max deal and stay in Boston.

 

Clippers looked very good last night. They have a great corps of bigs including Gallo. Blake Griffin looked especially good, especially with the ball in his hand (!) and from deep (!!). They could be a matchup nightmare against certain teams.

 

I don't know. They beat the Lakers. I thought the Lakers would be an improved, fun team to watch this year, and they still could be, but they looked awful last night. It was a sloppy game.

 

Lonzo really doesn't seem like a bad kid, but because of said "big mouth blabbering dad", I am rooting pretty hard against his success. The hope for LA has to be Ingram. He could take a big step.

 

My thinking is we know Blake, DJ, and Gallo are damn good. Beverley didn't do anything that wasn't expected out of him. I just think they'll be a problem for certain teams. I think there's a chance they are worse than a team like, say OKC, but can beat them due to match-ups; similar to when GSW beat Dallas in 06-07.

 

Kyrie.....

Bahahahaha...

Careful what you wish for youngster.

Really like OKC, feel like they will give teams problems out West. Knicks? Well....Porzingis looked good but THJR the 80M man is just nothing more than a guy who can occasionally get hot. Long year, whats new. #CavsOKC

 

because Hayward got injured? They still almost won. They'll probably end up top 5 in playoffs in east as it is.

 

Not sure aspiring to be top 5 in the East is the way to go for a player who's team is about to goto their 4th straight finals.

 

Lonzo looks legit tonight.

 

Rockets up by 34 pts after 3 quarters. Time to rest Harden and Gordon.

3-0 (Gordon's ridiculous improvement makes everyone forget CP3 is out and has only tallied 4 points this season...lol)

By the way OKC & GSW are currently getting blown out.

 

OKC is playing HORRIBLE in the 2nd quarter and only down 9. I'd wager they find this win.

 

Curry and Durant both thrown out by the refs.

STANDING OVATION!!! 1-2. They should be 0-3 if the Pelicans would have held their damn lead. I love it. Get physical with them and they start bi###ing.

 

You mean Curry? The NBA's "good guy"?

Dude is a phony and as arrogant as they come. He's very lucky KD decided to do the unthinkable, or else his legacy would be quite meh these days.

 

I don't know....Jazz up by 16 after 3 quarters. I predicted Utah to be better than OKC. Billy Donovan just isn't on Quin Snyder's level.

 

Utah's defense during the reg season will be on a different level from everyone else in the League. They're so effing tough to score on. And I say this as a fan of of the Heat, who have had many of the best defensive teams in the past 8 years. Rubio-Mitchell-Gobert yes please.

HEAT scoop up their first win. Without Whiteside too. I think Spo kinda loves the kinds of lineups he can roll out without Hassan. Closed with Goran-Dion-JRich-Justise-JJ.

 

Curry has got to humble himself already. The fame gets in his head, every year his attitude is worse.

 

Udonis Haslem took the entire Heat team to the Dolphins game today. Looks like Whiteside had a good time.