2014-15 NBA Predictions

[SurferGirl]

2014-15 NBA Predictions

With the new NBA season starting on October 29, we're going to take a look ahead, be bold and make our predictions for the upcoming season. We'll start with myself, DiamondThief and Kasey. Please add yours in the comments.

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JULIANNE (SurferGirl)

EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF SEEDS
1. Cavaliers
2. Bulls
3. Heat
4. Raptors
5. Nets
6. Pacers
7. Hornets
8. Wizards

WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF SEEDS
1. Spurs
2. Thunder
3. Clippers
4. Blazers
5. Warriors
6. Mavericks
7. Grizzlies
8. Nuggets

PLAYOFFS - FIRST ROUND
Cavaliers over Wizards
Bulls over Hornets
Pacers over Heat
Raptors over Nets
Spurs over Nuggets
Thunder over Grizzlies
Clippers over Mavericks
Blazers over Warriors

PLAYOFFS - CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Cavaliers over Raptors
Bulls over Pacers
Spurs over Blazers
Clippers over Thunder

PLAYOFFS - CONFERENCE FINALS
Cavaliers over Bulls
Clippers over Spurs

PLAYOFFS - NBA FINALS
Clippers over Cavaliers

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
MVP: LeBron James, Cavaliers
DPOY: DeAndre Jordan, Clippers
ROY: Jabari Parker, Bucks
MIP: Dion Waiters, Cavaliers
COY: Doc Rivers, Clippers

BLAZERS WINS
The Portland Trail Blazers will win 54 games this season.

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ANGI (DiamondThief)

EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF SEEDS
1. Cavaliers
2. Bulls
3. Nets
4. Hornets
5. Raptors
6. Wizards
7. Heat
8. Pistons

WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF SEEDS
1. Warriors
2. Spurs
3. Blazers
4. Thunder
5. Clippers
6. Mavericks
7. Nuggets
8. Pelicans

PLAYOFFS - FIRST ROUND
Cavaliers over Pistons
Bulls over Heat
Wizards over Nets
Hornets over Raptors
Warriors over Pelicans
Spurs over Nuggets
Blazers over Mavericks
Thunder over Clippers

PLAYOFFS - CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Cavaliers over Hornets
Bulls over Wizards
Thunder over Warriors
Blazers over Spurs

PLAYOFFS - CONFERENCE FINALS
Cavaliers over Bulls
Thunder over Blazers

PLAYOFFS - NBA FINALS
Cavaliers over Thunder

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
MVP: LeBron James, Cavaliers
DPOY: Serge Ibaka, Thunder
ROY: Jabari Parker, Bucks
MIP: J.J. Redick, Clippers
COY: Steve Clifford, Hornets

BLAZERS WINS
The Portland Trail Blazers will win 56 games this season.

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KASSANDRA (Kasey)

EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF SEEDS
1. Cavaliers
2. Raptors
3. Bulls
4. Heat
5. Hornets
6. Wizards
7. Hawks
8. Pacers

WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF SEEDS
1. Spurs
2. Blazers
3. Warriors
4. Thunder
5. Clippers
6. Mavericks
7. Grizzlies
8. Pelicans

PLAYOFFS - FIRST ROUND
Cavaliers over Pacers
Raptors over Hawks
Bulls over Wizards
Hornets over Heat
Spurs over Pelicans
Blazers over Grizzlies
Warriors over Mavericks
Clippers over Thunder

PLAYOFFS - CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Cavaliers over Hornets
Bulls over Raptors
Spurs over Clippers
Blazers over Warriors

PLAYOFFS - CONFERENCE FINALS
Bulls over Cavaliers
Blazers over Spurs

PLAYOFFS - NBA FINALS
Blazers over Bulls (yes, i'm calling it!)

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
MVP: Steph Curry, Warriors
DPOY: Joakim Noah, Bulls
ROY: Jabari Parker, Bucks
MIP: Kawhi Leonard, Spurs
COY: Terry Stotts, Blazers

BLAZERS WINS
The Portland Trail Blazers will win 57 games this season.

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There they are. Copy and paste the catetories and tell us yours!

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[Kasey]

great work Julie. i love how you put these together, though i can't believe you have the Spurs beating us in the second round again!

[Brian]

I see the Blazers finishing as the third seed and losing to the Spurs in the conference finals. Cleveland will win the championship. LeBron James will be MVP with Aldridge and Lillard both being in the top 10 in voting. I'm not sure about the other awards. The Blazers will finish with 54 wins.

[bransdriver]

57 wins is a good number. If healthy it can happen for sure. Should sweep Minnesota and Denver. Sacramento is getting better but we could sweep them.

I think cj has a breakout year and d wright struggles. Meyers will take a page from freelands book and just get to no nonsense work.

I think blazers make it to finals and ?lose to Cleveland

[Cam]

I have the Blazers as the 4th seed. Losing to the Spurs in the 2nd round (Conf Semis).
Cavs to beat Clippers in the Finals.
LeBron MVP.

[DiamondThief]

I wanted to throw out the predictions from Courtside on Oct. 27 and Nov. 3. The teams listed for each prediction are in order of how they are predicted to finish.

Mike Barrett, Trail Blazers TV play-by-play
East - Cavaliers, Bulls, Wizards, Hornets, Raptors, Magic, Heat, Hornets
West - Spurs, Clippers, Blazers, Thunder, Warriors, Rockets, Mavericks, Grizzlies
Finals - Cavaliers over Spurs
MVP - LeBron James
Blazers Wins - 53

Mike Rice, Trail Blazers TV analyst
East - Cavaliers, Bulls, Raptors, Hornets, Knicks, Wizards, Hawks, Pistons
West - Warriors, Spurs, Thunder, Blazers, Clippers, Pelicans, Mavericks, Rockets
Finals - Cavaliers over Spurs
MVP - LeBron James (LaMarcus Aldridge as Blazers MVP)
Blazers Wins - 51

Brian Wheeler, Trail Blazers radio play-by-play
East - Bulls, Cavaliers, Wizards, Raptors, Heat, Pacers, Hawks, Nets
West - Clippers, Spurs, Blazers, Thunder, Warriors, Pelicans, Mavericks, Grizzlies
Finals - Bulls over Clippers
MVP - LeBron James
Blazers Wins - 52

Antonio Harvey, Trail Blazers radio analyst
East - Bulls, Cavaliers, Heat, Raptors, Hornets, Pacers, Celtics, Pistons
West - Spurs, Clippers, Warriors, Blazers, Mavericks, Grizzlies, Thunder, Pelicans
Finals - Bulls over Clippers
MVP - Derrick Rose
Blazers Wins - 53

Jabari Young, CSNNW
East - Cavaliers, Wizards, Bulls, Raptors, Heat, Hornets, Nets, Pistons/Pacers
West - Spurs, Clippers, Blazers, Thunder, Mavericks, Warriors, Rockets, Suns/Grizzlies
Finals - Cavs over Spurs
MVP - Chris Paul
Blazers Wins - 48-51