[Lotto StudParticipant]

Section 1 – Teams
1) Which team will win the title this year?
2) Which team will fail to meet expectations?
3) Which team will surpass expectations?

Section 2 – Trades
1) Who will be the biggest name traded during this season? And to which team?
2) If different from above, who will be the most *shockingly* traded player this season?
3) If different from question 1 above, name the traded player who will have the greatest impact on his new team’s playoff run.
4) Post your favorite team, and one player on your team that you expect to be moved this year. (Answer may be the same as question 1 or 2 above.) If you’re bold, also name the acquiring team and at least one piece of the return.

Section 3 – Players
1) Who will be the next big breakout star at each position?
2) Which player will fail to meet expectations?
3) Which players will retire in 2018?

Section 4 – Awards
1) Who will be the NBA MVP?
2) Who will be the NBA Rookie of the Year?
3) Who will be the NBA Defensive Player of the Year?
4) Who will be the NBA Most Improved Player of the Year?
5) Who will be the NBA Sixth Man of the Year?
6) Who will be the NBA Coach of the Year?
7) Who will be the NBA Executive of the Year?

[Lotto StudParticipant]

Section 1 – Teams
1) Which team will win the title this year? – Golden State Warriors
2) Which team will fail to meet expectations? – Memphis Grizzlies
3) Which team will surpass expectations? – Philadelphia 76ers

Section 2 – Trades
1) Who will be the biggest name traded during this season? And to which team? – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to Atlanta
2) If different from above, who will be the most *shockingly* traded player this season? – Kenneth Faried to Portland
3) If different from question 1 above, name the traded player who will have the greatest impact on his new team’s playoff run. – Tobias Harris if traded to a contender.
4) Post your favorite team, and one player on your team that you expect to be moved this year. (Answer may be the same as question 1 or 2 above.) If you’re bold, also name the acquiring team and at least one piece of the return. – Brooklyn Nets – N/A

Section 3 – Players
1) Who will be the next big breakout star at each position?
C – Thon Maker
PF – Myles Turner
SF – Rodney Hood
SG – Gary Harris
PG – D’Angelo Russell
2) Which player will fail to meet expectations? – Klay Thompson
3) Which players will retire in 2018? – Vince Carter, Manu Ginóbili, Dirk Nowitzki

Section 4 – Awards
1) Who will be the NBA MVP? – John Wall
2) Who will be the NBA Rookie of the Year? – Ben Simmons
3) Who will be the NBA Defensive Player of the Year? – Kawhi Leonard
4) Who will be the NBA Most Improved Player of the Year? – Brandon Ingram
5) Who will be the NBA Sixth Man of the Year? – Rudy Gay
6) Who will be the NBA Coach of the Year? – Jason Kidd
7) Who will be the NBA Executive of the Year? – LeBron James

[Lotto StudParticipant]

 A swing and a miss!

[Lotto StudParticipant]

Section 1 – 3/3
Section 2 – 1/4
Section 3 – partial
Section 4 – 1/7

[Miko4rm206Participant]

1.)GS Warriors

2.)Rockets( they could be the 6th-8th seed easily if the CP3 Pickup dosent work accordingly.)

3.) Charlotte Hornets. With all the teams in the east regressing/ staying the same. They added Dwight Howard and rookies Malik Monk and Dwayne Bacon. Kemba is a star and Batum, MKG and Zeller are solid as is but still can take that next step as well.

Cj Mccollum to Cavs for Draft pick, Jr smith and Shump.

Breakout Stars

C- Enes Kanter

Pf-Lauri Markennen

SF- Otto porter

SG- Victor Olidipo

PG- Dennis Schroeder

Blake Griffin. Is on bubble watch. If he does stay healthy how well would he do w/o Cp3. But then again his play making ability as A 4 will be showcased. Should be interesting.

Mvp- LeBron

Roy- Fultz

Def Player- Kahwi

MIP- Jaylen Brown

Coach of the year- Billy Donovan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lotto StudParticipant]

 I initially had Dennis Schröder as a breakout player, but he kind’ve broke out last season, which is why I went with D’Angelo Russell, instead.

[2quick4uParticipant]

 .Teams:

1. GSW

2. Sixers (east) / N.O (west)

3. Hornets (east) / Utah (west)

.Trades:

1. J.Randle

.Players:

1.

C. M.Turner

PF. A.Gordon

SF. B.Ingram

SG. Hardaway jr.

PG. Russell

2. C.Paul + M.Fultz (rookies)

.Awards:

1. MVP- K.Leonard

2. ROY- L.Ball

3. DPY- R.Gobert

4. MIP- Jokic

5. 6MY- Kanter

6. COY- Quin Snyder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BallerScriptParticipant]

Section 1 – Teams

1) Which team will win the title this year? – Golden State Warriors
2) Which team will fail to meet expectations? – Los Angeles Lakers
3) Which team will surpass expectations? – Indiana Pacers

Section 2 – Trades
1) Who will be the biggest name traded during this season? And to which team? – Julius Randle to Dallas (+ Luol Deng For Seth Curry + Wesley Matthews) 

2) If different from above, who will be the most *shockingly* traded player this season? – Khris Middleton
3) If different from question 1 above, name the traded player who will have the greatest impact on his new team’s playoff run. – Kent Bazemore
4) Post your favorite team, and one player on your team that you expect to be moved this year. (Answer may be the same as question 1 or 2 above.) If you’re bold, also name the acquiring team and at least one piece of the return. – Boston Celtics, Marcus Morris

Section 3 – Players
1) Who will be the next big breakout star at each position?

PG – Dennis Schroder

SG – Rodney Hood

SF – Brandon Ingram (T.Prince is a sleeper)

PF – Bobby Portis

C   – Myles Turner(/Nikola Jokic but he is already a star)

 
2) Which player will fail to meet expectations? – Blake Griffin
3) Which players will retire in 2018? – Manu Ginobili

Section 4 – Awards
1) Who will be the NBA MVP? – John Wall
2) Who will be the NBA Rookie of the Year? – Ben Simmons
3) Who will be the NBA Defensive Player of the Year? – Kawhi Leonard
4) Who will be the NBA Most Improved Player of the Year? – Nikola Jokic
5) Who will be the NBA Sixth Man of the Year? – Louis Williams
6) Who will be the NBA Coach of the Year? – Scott Brooks

7) Who will be the NBA Executive of the Year? Clearly Sam Presti

 

[ChoppyParticipant]

 What expectations do the Lakers have other than to be really bad…?

[Lotto StudParticipant]

• Interesting to see Julius Randle head to Dallas.
• I can see Khris Middleton being moved due to the production of other guys on the team.
• Who does Marcus Morris get shipped to and what does Boston get in return?
• Bobby Portis is a guy I will have my eye on since you are the first to tab it.

[dmo21Participant]

I see y’all are into making predictions… How about you try a hand at my game here:

http://www.nbadraft.net/forum/season-picks-game-20172018-edition

 

 

 

 

[Lotto StudParticipant]

 Anymore projections before the season starts?

[OhCanada-Participant]

Warriors
Wolves

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Either way I see San Antonio acquiring some youth and losing Lamarcus Aldridge
1-Lamarcus Aldridge gets traded to Orlando for Aaron Gordon and Nikola Vucevic
4-Raptors/Valanciunas gets traded “in a package” to San Antonio for Lamarcus Aldridge
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PG-Dennis Schroeder
SG-Devin Booker
SF-Josh Richardson
PF-Myles Turner
C-Nikola Jokic
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Demarcus Cousins will fail to meet expectations. You could easily place the blame he will recieve for NOP failure on Davis as well but I think Cousins will fail and hit up free agency.
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Matt Bonner will officially retire in 2018!
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MVP: 1. James 2.Harden 3. Greak Freak
MIP: 1.Jokic 2.Turner 3.Booker
DPOY: 1.Leonard 2.Green 3.Gobert
6MOY: 1. Eric Gordon 2. Lou Williams 3. James Johnson
ROY: 1.Smith 2.Simmons 3.Ball
Head Coach:Popovich
Executive:Sam Presti. Ive never seen a small market team bounce back like that after losing a superstar other then when Lebron returned to Cleveland.

[Lotto StudParticipant]

• Wolves fail to meet expectations or surpass them?
• Interesting to see an Aldridge for Gordon deal; Gordon strikes me as a Pop type of guy.
• Which player shockingly gets traded? 
• Which traded player has the biggest impact on playoff team?
• Schröder and Booker made splashes last year in my book.
• I wonder what statistical category will Dennis Smith Jr. will lead in to win ROY.

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