The NBA Awards predictions, with a twist

on 04 2, 2010

We’re winding down the NBA regular season, and here’s who I believe should win the regular season awards.  I’ve also thrown in the players who should finish last in voting for each award.

Most Valuable Player:  LeBron James:  The Cavs have the best record in the league, he’s the best player in the league, and he’s got a stranglehold on the MVP award for the next decade.  James is putting up historic numbers:  29.8 ppg, 8.6 apg, 7.2 rpg, 1.7 spg, 1.0 bpg, 50.5 fg%.  Out of this world.

Least Valuable Player:  Adam Morrison:  Is there a more worthless, waste of space in the NBA than this guy?  I think not.

Defensive Player of the Year:  Dwight Howard:  He leads the league in rebounds per game, blocks per game, and field goal percentage.  Three categories!  That’s insane.  Hands down the best interior defender on earth.  Nobody disrupts drives to the basket more than Dwight does.

Least Defensive Player of the Year:  4 way tie:  Hedo Turkoglu, Monta Ellis, Jason Richardson, Rasheed Wallace.  A Raptor, a Warrior, a Sun, and Sheed.  They mailed it in on defense long ago.

Most Improved Player of the Year:  Aaron Brooks:  Brooks is becoming a deadly point guard in crunch time.  He’s putting up 19.7 ppg 5.2 apg, pretty impressive for a guy nobody knew about a few years ago.

Least Improved Player of the Year:  Greg Oden:  Broken kneecap.  Naked pictures leaked online.  Durant making him look even worse.  Not a good year for Oden.

Sixth Man of the Year:  Jamal Crawford: It’s kind of cheating when a starting caliber player comes off the bench for a team, but we’ll give him a break.  Crawford’s averaging 17.7 points per game off the bench, for one of the best teams in the league. 

Garbage Time Man of the Year:  Hasheem Thabeet:  You may or may not have said this at one point this year:  “Look, Hasheem Thabeet is in the game!”

Rookie of the Year:  Tyreke Evans:  Evans is about to become the 4th player in NBA history to average at least 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists as a rookie.  The others?  Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and Oscar Robertson.

Worst Rookie of the Year:  Can I give this award to Hasheem Thabeet again?  Okay!  Sounds good!  Taken 2nd overall, he was even sent down to the Development League at one point.

Coach of the Year:  Scott Brooks:  OKC is rolling to the playoffs, and without any frontcourt depth, it’s amazing that they’re in the thick of the playoff race in the rugged west.  Also, Kevin Durant will be one of the greatest players ever.  Just Saying.

Worst Coach of the Year:  Kurt Rambis.  Holy cow, the Timberwolves stink.  Losing Kevin Love at the beginning of the year didn’t help, but still, a pathetic season.  I’m giving the two headed monster of Lawrence Frank and Kiki Vandeweghe a break here, mostly because they split the duties of coaching one of the worst teams in NBA history.

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