Most Valuable Player Defensive Player of the Year Sixth Man of the Year Rookie of the Year Most Improved Player Coach of the Year All-NBA First Team All-NBA Second Team All-NBA Third Team All-Defensive First Team All-Defensive Second Team All-Rookie First Team All-Rookie Second Team MVP: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder 30.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 6.5 apg,…

NBA Power Rankings Updated Apr. 15, 2024. Denver Nuggets The Nuggets are the defending champs and are still the No. 1 team in the NBA to me. They won fewer games than Boston, but they are proven and deeper. There is very little seperating Denver and Boston though. Boston Celtics The Celtics ran through the…

Updated: Sat., Feb. 10, 2024. Pistons trade Alec Burks and Bojan Bogdanovic to the Knicks for Quentin Grimes, Malachi Flynn, Evan Fournier and two second-rounders The biggest trade so far has helped make the Knicks the potential No. 3 seed in the East. They added a much-needed third scorer with Bojan Bogdanovic, who should start…

MVP Nikola Jokic, C, Denver Nuggets Jokic is easily the MVP favorite and should win his third award this season. The man is averaging 29 points; he is also first in the league in rebounding and averages 10 assists a game. He’s incredible. Joel Embiid, C, Philadelphia 76ers The reigning MVP still has the 76ers…

Dallas Mavericks People were very skeptical that a team featuring Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic can win, but they, and the Mavericks have been excellent. The Mavericks likely have found their franchise center in rookie Dereck Lively who has immense potential, but the rest of the team is basically long-time helpers like Dwight Powell, Tim…

Atlanta Hawks The Hawks are a middling East team for a second straight season and should win 35-40 games and be somewhere seventh to 10th in the conference. Trae Young is playing quite poor despite his lofty stats. He has some big-time assist numbers – second in the NBA -, but his efficiency in terms…

Below, I forecast who could win the various awards for the coming NBA season. I layout five potential winners for MVP, ROTY, 6th Man, MIP, DPOY and COTY. Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokic Although because of defense I have Giannis Antetokounmpo as the NBA’s top player, Jokic has become almost too talented offensively, becoming a…

San Antonio Spurs 2023 Forecast: Changes; Depth Chart; Strength & Weakness Additions: Sidy Cissoko Victor Wembanyama Losses: None Forecast Depth Chart: Tre Jones | DeVonte Graham Keldon Johnson | Doug McDermott Devin Vassell | Julian Champaigne | Sidy Cissoko Jeremy Sochan | Sandro Mamukelashvili Victor Wembanyama | Zach Collins Sixth Man: DeVonte Graham Third Big:…

New Orleans Pelicans 2023 Forecast: Changes; Depth Chart; Strength & Weakness Additions: Cody Zeller Jordan Hawkins Losses: Jaxon Hayes Forecast Depth Chart: C.J. McCollum | Jose Alvarado Herb Jones | Jordan Hawkins | Kira Lewis Brandon Ingram | Trey Murphy | Dyson Daniels Zion Williamson | Larry Nance Jr. Jonas Valanciunas | Cody Zeller |…