The Baseline: NBA Awards special with a twist
The NBA season will conclude for nearly half the league leaving only the championship-starved field of 16 to fight for a chance at the Larry O’Brien trophy. We put a bow on the 2017-18 regular season in a major way. On this week’s show:
The Breakdown:
NBA Award predictions
- MVP: James Harden, Anthony Davis or LeBron James
- MIP: Victor Oladipo, Clint Capela, Jaylen Brown
- ROY: Donovan Mitchell or Ben Simmons
- Sixth Man: Lou Williams or Eric Gordon
- DPOY: Rudy Gobert, Draymond Green or other
- COY: Brad Stevens, Dwane Casey, Doc Rivers, Terry Stotts, Brett Brown, Nate McMillan or Quin Snyder
- Executive of the Year: Daryl Morey, Danny Ainge, Kevin Pritchard, Dennis Lindsey or Jerry Colangelo
The Drop:
Best Comeback story this NBA season:
Summertime Visions: We forecast some fun and random topics for the NBA’s offseason
- He Gone: All-star caliber player most likely to switch teams
- Captain my Captain: Coach most likely to be fired
- Make it rain: Team most likely to sign a terrible contract
- Enough already: Team or player that is most likely to be involved in incessant rumors
- Twitter Fingers: Player most likely to engage in social media beef
- That’s all Folks: Player most likely to retire
Coast to Coast:
- Kyrie Irving out for the season
- Dirk Nowitzki out for the season
- Mitch Kupchak signed as Hornets GM
- NBA 2K League draft took place
