16-17 nba predix

wiz are probably better than i'm giving them credit for, i just didn't really think about them at all. plus, i have to stand by the orlando magic theory lest i become branded a flip-flopper

i think the twolves are still a year off from being a playoff team

i do love how everyone's on board w/ the rockets being solid, i thought i would be the only one who had them in the mid-seeds

rockets will be a great regular season team.

i seem to be higher on the wiz than some but scotty brooks was the absolute perfect hire for them so i see a lot of bounceback potential.

soz clay i actually had PDX in there but I've made a habit of not picking them for the playoffs, just gonna roll with it you know

i made diff predix on the offseason thread before certain things had broken (reggie jackson's injury, etc.) but am sticking to the following:

beast coast:

cleveland
boston
toronto
indiana
atlanta
detroit
charlotte
washington (by like, the slimmest of margins)

the evening redness in the west aka the blood of teams losing to GSW by avg. 20 points a game:

golden state
san antonio
L.A. clippers
(things get hazy with the rest bc health and shit are gonna break weirdly, so rest are like on an all things being equal basis)
memphis (if healthy they walk to the 4th seed imo; if only chandler parsons gets hurt again i still think they make it)
utah
portland
houston
OKC

(wolves, nugs, pelicans and - fuck it - kings all clustered in the 9-12 spots)

MVP: kawhi leonard
DPOY: A REJUVENATED ROY HIBBERT (no, seriously, it's prob rudy gobert *eats words from drunken "the jazz are fucking boring/rudy is overrated" posts 1.5 yrs ago)
ROY: embiid if he's eligible, kris dunn if embiid is not
COTY: brother brad stevens

ECF: cavs over celtics in 7
WCF: dubs over clippers in 6

CHAMPS: dubs over cavs in 6

pelton's win totals https://twitter.com/kpelton/status/791027144658857984

MVP: bron*
DPOY: gobert*
ROY: embiid*

*if he plays at least 72 games