Year Round Basketball Thread + NBA Fantasy League

[SirSamuel016]

Seems this post is pinned so here are the 2025/26 award predictions that I've received so far! If you haven't sent already then feel free to shoot me your list!

 

[scav]

OMFG I WAS Asleep

your team is actually good. it's just that you drafted 3 injured


Siakam, Zion and Boucher. Try to trade since everyone else have IR spots available. In any case if you could've done pre-draft ranking, so you have only yourself to blame xD

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Both Siakam and Zion might miss about a month, you slot one in IR and trade the other. As for Boucher who care. you should drop or trade asap

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You can also decide to tank the first month of fantasy. But then it's gonna be an uphill battle

 

[Hardy]

Yeah, that's good advice. Send one of Siakam/Zion to the IR, trade the other, probably drop Boucher and get a good FA, there's a couple.

 

[Newkerzy]

@goldb
predictions:

coty: Spoelstra
roty: Jalen Green
Champ: Nets
MVP: Doncic
Most improved: SGA
Dpoy: jrue holiday
6MoTY: Tyler Herro

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Guys try to send your predictions before season opener.

@LaGOAT @M3J @Newkerzy

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@SirSamuel016 @Belserion

Bit late, but here’s my predictions:

RoTY: Jalen Suggs
Champ: Warriors (it was a toss-up between Hawks and them, but I feel Steph & Co. are overlooked this season)
MVP: Steph
MIP: Jordan Poole
DPOY: Gobert
6MoTY: Poole (why not? I haven’t heard of anyone winning MIP and 6th Man in the same year. So, that’s a pretty special distinction itself)

 

[Belserion]

Champions: Lakers (unfortunately)
MVP: Giannis Antetokounmpo
DPOY: Gobert
ROTY: Jalen Green
COTY: Billy Donovan
MIP: Kelly Oubre Jr
6MoTY: Jordan Clarkson

 

[scav]

Did i just see Oubre MIP?

 

[goldb]

Anytime there's a mention of Oubre, I'm reminded of this:

 

[LaGOAT]

Mans said the time was good for him and then slept

Let’s just say I was under the influence yesterday 🥲

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your team is actually good. it's just that you drafted 3 injured


Siakam, Zion and Boucher. Try to trade since everyone else have IR spots available. In any case if you could've done pre-draft ranking, so you have only yourself to blame xD

--- Double Post Merged, Oct 18, 2021, Original Post Date: Oct 18, 2021 ---

Both Siakam and Zion might miss about a month, you slot one in IR and trade the other. As for Boucher who care. you should drop or trade asap

--- Double Post Merged, Oct 18, 2021 ---

You can also decide to tank the first month of fantasy. But then it's gonna be an uphill battle

This is my first playing fantasy basketball I usually only play fantasy football (for money of course) so Ima be alright

 

[Hardy]

2021-22 NBA AWARDS ODDS (Vegas)
The 2021-22 NBA season is set to begin on October 19, 2021 and conclude on April 13, 2022. Various players futures markets are already available for preseason wagering. There are multiple player awards that bettors can wager on, which includes anything from the Sixth Man of the Year to the Scoring Champion.

Spoiler: NBA Champion

ODDS TO WIN 2022 NBA FINALS

Team Odds Brooklyn Nets +240 Los Angeles Lakers +400 Golden State Warriors +900 Milwaukee Bucks +900 Phoenix Suns +1500 Utah Jazz +1600 Los Angeles Clippers +1600 Philadelphia 76ers +1600 Denver Nuggets +2200 Miami Heat +2500 Dallas Mavericks +3000 Atlanta Hawks +3500 Boston Celtics +4000 Portland Trail Blazers +5000 Chicago Bulls +6600 New York Knicks +8000 New Orleans Pelicans +10000 Indiana Pacers +10000 Charlotte Hornets +10000 Memphis Grizzlies +10000 Toronto Raptors +15000 Washington Wizards +15000 Minnesota Timberwolves +25000 Sacramento Kings +25000 San Antonio Spurs +30000 Cleveland Cavaliers +50000 Detroit Pistons +50000 Houston Rockets +50000 Oklahoma City Thunder +50000 Orlando Magic +50000

Spoiler: East Champion

• Brooklyn Nets -125
• Milwaukee Bucks +425
• Philadelphia 76ers +750
• Miami Heat +1200
• Atlanta Hawks +1600
• Boston Celtics +2000
• Chicago Bulls +3000
• New York Knicks +4000
• Charlotte Hornets +5000
• Indiana Pacers +5000
• Toronto Raptors +6600
• Washington Wizards +6600
• Cleveland Cavaliers +25000
• Detroit Pistons +25000
• Orlando Magic +25000

Spoiler: West Champion

• L.A. Lakers +170
• Golden State Warriors +425
• Phoenix Suns +700
• Utah Jazz +750
• L.A. Clippers +750
• Denver Nuggets +1100
• Dallas Mavericks +1400
• Portland Trail Blazers +2500
• Memphis Grizzlies +5000
• New Orleans Pelicans +5000
• Minnesota Timberwolves +12500
• Sacramento Kings +12500
• San Antonio Spurs +15000
• Houston Rockets +25000
• Oklahoma City Thunder +25000

Spoiler: MVP

ODDS TO WIN 2021 NBA MVP

Player (Team) Odds Luka Doncic (Dallas) +400 Joel Embiid (Philadelphia) +700 Kevin Durant (Brooklyn) +700 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee) +800 Stephen Curry (Golden State) +900 Damian Lillard (Portland) +1100 LeBron James (L.A. Lakers) +1400 Nikola Jokic (Denver) +1600 Trae Young (Atlanta) +1600 Devin Booker (Phoenix) +2000 James Harden (Brooklyn) +2500 Anthony Davis (L.A. Lakers) +2500

The Most Valuable Player of the Year Award is given to the player who had the most successful regular-season, which usually includes how the player's performance reflects on the team's success. Nikola Jokic won the award for the Denver Nuggets last season, the first for Denver. An international player has won the award three straight seasons, with James Harden as the last American to win in 2017-18 with the Houston Rockets.

Complete Most Valuable Player Odds

Spoiler: ROTY

ODDS TO WIN 2021-22 NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR (4/28/22)

Player (Team) Odds Cade Cunningham (Detroit) +250 Jalen Green (Houston) +300 Jalen Suggs (Orlando) +750 Scottie Barnes (Toronto) +800 Evan Mobley (Cleveland) +800 Alperen Sengun (Houston) +1400 Davion Mitchell (Sacramento) +1800 Jonathan Kuminga (Golden State) +2500 James Bouknight (Charlotte) +2500

The Rookie of the Year Award is given to the first-year player who has the most successful regular-season. LaMelo Ball for the Carlotte Hornets won the last award, despite a late-season rush from Anthony Edwards who was the first pick in the 2020 NBA Draft. A guard has won the award five straight seasons, with Karl-Anthony Towns being the last center to win which was in 2015-16.

Complete Rookie of the Year Odds

Spoiler: 6MAN

ODDS TO WIN 2021-22 NBA SIXTH MAN OF THE YEAR

Player (Team) Odds Jordan Clarkson (Utah) +550 Kevin Huerter (Atlanta) +1100 Patty Mills (Brooklyn) +1100 Joe Ingles (Utah) +1200 Tyrese Haliburton (Sacramento) +1600 Goran Dragic (Miami) +1600 Coby White (Chicago) +1600 Derrick Rose (New York) +1600 Terrence Ross (Orlando) +1800

The Sixth Man of the Year Award is given to the bench player who sees the most productive regular season. Jordan Clarkson ran away with the award last year, and is the opening favorite to see a repeat. Lou Williams has seen a handful of Sixth Man of the Year Awards, but has long odds to open the season with the Atlanta Hawks. The Western Conference has won the award six straight seasons.

Complete Six Man of the Year Odds

Spoiler: DEFENSIVE PLAYER

ODDS TO WIN 2021-22 NBA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Player (Team) Odds Rudy Gobert (Utah) +350 Ben Simmons (Philadelphia) +350 Myles Turner (Indiana) +650 Joel Embiid (Philadelphia) +1000 Anthony Davis (L.A. Lakers) +1000 Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee) +1000 Bam Adebayo (Miami) +1400

The Defensive Player of the Year Award is given to the player who sees the best defensive performance throughout the regular season, typically hightlighted with steals, blocks and/or rebounds. Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz has dominated this award, winning it last year (2020-21) along with three of the last four seasons.

Complete Defensive Player of the Year Odds

Spoiler: MIP

ODDS TO WIN 2021 NBA MOST IMPROVED PLAYER

Player (Team) Odds Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City) +700 Zion Williamson (New Orleans) +700 Michael Porter, Jr. (Denver) +750 Kevin Porter, Jr. (Houston) +900 Zach LaVine (Chicago) +1200 Collin Sexton (Cleveland) +1200 Christian Wood (Houston) +1400 Jarrett Jackson, Jr. (Memphis) +1600 Jaylen Brown (Boston) +1600 John Collins (Atlanta) +1800 Chris Boucher (Toronto) +1800 De'Aaron Fox (Sacramento) +1800

The Most Improved Player of the Year Award is given to the player who has shown the most progress during the regular-season. This is a very broad and judgmental award, as it has been given to players who have seen a vast improvment over the course of a year while also being given to players who showed steady progress but lifted their team's overall success. A forward has won the award three straight seasons, with Julius Randle of the New York Knicks winning the award during the 2020-21 season.

Complete Most Improved Player Odds

Spoiler: COTY

ODDS TO WIN 2021-22 NBA COACH OF THE YEAR

Coach (Team) Odds Steve Nash (Brooklyn) +850 Erik Spoelstra (Miami) +900 Billy Donovan (Chicago) +1000 Quin Snyder (Utah) +1100 Steve Kerr (Golden State) +1100 Monty Williams (Phoenix) +1200 Frank Vogel (L.A. Lakers) +1400 Nate McMillan (Atlanta) +1400

The Coach of the Year Award is given to the coach who has had the most impressive regular season. The award is also given to a coach who has shown impressive growth for a club that struggled the prior season. New York Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau won the award in 2020-21 for improving the New York Knicks' growth, despite the team not having the best regular season record in the Eastern Conference. The Eastern Conference has seen four straight winners for this award.

Complete Coach of the Year Odds

Spoiler: Scoring Champion

• Bradley Beal (Washington) +275
• Luka Doncic (Dallas) +450
• Stephen Curry (Golden State) +500
• Damian Lillard (Portland) +700
• Joel Embiid (Philadelphia) +700
• Zion Williamson (New Orleans) +1000
• Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee) +1000
• Jayson Tatum (Boston) +1200
• Trae Young (Atlanta) +2500
• Zach LaVine (Chicago) +2500
• Kevin Durant (Brooklyn) +2500
• Donovan Mitchell (Utah) +3000
• Devin Booker (Phoenix) +3500
• Anthony Davis (L.A. Lakers) +4000
• Collin Sexton (Cleveland) +4000
• Kyrie Irving (Brooklyn) +5000
• Paul George (L.A. Clippers) +5000
• James Harden (Milwaukee) +6600
• De'Aron Fox (Sacramento) +6600
• LeBron James (L.A. Lakers) +8000
• Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota) +10000
• Nikola Jokic (Denver) +10000
• Jaylen Brown (Boston) +10000
• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City) +10000
• C.J. McCollum (Portland) +15000
• Brandon Ingram (New Orleans) +15000
• Anthony Edwards (Minnesota) +15000
• Khris Middleton (Milwaukee) +15000
• Julius Randle (New York) +15000
• Nikola Vucevic (Chicago) +20000
• Russell Westbrook (L.A Lakers) +20000
• Pascal Siakam (Toronto) +20000
• Klay Thompson (Golden State) +20000
• Jerami Grant (Detroit) +20000
• DeMar DeRozan (San Antonio) +20000
• Michael Porter, Jr. (Denver) +20000
• Jamal Murray (Denver) +20000
• Ja Morant (Memphis) +20000
• Domantas Sabonis (Indiana) +20000

Spoiler: Top Rebounds

• Clint Capela (Atlanta) +125
• Rudy Gobert (Utah) +225
• Jonas Valanciunas (Memphis) +550
• Domantas Sabonis (Indiana) +700
• Nikola Vucevic (Chicago) +1200
• Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee) +1200
• Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota) +1400
• Andre Drummond (L.A. Lakers) +2000
• Joel Embiid (Philadelphia) +2500
• Russell Westbrook (L.A Lakers) +2500
• Nikola Jokic (Denver) +2500
• Deandre Ayton (Phoenix) +2500
• Enes Kanter (Portland) +5000
• Jarrett Allen (Cleveland) +6600
• Julius Randle (New York) +6600
• Jusef Nurkic (Portland) +6600
• Moses Brown (Boston) +8000
• Christian Wood (Houston) +10000
• Bam Adebayo (Miami) +10000
• Anthony Davis (L.A. Lakers) +15000
• Kristaps Porzingis (Dallas) +15000
• Mitchell Robinson (New York) +15000
• Steven Adams (New Orleans) +20000
• Wendell Carter, Jr. (Orlando) +20000
• Dwight Howard (Philadelphia) +25000
• Zion Williamson (New Orleans) +30000
• Richaun Holmes (Sacramento) +30000
• Mason Plumlee (Detroit) +30000

Spoiler: Top assists

• James Harden (Brooklyn) +120
• Russell Westbrook (L.A Lakers) +150
• Trae Young (Atlanta) +450
• Luka Doncic (Dallas) +600
• Chris Paul (Phoenix) +1200
• Nikola Jokic (Denver) +1600
• LeBron James (L.A. Lakers) +2500
• LaMelo Ball (Charlotte) +3000
• Draymond Green (Golden State) +4000
• Ja Morant (Memphis) +4000
• Damian Lillard (Portland) +6600
• Ben Simmons (Philadelphia) +6600
• De'Aron Fox (Sacramento) +6600
• John Wall (Houston) +6600
• Lonzo Ball (Chicago) +6600
• Kyle Lowry (Toronto) +8000

Spoiler: Top 3s

• Stephen Curry (Golden State) -175
• Damian Lillard (Portland) +400
• Buddy Hield (Sacramento) +600
• Duncan Robinson (Miami) +1200
• Malik Beasley (Minnesota) +1800
• Klay Thompson (Golden State) +2000
• Paul George (L.A. Clippers) +2500
• Bogdan Bogdanovic (Atlanta) +2500
• Fred VanVleet (Toronto) +2500
• Zach LaVine (Chicago) +2500
• Donovan Mitchell (Utah) +3000
• Devonte' Graham (Charlotte) +3000
• Jordan Clarkson (Utah) +4000
• Joe Harris (Brooklyn) +4000
• Terry Rozier (Charlotte) +4000
• Davis Bertans (Washington) +4000
• C.J. McCollum (Portland) +4000
• Luka Doncic (Dallas) +4000
• DeAngelo Russell (Minnesota) +5000
• Michael Porter, Jr. (Denver) +5000
• Lonzo Ball (Chicago) +6600
• Kemba Walker (Boston) +6600
• Anthony Edwards (Minnesota) +6600
• Tim Hardaway, Jr. (Dallas) +6600
• Jayson Tatum (Boston) +6600
• Jaylen Brown (Boston) +8000
• Gary Trent, Jr. (Toronto) +8000
• Kyle Lowry (Toronto) +10000
• Trae Young (Atlanta) +10000
• James Harden (Brooklyn) +10000
• Eric Gordon (Houston) +10000
• Evan Fournier (Boston) +10000
• Kyrie Irving (Brooklyn) +15000
• Bradley Beal (Washington) +15000
• LeBron James (L.A. Lakers) +15000
• Devin Booker (Phoenix) +15000
• Danny Green (Philadelphia) +15000
• Kevin Durant (Brooklyn) +15000
• Mike Conley (Utah) +15000

 

[goldb]

Bit late, but here’s my predictions:

RoTY: Jalen Suggs
Champ: Warriors (it was a toss-up between Hawks and them, but I feel Steph & Co. are overlooked this season)
MVP: Steph
MIP: Jordan Poole
DPOY: Gobert
6MoTY: Poole (why not? I haven’t heard of anyone winning MIP and 6th Man in the same year. So, that’s a pretty special distinction itself)

Coach of the year?

 

[Hardy]

NBA Champions: Nets
MVP: Giannis
DPOY: Embiid
6th Man: Poole
ROTY: Green (HOU)
MIP: Mann (LAC)
COTY: Nash, but my gut says Kerr if the dubs get a great record.

 

[M3J]

Why not send Zion to IR? He's better than Siakam, no?

 

[Hardy]

Why not send Zion to IR? He's better than Siakam, no?

Maybe he thinks Zion is easier to trade for good value? Either way, yes, one of them should go to IR, the other traded. Then he drops Boucher and gets 2 FAs.

 

[goldb]

Right I've got everyone's predictions except @Mazino and @Hakuteiken; for those that are in the league anyway. I might be missing one more person

 

[M3J]

Maybe he thinks Zion is easier to trade for good value? Either way, yes, one of them should go to IR, the other traded. Then he drops Boucher and gets 2 FAs.

it'd be interesting to see what offer he gets for Zion. He seems to be a better choice to keep though

 

[Belserion]

Did i just see Oubre MIP?

You did. Wait and see

 

[goldb]

You did. Wait and see

I think you should put something on that. Your returns could be very good. We'll see how he settles into the Hornets team; it would be good for him to finally find a place and carve out some sort of role for himself.

 

[scav]

You did. Wait and see

Kings will win a championships before Oubre win a single nba award

 

[Belserion]

I think you should put something on that. Your returns could be very good. We'll see how he settles into the Hornets team; it would be good for him to finally find a place and carve out some sort of role for himself.

Gonna see how well he does without the pressure of being Klay 2.0. Interested to see how he links up with Lamelo especially.

Lamelo..... Damn you bob.

 

[scav]

Btw ya'll gonna rotate the first week or take a wait and see stance to assess your roster?

 

[Hardy]

Depends on me needing it to beat your ass or not.

Rookie extension deadline today btw. Ayton didn't get paid. Bridges at 90/4 is really sweet though.

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JJJ got 105/4 LOL

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From Reddit.

Current Extensions:

Luka Doncic: Five years, $207,060,000

Trae Young: Five years, $172,500,000

SGA: Five years, $172,500,000

Michael Porter Jr.: Five years, $172,500,000

Mikal Bridges: Four years, $90,000,000

Wendell Carter Jr.: Four years, $50,000,000

Robert Williams: Four years, $48,000,000

With the addition of Jaren Jackson Jr. (Four years, $105,000,000) the rookie extension totals for the 2018 draft have reached $1.016 billion.

[Marc Stein]

It's Extension Deadline Day for the NBA's Class of 2018. Top contenders for new deals before 6PM ET horn:

1. Ayton (PHX)
2. Jackson Jr. (MEM)
3. Sexton (CLE)
4. Bridges (CHA)
5. DiVincenzo (MIL)
6. Walker (SAS)
7. Huerter (ATL)
8. Shamet (PHX)