NBA

Staff NBA Award Predictions: MVP, Rookie of the Year, and More

With the NBA season upon us, who do we at numberFire like to take home some hardware, and who didn't quite make the cut?

If you've been keeping up with our numberFire hoops team, you know that we've now completed our Power Rankings Preview of all 30 NBA teams. We've talked team predictions, burning questions, and even some fantasy hoops stock. At this point, all these are mere predictions based on numbers and what we know as writers (and living room analysts). But, this time of year, predictions to us NBA writers and enthusiasts are like iPhone specs are to a techie. So why not make a few more predictions before the NBA kicks off and we can analyze rather than just predict?

Here, we'll try to predict individual award winners for the 2014-15 NBA season - from the MVP to the Coach of the Year - as well as the NBA First Teams. So without further delay, let's do this.