2025-2026 NBA Predictions Thread

[southsil4lil]

East:

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West:

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10.


MVP
DPOY
ROY
MIP
6th Man
COY

Finals Matchup:
NBA Champion:

One Bold Prediction:


BONUS

Breakout Player:
Best Offseason addition:
Worst Offseason addition:

 

[southsil4lil]

@Gray Matter

@MrBeef

 

[Freeman]

East:

1. Cavs
2. Knicks
3. Magic
4. Hawks
5. Pistons
6. Raptors
7. Celtics
8. 76ers
9. Heat
10. Pacers


West:

1. Thunder
2. Nuggets
3. Twolves
4. Rockets
5. Clippers
6. Warriors
7. Lakers
8. Spurs
9. Grizzlies
10. Blazers


MVP : sga or jokic again
DPOY : Wemby
ROY : Flagg
MIP : nembhard
6th Man : Hunter
COY : mosley

Finals Matchup: okc vs nyc
NBA Champion: okc

One Bold Prediction:


BONUS

Breakout Player: sharpe
Best Offseason addition: bane
Worst Offseason addition: Schroder

Edit... forgot about the 76ers and Giannis is definitely gonna sell and/or get himself traded off the bucks so they're probably about to drop off.

 

[Sky Davis]

When work stops being trash I got you

 

[southsil4lil]

When work stops being trash I got you

Its all good Im still thinking about a couple of things lol

 

[Sky Davis]

East

Cavs
Magic
Knicks
Hawks
Pistons
Sixers
Heat
Bucks
Raptors
Pacers

West

Thunder
Nuggets
Rockets
Clippers
Spurs
Wolves
Lakers
Warriors
Grizzlies
Suns

MVP: Wemby or Brunson
DPOY: Wemby
MIP: Ware, Matas Buzelis
6th man: Norm Powell, Chris Paul, Brook Lopez, Cam Johnson or Cole Anthony
COY: Nuggets coach or Mosley

Finals: Clippers vs Knicks/Cavs

Win: Clippers

One bold prediction: One of Scottie Barnes, Ja Morant, or Zion Gets traded between now and the draft

Breakout player: Nikola Jovic, Matas Buzelis Terrence Shannon jr, Toumani Camara, Oso Ighodaro (Fuck it, Alex Sarr), Kel’el Ware

Worst acquisition: Noa Essengue or Kaman Maluach
Best: Cam Johnson/Bruce Brown/Chris Paul

I’ll probably edit this at some point I’m going off the dome so I’m not thinking about a lot

 

[Sky Davis]

Oh forgot ROY

If it’s not Flagg it’s Carter Bryant

 

[Sky Davis]

I edited above to add my twin Matas to the mix for MIP and breakout

 

[O.G.]

One Bold Prediction:

KD's curse will continue with the Rockets.

 

[#1hiphopjunki3]

Most Valuable Player : Doncic (Laker / media bias)

Defensive player of the year: Wembanyama

Most improved player: Baylor Scheierman (someone else needs to score on the Celtics and he didn't get much run his rookie year)

Rookie of the year: Cooper Flagg (Tre Johnson if Flagg gets hurt)

one bold prediction: Trae Young will make 1st team all NBA and be a top 5 MVP candidate

Breakout player: Shaedon Sharpe (same as Scheierman and the Celtics)

 

[Reed MJ]

East
1. Cleveland
2. Orlando
3. NY
4. Atlanta
5. Detroit
6. Milwaukee
7. Miami
8. Philly
9. Boston
10. Chicago

West:
1. OKC
2. Houston
3. Denver
4. Minnesota
5. LAL
6. LAC
7. Golden State
8. San Antonio
9. Portland
10. Dallas

MVP Ant
DPOY Wemby
ROY Flagg
MIP Amen
6th Man DeAndre Hunter
COY Mosley

Finals Matchup: OKC/Cleveland
NBA Champion: OKC
One Bold Prediction: Ja gets moved
BONUS: Paulo finishes top 3 in MVP voting AND gets 1st team All NBA

Breakout Player:
Best Offseason addition: KD
Worst Offseason addition: More like a transaction. NO with that dumb trade to move up to draft Queen

 

[Sky Davis]

East
1. Cleveland
2. Orlando
3. NY
4. Atlanta
5. Detroit
6. Milwaukee
7. Miami
8. Philly
9. Boston
10. Chicago

West:
1. OKC
2. Houston
3. Denver
4. Minnesota
5. LAL
6. LAC
7. Golden State
8. San Antonio
9. Portland
10. Dallas

MVP Ant
DPOY Wemby
ROY Flagg
MIP Amen
6th Man DeAndre Hunter
COY Mosley

Finals Matchup: OKC/Cleveland
NBA Champion: OKC
One Bold Prediction: Ja gets moved
BONUS: Paulo finishes top 3 in MVP voting AND gets 1st team All NBA

Breakout Player:
Best Offseason addition: KD
Worst Offseason addition: More like a transaction. NO with that dumb trade to move up to draft Queen

Thanks you reminded me that the Sixers existed

 

[Reed MJ]

Thanks you reminded me that the Sixers existed

Trust me, they better off not being talked about at all this season.

 

[Freeman]

East
1. Cleveland
2. Orlando
3. NY
4. Atlanta
5. Detroit
6. Milwaukee
7. Miami
8. Philly
9. Boston
10. Chicago

West:
1. OKC
2. Houston
3. Denver
4. Minnesota
5. LAL
6. LAC
7. Golden State
8. San Antonio
9. Portland
10. Dallas

MVP Ant
DPOY Wemby
ROY Flagg
MIP Amen
6th Man DeAndre Hunter
COY Mosley

Finals Matchup: OKC/Cleveland
NBA Champion: OKC
One Bold Prediction: Ja gets moved
BONUS: Paulo finishes top 3 in MVP voting AND gets 1st team All NBA

Breakout Player:
Best Offseason addition: KD
Worst Offseason addition: More like a transaction. NO with that dumb trade to move up to draft Queen

You wanna put some money on the raptors not being top 10?

 

[Sky Davis]

Yeah I atleast have the raps 10th..

 

[Reed MJ]

You wanna put some money on the raptors not being top 10?

Lol hell nah. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Toronto is one of those 10 teams by the end of the season. I just feel like an in season trade is coming which could change things for ya.

 

[southsil4lil]

East:



1.NY

2.Cle

3.Orl

4.Atl

5.Mil

6.Phi

7.Det

8.Mia

9.Tor

10.Chi





West:



1.OKC

2.Den

3.Hou

4.LAC

5.Min

6.GS

7. SA

8.Mem

9.LAL

10.PHX





MVP- Jokic

DPOY- Wemby

ROY- Flagg

MIP- Ausar

6th Man- Naz Reid

COY- Mike Brown



Finals Matchup: Knicks/Rockets

NBA Champion: Rockets



One Bold Prediction: Lakers miss playoffs

BONUS

Breakout Player: Jabari Smith

Best Offseason addition: KD/Luke Kornet

Worst Offseason addition: Dennis Schroder

 

[Sky Davis]

Ausar huh?

 

[southsil4lil]

Ausar huh?

He missed the first part of the season and was only able to play about 20 minutes per game.....having a full training camp, starting the season healthy and playing 30 plus minutes per game

I think hes going to have a very good year

 

[Sky Davis]

He missed the first part of the season and was only able to play about 20 minutes per game.....having a full training camp, starting the season healthy and playing 30 plus minutes per game

I think hes going to have a very good year