{"id":1745,"date":"2007-10-30T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2007-10-30T13:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/nba-2007-08-preview\/season-honors\/"},"modified":"2007-10-30T08:30:12","modified_gmt":"2007-10-30T13:30:12","slug":"season-honors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/nba-2007-08-preview\/season-honors","title":{"rendered":"Season Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"

TEAM HONORS<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

NBA Championship<\/strong>
\nTom: Phoenix Over Miami
\nCraig: Spurs over Dallas and then some eastern conference team, say the Pistons
\nGil: Spurs beat Phoenix, wallop the Bulls.<\/p>\n

Surprise Playoff Teams<\/strong>
\nTom: Charlotte, Portland
\nCraig: NJ and Lakers
\nGil: Milwaukee, Lakers (post-Kobe trade)<\/p>\n

Surprise Non-Playoff Teams<\/strong>
\nTom: Golden State, Washington
\nCraig: Washington and New Orleans
\nGil: Toronto, Golden State<\/p>\n

Worst Team In Eastern Conference<\/strong>
\nTom: Atlanta
\nCraig: Philly
\nGil: Philly<\/p>\n

Worst Team In Western Conference<\/strong>
\nTom: Seattle
\nCraig: Minnesota
\nGil: Sacramento<\/p>\n

Random Prediction<\/strong>
\nTom: Chris Webber a Laker
\nCraig: Kobe stays put
\nGil: Nets trade Vince, Krstic and spare parts for Kobe<\/p>\n

INDIVIDUAL HONORS<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player<\/strong>
\nTom: Kobe Bryant
\nCraig: Tim Duncan
\nGil: LeBron James<\/p>\n

Rookie of the Year<\/strong>
\nTom: Al Horford, Atlanta
\nCraig: Tom stole my pick so I’ll go with Durant
\nGil: The number 7 pick, whoever he is<\/p>\n

Scoring Leader<\/strong>
\nTom: Kobe Bryant
\nCraig: Kobe Bryant
\nGil: Agent Zero<\/p>\n

Comeback Player of the Year<\/strong>
\nTom: Andrei Kirilenko
\nCraig: Shaun Livingston (can Oden win ROY and CPOY next year?)
\nGil: Someone from the Bucks<\/p>\n

Defensive Player of the Year<\/strong>
\nTom: Tim Duncan
\nCraig: Rasheed Wallace
\nGil: Shane Battier<\/p>\n

Coach of the Year<\/strong>
\nTom: Rick Adelman
\nCraig: Avery Johnson
\nGil: Jerry Sloan<\/p>\n

Disappointing Player of the Year<\/strong>
\nTom: Jason Richardson
\nCraig: Gilbert Arenas
\nGil: Grant Hill<\/p>\n

All-Star MVP<\/strong>
\nTom: Gilbert Arenas
\nCraig: Kobe Bryant
\nGil: Kevin Garnett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TEAM HONORS NBA Championship Tom: Phoenix Over Miami Craig: Spurs over Dallas and then some eastern conference team, say the Pistons Gil: Spurs beat Phoenix, wallop the Bulls. Surprise Playoff Teams Tom: Charlotte, Portland Craig: NJ and Lakers Gil: Milwaukee, Lakers (post-Kobe trade) Surprise Non-Playoff Teams Tom: Golden State, Washington Craig: Washington and New Orleans … <\/p>\n

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