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2015-16 NBA PREVIEW and PREDICTIONS

Here’s what I came up with after looking into my crystal basketball for the 2015-16 NBA season.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF TEAMS:

1. Cleveland Cavaliers      (56-26)

2. Chicago Bulls

3. Miami Heat

4. Washington Wizards

5. Toronto Raptors

6. Atlanta Hawks

7. Milwaukee Bucks

8. Boston Celtics

 

WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF TEAMS:

1. Golden State Warriors (58-24)

2. San Antonio Spurs

3. Oklahoma City Thunder

4. Houston Rockets

5. Los Angeles Clippers

6. Memphis Grizzlies

7. New Orleans Pelicans

8. Utah Jazz

 

EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS:

Cleveland Cavaliers over Chicago Bulls

WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS:

San Antonio Spurs over Golden State Warriors

 

NBA FINALS:

Cleveland Cavaliers over San Antonio Spurs

NBA MVP:

LeBron James – Cleveland Cavaliers

LeBron James Arms In The Air Postgame 2015

I expect “King James” to pick up his 5th NBA MVP trophy this season!

NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:

Jahlil Okafor – Philadelphia 76ers

NBA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

Anthony Davis – New Orleans Pelicans

MOST IMPROVED PLAYER OF THE YEAR:

C.J. McCollum – Portland Trail Blazers

 

ALL NBA 1ST TEAM:

Steph Curry – Golden State Warriors

James Harden – Houston Rockets

Kevin Durant – Oklahoma City Thunder

LeBron James – Cleveland Cavaliers

Anthony Davis – New Orleans Pelicans

 

ALL NBA 2ND TEAM: Chris Paul, Kawhi Leonard, Blake Griffin, DeMarcus Cousins and Marc Gasol

PODCAST – RODA ON KYRIE’S 57 POINT PERFORMANCE

Here’s my opening segment from the “Kenny Roda Show” on 1480 WHBC the day after Kyrie irving put on a show against the Spurs in San Antonio setting a Cavaliers franchise record 57 points in one game.

Kyrie Irving Hugged by LeBron After 57pts - 3-12-15

JOE HARRIS ON LOSS TO THE SPURS

The Cavs rookie shooting guard talked about his extended minutes, playing in crunch time and getting beat by Manu Ginobili late in the game in the 92-90 loss to San Antonio.

Joe Harris Cavs Media Day 2014

KEVIN LOVE ON THE LOSS TO THE SPURS AND TRYING TO FIND HIS RHYTHM

Kevin Love shared his thoughts on the Cavs tough loss to the Spurs, trying to fit in to the offense and find his shot.

Kevin Love Close Up - Podium on Media Day 2014

LEBRON JAMES ACCEPTS BLAME FOR LOSS TO THE SPURS

LeBron James postgame talked about his game ending turnover, missed shots and the Cavs (5-5) start.

LeBron Meida Day #1

2014 NBA FREE AGENCY WINNERS AND LOSERS

WINNERS:

Cleveland Cavaliers –  With LeBron James returning home, the Cavs are by far the biggest winners this off- season. James is the best player in the world and he fills a major void at the small forward spot that’s been vacant since well, when he left four years ago. Forget that he signed a 1 year and an option year contract. James did that so he can cash in on the next TV contract by increasing his max contract dollars. He’s not going anywhere, considering how much money he can make, a young talented roster and he and his family are back home. First year G.M. David Griffin also locked up 2-time All-Star Kyrie Irving to a 5-year max contract and thus has his Batman and Robin for years to come.

LeBron Powder Toss Photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Antonio Spurs – After Tim Duncan exercised his player option for $10.3 million to return for at least one more season with the World Champs, the Spurs then went and resigned two of their own free agents in Boris Diaw and Patty Mills to team friendly contracts thanks to Duncan taking less than market value. Plus San Antonio announced that head coach Gregg Popovich agreed to a multi-year contract extension. All four moves are big wins for the Spurs.

Los Angeles Clippers – Doc Rivers added two players that will help the team’s depth and offense and he did so without overpaying for either one. Getting Spencer Hawes, a stretch-5 for less than $6 million per season for four years and point guard Jordan Farmar to replace Darren Collison who left for the Kings at about $2 million per year are very good gets.

 

LOSERS:

Miami Heat – Like the Cavs did in 2010, Pat Riley and the Heat felt LeBron’s return was a slam dunk only to be rejected and left shaking their heads. Again no matter what you do, as the Cavaliers found out, there’s no replacing LeBron James. The Heat overpaid Chris Bosh to stay instead of going to Houston. They’re going to overpay an aging Dwyane Wade and two of their other free agent signees are injuries waiting to happen in Danny Granger and Luol Deng.

Los Angeles Lakers – G.M. Mitch Kupchick was shooting for LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony. When LeBron went to Cleveland he was hoping to team up Carmelo with Kobe and Pau Gasol. Then Carmelo agreed to stay with the Knicks and Gasol left for the Bulls. Plus the “Lake Show” lost Jodi Meeks to OKC. This off-season has been one of the worst in Lakers history.

Houston Rockets – While they’ll still be a good team, the Rockets were trying to bolster their roster so they would become an elite team. They targeted Carmelo Anthony first and lost out. Then they set their sights on Chris Bosh and lost him too. Adding insult to injury, one of their fine young players, Chandler Parsons accepted an offer sheet from Dallas and Houston decided not to match it. So the high flying, long distance shooter is now a Mav. They replaced Parsons with Trevor Ariza which isn’t terrible and are said to be interested now in trying to land Kevin Love in a trade, but so far this off season Houston has had a problem getting the players they wanted.

 

TALKING SPURS CHAMPS, LEBRON A FREE AGENT?, CAVS DRAFT AND HEAD COACH

FoxSportsOhio.com NBA Beat Writer Sam Amico joined me just hours after the Heat lost to the Spurs in the NBA Finals and we quickly got into what that means for LeBron’s future. Will he opt out and become a Free Agent? If so, could he come back to Clevleand?Who are the Cavs going to take with that number #1 pick and who’s going to be coaching the “Wine and Gold” next year? Listen Here –

Sam Amico Photo

WILL TONIGHT BE THE LAST TIME YOU SEE LEBRON JAMES IN A MIAMI HEAT UNIFORM?

If LeBron and the Heat lose the NBA Championship tonight in San Antonio, it very well could be the last time James wears a Maimi uniform, and it could begin what will be another free agent frenzy for the “King’s” services.

LeBron James Pre-Game Photo

INSTANT ANALYSIS: GAME #3 NBA FINALS- SPURS 111 HEAT 92

A budding superstar “Kawhi Was The Guy”, Kawhi Leonard came up big for San Antonio to give the Spurs a 2 games to 1 lead in the NBA Finals! Listen to my recap of the game here:

NBA Basketball Close Up

RODA REPORT – NBA FINALS GAME #2 RECAP – HEAT 98 SPURS 96

LeBron played all four quarters in Game #2 and he was the difference as the Heat evened the 2014 NBA Finals at one game a piece. Here’s my instant analysis:

NBA Basketball Close Up