Hardwood Knocks, Episode 421: 2021 NBA Award Predictions, Boston Celtics Lookahead
PREDICTIONS TIME. In advance of the 2020-21 NBA regular season, Adam and Dan fill out their way-too-early ballots for Rookie of the Year, Most Improved Player, Executive of the Year, Coach of the year, Defensive Player of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year and MVP. After that, hoops junkie and Boston Celtics fans Alex Kungu (@Kungu_NBA) stops by to go loooong on all things 2020-21 Celtics. Find the full breakdown below:
👉NBA Awards Predictions (1:15)
↪️Executive of the Year (5:47)
↪️Coach of the Year (12:56)
↪️Sixth Man of the Year (19:04)
↪️Defensive Player of the Year (24:59)
↪️Rookie of the Year (32:25)
↪️Most Improved Player (37:44)
↪️MVP (47:51)
👉Boston Celtics Lookahead (1:06:58)
↪️The Gordon Hayward exit
↪️Tristan Thompson’s fit/Was he worth the full MLE?
↪️Robert Williams III’s future
↪️Jayson Tatum’s next frontier
↪️Can Jaylen Brown significantly improve his playmaking?
↪️How the Celtics will navigate Kemba Walker’s absence
↪️Which of the young guards will be more important this season? (Edwards, Green, Nesmith, Pritchard, Waters)
↪️Grant Williams’ role/areas of improvement
↪️Preferred closing lineup
↪️”Let’s Get Weird” Lineups
↪️Trade targets for Boston
↪️Win total and Eastern Conference standing predictions
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