May 6, 2014; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant accepts the MVP award from Kia representative Percy Vaughn at Thunder Events Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports
It’s that time already Pippen Peoples! It’s that time of year where I sit down and go through each of the season awards and predict what I think is going to happen. Last year, to be honest, I was horrible at these predictions. I put a lot of stock into Derrick Rose returning to MVP form and went down with the ship when he played only 10-games last season. I’m confident that this year will be different, because I am not going to be reaching for Bulls players because I’m a Bulls fan. Remember Pippen Peoples, these are my predictions, and none of us really know what will happen once the NBA season actually begins. So if we can’t predict it, then why write about it? I chose to write about this because I wanted to get a sense for how much different my projected award winners are from the publics award winners.
First up…