NBA Award Odds

NBA Award Races are often talked about. There are many awards, including Defensive Player of the Year, Most improved player, Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player, Coach of the Year, and Sixth Man of the Year. I think all of these awards will go to different players than last season, except for possibly MVP. These are my predictions and what I think about how NBA players match up with each other at this point in the season.
MVP
1.) LeBron James- Lebron is the favorite to win MVP by a long shot, for the 3rd year in a year, as he is shooting nearly 60% from the field and putting up great stats season by season, consistently.
2.) Kevin Durant
3.) Paul George
Rookie of the Year
1.) Michael Carter-Williams- Lighting up the NBA game ever since his great opening night vs the Heat, will have a close competitor by the Orlando Magic's guard, Victor Oladipo.
2.) Victor Oladipo
3.) Trey Burke
Most Improved Player
1.) Eric Bledsoe- Coming first in MIP voting is Eric Bledsoe, having a great year with the Suns and leading them to many victories after backing up Chris Paul last year on the LA Clippers.
2.) Anthony Davis
3.) Jared Sullinger
Coach of the Year
1.) Terry Stotts- The Portland Trailblazers are having an amazing year after not even making the playoffs last year, and this is pretty self explanatory as to why he should win this award, and possibly some games in the playoffs.
2.) Frank Vogel
3.) Jeff Hornaceck
Defensive Player of the Year
1.) Roy Hibbert- Racking up the blocks on the Pacers, being the heart and soul of the defense.
2.) Deandre Jordan
3.) Anthony Davis

Patriots HOF

The New England Patriots Hall of Fame is awesome. It had many great features such as the lineman game where it test your reaction time, kicking machine testing your kick power and accuracy, as well as a referee game where you can determine if a play call should be overturned. The Patriots HOF was an overall great experience for everyone. There were many historical things such as the championship footballs, tractor, and retired jerseys. The tour was also very good because it showed us where everything was, and how cool it was, involving the history behind everything. The Patriots are obviously a great organization, and they look to have more history in the future years.

My favorite part about the hall of fame was the movie we watched. It showed a lot of history of the team, and some very interesting games. If I had the chance, I may even go back to watch it multiple times. It was just an amazing experience and I'm glad I had the opportunity to go on the field trip. The interview was also very good right after the movie, while clapping and chuckling until the player got their. Another interesting part of the experience was how Romeo was there. My classmates had some great questions for the player as well.

Although the player didn't seem too interested, it was a fun interview. He was asked personal questions as well as questions about the football team. I found it very interesting how he was close to the veterans such as Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, and Brandon Spikes. He was clearly a large and young player. Having the opportunity to learn more about him and get a picture with him was very interesting. Therefore, I had a great experience at Patriots Place, including the interview, movie, and Five Guys after the interview.

Struggling Eastern Conference in the NBA Today

The Eastern Conference is struggling mightily in the NBA, and there are many teams who have the rosters to be playoff and even championship contenders, who have terrible records right now. Something that is extraordinary, is that the Boston Celtics, who are supposed to be tanking, and many believe are tanking, are 8-12, as expected, but are in 4th place in the Eastern Conference. That is simply absolutely ridiculous. Another thing that seems crazy is that the Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Brooklyn Nets, who were all favorites to make the playoffs, and probably get great seeds in the playoffs, have the three worst records in the Eastern Conference, except for the Milwaukee Bucks. All of these three teams have worse records than every team in the Western Conference, not counting the Utah Jazz and Sacramento Kings.

The Eastern Conference is struggling so much that the Celtics may be in a great position come playoffs. The starting lineup of Raymond Felton, Iman Shumpert, Carmelo Anthony, Andrea Bargnani, and Tyson Chandler looks much better than almost every starting lineup in the NBA. The starting lineup of Kyrie Irving, Dion Waiters, Alonzo Gee, Tristan Thompson, and Anderson Varejao looks better than a lot of lineups in the league. The Brooklyn Nets' starting lineup is probably the best in the NBA, being, Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Brook Lopez. A lot of starting lineups in the NBA do not even compare to these. There are many starting lineups in the NBA who are much worse but in the playoffs as of now. Whether these teams improve or not is just a matter of waiting.

The thing that is weirdest about this situation is that a team in the East will probably win the NBA championship. This is because the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers are probably the two best teams in the NBA, along with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, LA Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, and SA Spurs, who are all great teams in the NBA. Therefor, the West is clearly better than the East, but the East has some superpowers amongst it.