2025 NBA PostSeason forecast: SGA Win MVP over Jokic, Lakers make finals

Melissa Rohl

Fox Sports NBA Vriter

Results for NBA awards will soon be down, so it is time to indicate my choice, as well as my prediction.

It is always an honor to be among the members of the media selected to vote for awards, although my eyes remained looking at watching games and analyzing statistics and I definitely lost my dream thinking about some very difficult decisions.

But wow, the ballot is filled. They play begin. And here’s how I think everything should go down.

MVP: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

This year the best player of the best team deserves a reward. Gilgeous-Aleksander led the youngest team in the NBA at the season 68-profit, on average leading league that leads 32.7 points of play in extremely efficient 51.9 percent shooting. Had a maximum of 20, 30, 40 years old and Games of all 50 points anyone in the league. Not to mention, had the lowest percentage of traffic any with its use of use or more for the last 20 seasons.

But what really pushed him over the edge due to this award was his phenomenal two-way show. He was one of the best counsel at the upper defensive team in the league. But just listed the NBA in winning the actions, but also in defensive fire shares, ranking top-five in theft.

While his competition for a reward, Nikola JokicAlso by setting stunning numbers on the offensive finest, Gilgeous-Aleksander plays at both ends of the court gave him an advantage in very close earlier with two horses.

Defensive player of the year: Draimond Green

When Victor Vembaniama’s The season came to an unexpected end due to the deep vein thrombosis in the right shoulder in February, this award has become the procedures. Green differed from their competitors. The best argument for green to win the Defensive Player of the Year? Watch him play. He can hear one-five, he reads the court better than anyone and his genius lies in stopping the plays before even happens, an occurrence that does not appear in the fiery results. See what he did against Zion Williamson and Giannis Antetokounpo This season, for reference.

After interrupting all the stars, the Warriors They were a defensive melting team in league. (They finished seventh as a whole.) And although statistics just give part of the story when it comes to green, he shone in advanced meters, entering no. 1 in the league for defensive LeBron,

Coach of the Year: Kenny Atkinson

Under Atkinson, The Cavaliers I didn’t just surpass their expectations, they smashed them. They left thinking as a team that should make a team that was not only attached to the ultimate seeds in the eastern conference, but was considered as that he also considered the final conference in the eastern conference.

Atkinson’s criminal offense Cavaliers, emphasizing the ball movement and recording with 3 points, and at the same time take some of the loads of all stars Donovan Mitchell. Cavaliri opened a season with a record of 15: 0 and have not lost much money since, ending approval in the hospital in the league, a huge jump from its 16. Places ended last year.

Rookie years: Stephon Castle

The castle was on average 14.7 points at 42.8 percent shooting, 4.1 assists and 3.7 rebounds in 26.7 minutes over 81 games this season. He led all eligible novices in scoring and was appointed MVP game in Rising Stars through all stars on the weekend, as well as for final finishing in the competition during the straw. The castle is one of four Rooks that this season has more 30-point games. The field for this award was not strong this season, and the castle has only done enough to separate.

Finals: Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers

In the east, the ruling rule champion will progress, with the duet Jaison Tatum and Jailen Brown I eventually get the best of Cavalier. Despite the incredible CAWS season, they do not have enough experience that play together in high roses in order to go past the duet that played together for eight seasons, reaching conference finals twice and the championship twice.

In the west, the Lakeholders will make the finals because the 40-year-old appointed Lebron James knows that one of his end opportunities to win his fifth championship, and now he really believes that it has the opportunity to happen Luka Doncic. James knows how to go all the way, conquering four championships and bringing 10 final performances, including eight in a series since 2011-2018. Meanwhile, in the meantime, he took Doncic Dallas Mavericks Until the finals last year, before they shocked the world by shocking the world in February. James and Doncic take their games to another level of doism and together, together Austin Reaveswill create nightmares to defend.

Finals MVP: Luka Doncic

Publicly humiliating generational superstars trading him from the franchise, he wanted to play for the whole career, call him out of shape … and be careful what happens.

Melissa Rohlin is a writer of NBA for Fox Sports. She has previously covered the league for illustrated sports, the Los Angeles Times, news about the flow in the Gulf San Antonio Express-West. Follow it on Twitter @Melissarohl.