MVP Podcast MVP Momentum

With the NBA Awards starting to get announced last week, we give our picks for our six awards we made preseason predictions on.  We include who we would've given the award to for the awards already announced and who we think should win it for the awards that have not been announced.  Timestamps are below.

Preseason Predictions Recap- 0:30
Most Improved Player- 1:20
Coach of the Year- 10:50
6th man of the Year- 15:40
Rookie of the Year- 19:05
Defensive Player of the Year- 21:40
Most Valuable Player- 24:50

Although some series are a few games in, Sam, Geigh, and Payton go through all eight series and predict who is going to win, in what number of games and why.  We discuss key factors, and also results from all game ones from the weekend.  Timestamps are below.

Heat vs Celtics- 0:40
Magic vs Cavaliers- 4:20
Pacers vs Bucks- 11:35
76ers vs Knicks- 16:10
Pelicans vs Thunder- 24:20
Mavericks vs Clippers- 34:00
Suns vs Timberwolves- 44:50
Lakers vs Nuggets- 54:30

Now that the regular season is over we conclude our custom Stock Market Game with a recap.  We discuss what we would've done differently and some stats and graphs that show our progress on the season.  Then we talk about the play-in games and discuss who we expect to win all six games.  Timestamps are below:

Stock Market Game Recap- 0:35
Lakers vs Pelicans- 28:50
Warriors vs Kings- 38:40
West Play-in 8th Seed- 49:25
Heat vs 76ers- 56:25
Hawks vs Bulls- 62:50

In our most recent tier list we discuss what the NBA playoff teams minimum mandate to determine whether or not their season was a success or failure.  Timestamps below:

Intro- 0:20
Perspective reasoning- 1:50
76ers- 3:05
Bucks- 8:00
Bulls- 12:15
Cavaliers- 15:10
Celtics- 21:20
Clippers- 24:05
Hawks- 30:20
Heat- 35:40
Kings- 40:40
Knicks- 47:00
Lakers- 52:30
Magic- 1:08:45
Mavericks- 1:11:20
Nuggets- 1:21:35
Pacers- 1:26:30
Pelicans- 1:30:00
Suns- 1:33:05
Thunder- 1:35:30
Timberwolves- 1:39:55
Warriors- 1:41:45
Recap- 1:46:15

With less than two weeks left in the season, it is time for our Final Stock Market update. Geigh has gained $702.04, Sam has gained $698.07, and Payton has gained $383.80.  This brings the season total gains to Sam- $2926.44 and Geigh- $2629.56, and Payton has lost $16.91. Sam goes through everyones gains in our stock portfolios, teams we decided to sell stock, teams we decided to buy stock, and teams to hold off of.  Who will finish with the most money and will PT break even?

In this new tierlist, Sam, Geigh and Payton go through the Tierlist that Sam and Geigh filled out in the preseason for every teams season expectation.  We re-tier all 30 teams and find out how many we got correct from the beginning of the season.  Timestamps are below and to watch the original Tierlist check out at the bottom.

Review of original placements- 1:05
Deciding to keep or review- 2:10

Re-Tiers:
Magic- 7:35
76ers- 13:45
Grizzlies- 14:50
Spurs- 17:40
Heat- 19:50
Suns- 26:10
Mavericks- 34:10
Thunder- 38:05
Timberwolves- 44:35
Rockets- 49:15
Pistons- 59:05
Raptors- 61:30
Warriors- 62:45
Kings- 66:20
Pacers- 68:45
Lakers- 71:10

Recap- 82:30

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