 Welcome to the 2019-2020 NBA Bold Predictions video and yes it says bold predictions. Now what does that mean? Bold, the definition of bold is something that is confident and courageous, willingness to take a risk and a prediction is a forecast. So this is a risky forecast which means that my predictions in this video are not my actual predictions for the NBA season. For example, the MVP, the rookie of the year, who's gonna be the first seed, who's gonna win the NBA championship, all that kind of stuff will happen on this channel in the future. When the NBA season is creeping up on us I will make that video but today this is my bold predictions video. So let's get into it. First of all I just want to say a massive thank you to everybody on this channel watching right now and on this channel in general. You guys have shown so much support over the recent month and I just want to give you guys a massive massive thanks. If you enjoyed this video be sure to smash that like button and let's see if we can reach a thousand likes for the next video tomorrow and if you're new around here hit that subscribe button. Anyway, just wanted to say a huge thank you for all the support. Let's get into the video. And before I get into the video I just really want to touch up on one thing and it's related to my last video. You can skip this part. I'll put a timestamp in the description where you can skip to the actual video but I want to get this off my chest because I got so many comments saying I was so biased in the last video you're just upset that you didn't get Russell Westbrook. I'm really not. Russell Westbrook of course is a great player don't get me wrong but the asking price that Oklahoma was trying to get for Russell Westbrook they want to bam anti the hero and I would have much rather kept those two than get an aging Russell Westbrook on a huge contract. Yes, we know who the better team is. It's easily the Houston Rockets. The video was just an offseason ranking. They got Russell Westbrook. Is he a better player than Chris Paul? Yes. Is he a better fit than Chris Paul? I mean that is debatable. They also got an aging Tyson Chailor and Anthony Bennett who I mean hasn't really been in the league for many years and is a bust and they lost Chris Paul and a future first round picks. I was literally just ranking their offseason and I gave them a C. It's really debatable. I don't think the Rockets got that much better this offseason. If we're comparing teams then yes the Rockets are so much better than the Heat. They're a championship level team. That is not what the video was about. They didn't win. They didn't lose. They just stayed the same. That is how I ranked them and I do try to make this channel as unbiased as possible and that was just my personal opinion. I believe the Westbrook is a better player but the fit isn't as great in saying that who's the better team? Easily the Houston Rockets but that wasn't what the video was about. Anyway, let's get on to the video. That was just a rant I had to get off my chest. Here are my bold predictions of the 2019-2020 NBA season. Number one, the Houston Rockets win 55 plus games and tie as the second seed in the Western Conference. This is a bold predictions video like I've stated a million times and some people in the comment section I can already see them writing wow you just saying that because you wanted to make up for what you said in the last video? Absolutely not. I believe that the Houston Rockets will be a good team. I just don't believe they did a whole lot in the off season. I believe they've always been a great team and I believe that they will win 55 games if Westbrook and Harden can work together as a duo and play well together. I think there is a huge chance for them to be as good as the Clippers or the Lakers and even better. Now I don't see them getting the first seed and I'm going to come out with an NBA standings predictions in the future but I do see them as a bold prediction tying for the second seed and to win 55 games in the Western Conference is very very good. Only one team got 55 games in the West last season and that was the Warriors with Steph, Clay, Dremont and Durand. The next team was the Denver Nuggets with 54. So the Rockets get 55 wins that is a huge win for them and I believe that they can either tie the Lakers or the Clippers as the second seed in the Western Conference. Number two Anthony Davis wins the MVP. Yeah I said it's a bold predictions video. There's a lot of guys that definitely have a chance to win the MVP. There's an unwritten rule in the MVP case where you generally have to be a top player in the top three seed of either conference. For example this season it was Giannis he was the first seed in his conference. Last season it was James Harden first seed and best record in his conference. The year before that it was Russell Westbrook and he is the only exception in around 30 years where you have an MVP outside of the top three and this was because he broke an NBA record by averaging a triple double for a whole year since Oscar Robertson in the 1960s which is why he got the MVP but generally it doesn't happen to any player who gets outside of a top three seed as you have to have an historical season which most players do not have unless they do something insane. This is a seeding of the past MVPs and it starts in 2014 as this is where the chart was made. The only player is Carm alone and MJ who had the third seed in 1988. If you look at the guys in the Eastern Conference Giannis is the guy that you think could have a definite chance to compete once again in the Eastern Conference and be a top three seed and most likely win it. But as this is a bold predictions video it gives me the impression that let's choose a top three seed because that is generally what happens in the NBA. A player in the top three seed will win the MVP. If you look by conference I believe the only player in the Eastern Conference that can win it is Giannis but if it's not Giannis who gets a back-to-back MVP very very limited chance of Joel Embiid because they are the 76ers who I believe will finish top three and outside of that I really don't know who else could win it that would finish top three in the Eastern Conference in the West it's a completely different story you've got Stefan Curry, Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, Anthony Davis, LeBron, James Yoakich, Paul George, Westbrook all these guys have a chance to win the MVP but you can only really choose someone who is going to finish as a top three seed in the Western Conference in my opinion. I believe it's going to be someone from either the Lakers, the Clippers, the Houston Rockets or the Utah Jazz as I believe that those are teams that have a chance to be the top three seed in the Western Conference and if we're being honest LeBron James will probably have a few more rest days this season as he's getting a little bit older and I believe that Kawhi Leonard will always have a little bit of rest management due to the injury that he sustained a few years ago and I don't think that Stefan Curry will be a top three seed and to be an MVP outside of the top three seed you have to have an extreme season and I believe that Stefan Curry will have an amazing season but I don't think it's going to be extreme like Russell Westbrook being the first player to average a triple double since Oscar Robertson I don't think he'll have that type of season and I believe to me if we're making a bold predictions video if Anthony Davis plays the majority of this season healthy which is obviously the big question and he is still the best big man in the league and the Lakers finish as the first or top three seed I believe he has a very strong chance to win the MVP as he's entering his prime playing with arguably the greatest facilitator that the league has seen at that small four position plus Rondo I believe Davis will be in the perfect position this season and if he can stay healthy has a great chance to win the MVP this season but that is a bold prediction after all because he is not my MVP candidate I still think that Yanis can go back to back. At number three and speaking of Yanis the Bucks once again do not make the finals for the second straight year even after having the best record in the league for back to back seasons which means that somebody else has to make the finals and I believe is the Philadelphia 76ers and the Bucks will not. Now it's not necessarily a bold prediction to say the 76ers will make the finals but I believe it's more bold than to say that the Bucks will make it as I believe that the Bucks will not make it for a second straight year and that is my third bold prediction. My fourth bold prediction is that the Angelo Russell averages 26 points per game with the Golden State Warriors before he gets traded. Now the Angelo Russell I'm not going to predict when he gets traded or if he gets traded I do believe that they probably won't keep him on a team with Steph and Kerry and Clay Thompson I just don't see that fit working out you're either gonna have to run Clay Thompson at the three or you're gonna have to trade the Angelo Russell in my opinion and I think there's a higher chance that they trade the Angelo Russell and get a better fit at the small forward position if they get Clay Thompson back and he's healthy and honestly I believe it's a very bold prediction to say that the Angelo Russell will average 26 points per game. Clay Thompson has never averaged over 22. Only a few players last season averaged 26 points per game or higher and those were Kevin Durant who averaged 26 with the Warriors, Kawhi Leonard who averaged 26.6, Booker who averaged 26.6 with literally nobody else on his team, Stefan Kawhi who averaged 27.3 and Bidu who averaged 27.5, Yannis who was the MVP who averaged 27.7, Paul George who averaged 28 and obviously Harden who averaged 36 points per game. I believe that is a bold prediction but I don't think it's out of this world. The Angelo Russell averaged 21 points last season so I believe if he can average one more three pointer and two more free throws he will average 26 points per game and I don't think it's out of this world but I do think it is a bold prediction because averaging 26 points per game is elite in the NBA. Those are the best scorers that the league has and at this point DeAngelo Russell is not that because he's behind Drew Holiday, Donchis, DeRozan, Aldridge, Randall, Thompson, Westbrook, Levine, Mitchell and I could keep going on but I believe he will take that next step offensively with the Golden State Warriors. Number five, Ben Simmons will hit a three-point shot. Okay, maybe not but honestly I think that this year he will actually start shooting three pointers and a bold prediction is that he shoots 35% of 103 point attempts per game which is actually very very bold now that I think of it because Kevin Durant and Bradley Bill both shot 35% this season and they are two of the league's best shooters so let me lower that actually to 32% which is still pretty high but it is a bold predictions video so let's just see if it happens it's just the bold predictions video guys you don't need to get all crazy on me at this point even if he just makes 1-3 at 25% the Philadelphia 76ers and the NBA world will probably go crazy but I believe that he will start shooting a little bit more this season and I think the 76ers need that so I believe if he has a hundred three-point shot attempts this season and he shoots around 33% I believe it's not out of this world but at the same time for a guy that really never shoots it is a pretty bold prediction at number six and this is bald Anthony Bennett will become a solo contributor and actually finds a proper roster spot in the NBA as we all know Anthony Bennett is one of the biggest bus in NBA history if not the biggest bus in NBA history he's been in and out of the league joining the Nets the Raptors and all these other teams but he's mainly played in the G League and in the last two seasons he's played with the G League team for the Arizona Suns and the Clippers of the NBA G League and he hasn't done a whole lot in the G League but he has shown signs of improvement obviously he's a bit more mature this time he's 26 years old which is reaching the prime of an NBA career but this is a different situation so for him to reach his prime well that is not something that he's going to look for he would just like to be on an NBA team having a few minutes and earning some solid cash because he really hasn't had any luck in the last few seasons but last season with the Clippers in the G League he averaged 25 games seven starts and he posted averages of 12.2 points and 4.5 rebounds while shooting 54.6 from the field and 45% from beyond the arc now 45% from beyond the arc is actually not bad for a big man at the powerful position not to mention he had a breakout game last season in 2018 November 30th where he erupted for 36 points shooting 12 for 13 from the field and 8 for 5 beyond the arc he also grabbed six rebounds during that game this is a guy that I believe will just grow into his own have a little bit more confidence and with the addition of Russell Westbrook joining the Houston Rockets it really means that a lot of people won't talk about Anthony Bennett as much because they're gonna be focused on how Westbrook and Harden play together and people will just forget about Anthony Bennett even being on the roster which probably will give him some peace of mind if he doesn't have the best game and I believe he will actually come back to the league and he will finish out his career in the NBA and not get waved not being a good player or even average but just being a guy that can finish out his career in the NBA at number seven the media and the people on social media will actually turn against Michael Jordan as the Hornets have one of the worst records in the league if not the worst record in the league for next season and people will start to blame Jordan for his continuous lack of building a team and his poor choice in hiring good staff to surround the Hornets we all know that MJ as an owner and as a general manager for the Wizards has been absolutely shocking drafting Kwame Brown not trading Kemba for an asset getting Rozier for a huge amount of money yes you can always blame the GM that Jordan hired but at the end of the day Jordan has made some very questionable moves and I believe that because the Hornets in my opinion will be the worst team in the NBA I believe a lot of the blame and a lot of media will turn on Jordan even though the NBA and the media loves Jordan I believe there'll be a little bit of a narrative change where everybody starts to realize that Jordan is actually making the NBA and the Hornets in a worse place but maybe I'm just saying this and maybe everybody will just continue to love MJ because that's how it's been ever since he entered the league but in my opinion I believe as a player he's the greatest as an owner and as a GM he's arguably the worst I have ever seen and I believe that because the Hornets will not be very good this season this is the season that everybody will look to MJ and be like what the hell are you doing at number eight Zion Williamson does not win the rookie of the year yes once again it is a bold predictions video who do I have winning the MVP and the rookie of the year I have Giannis and I have Zion Williamson but at the same time if this is a bold predictions video let's say somebody else first of all Zion Williamson has a higher chance to get an injury than any player in the 2019 NBA draft besides probably Taco Fall and Bowl Bowl but Zion Williamson's weight and health is going to be an issue throughout his playing career because playing under that amount of weight and being that athletic isn't a normal thing in saying that he's a freak so I don't put it past him the second thing is he's already on a team with talent Lonzo Bull, Brandon Ingram, JJ Redick, Drew Holiday these are guys that are going to take shots off Zion Williamson which means he will have less of a role than a guy like RJ Barrett on the New York Knicks who will have majority of the offense run through him as well as other players on that team but majority of it will be run through RJ Barrett which is why I'm saying that RJ as a bold prediction will win the rookie of the year anyway if you guys enjoyed the video be sure to smash that like button for tomorrow's video if you're new around here be sure to hit that subscribe button that will be greatly appreciated turn on notifications so you don't miss an 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