Sonics Rising Staff Predictions for the 2013-14 NBA Season

Tonight the NBA tips off with the Bulls-Heat and Lakers-Clippers, but before all that begins we have to take a look at how the entire Sonics Rising crew picked for the upcoming season. We also have a special guest picker joining us as well. We'd like to welcome the man who started it all, the founder and CEO of SB Nation, Tyler Bleszinksi.

Let's get to it.

Northwest Division Champions

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler

Southwest Division Champions

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler

Pacific Division Champions

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler

Southeast Division Champions

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler

Central Division Champions

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler

Atlantic Division Champions

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler

Western Conference Champions

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler

Eastern Conference Champions

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler

NBA Champions

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
In seven games	In six games	In seven games	In six games	In six games
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
In seven games	In six games	In seven games	In six games	In six games
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler
In seven games	In six games	In five games	In five games	In six games

Rookie of the Year

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
Victor Oladipo	Trey Burke	Victor Oladipo	Shabazz Muhammad	Shabazz Muhammad
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
Victor Oladipo	Victor Oladipo	Victor Oladipo	Victor Oladipo	Victor Oladipo
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler
Trey Burke	Victor Oladipo	Kelly Olynyk	Trey Burke	Trey Burke

Coach of the Year

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
Tom Thibodeau	Doc Rivers	Kevin McHale	Doc Rivers	Doc Rivers
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
Kevin McHale	Doc Rivers	Kevin McHale	Doc Rivers	Frank Vogel
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler
Doc Rivers	Doc Rivers	Kevin McHale	Frank Vogel	Doc Rivers

Defensive Player of the Year

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
Dwight Howard	Dwight Howard	Marc Gasol	LeBron James	Marc Gason
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
Marc Gasol	Marc Gasol	Marc Gasol	Damian Lillard	Roy Hibbert
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler
Marc Gasol	Dwight Howard	Serge Ibaka	Dwight Howard	LeBron James

Most Improved Player

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
JaVale McGee	Greivis Vasquez	Jeff Green	Jeremy Lamb	Goran Dragić
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
Eric Bledsoe	Derrick Rose	MarShon Brooks	Dwyane Wade	Josh Smith
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler
Jimmy Butler	Eric Bledsoe	Greivis Vasquez	Greg Oden	Derrick Rose

Sixth Man of the Year

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
Harrison Barnes	Harrison Barnes	Andrei Kirilenko	Nate Robinson	Mike Dunleavy
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
Harrison Barnes	Nate Robinson	Andei Kirilenko	JR Smith	Danny Granger
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler
Andrei Kirilenko	Harrison Barnes	Michael Beasley	JR Smith	Andrei Kirilenko

Most Valuable Player

Brian	Kevin	Chris	Paul	Mr. Baker
Derrick Rose	Chris Paul	LeBron James	Kevin Durant	LeBron James
Jeremy	Steve	Taylor	Todd	Jerome
LeBron James	LeBron James	Kevin Durant	Kevin Durant	Chris Paul
Sonics Guy	Dontae	Mitch	Joanna	Tyler
Kevin Durant	LeBron James	LeBron James	LeBron James	LeBron James

Now that we've given our picks to you, we want to know who you have for the year. Who do you got?