2012 NBA PREDICTIONS FROM VCU MEN'S BASKETBALL: PLAYERS EDITION

RICHMOND, Va. – The NBA season got underway just a few weeks ago, so we decided to check in with the VCU men’s basketball program to see what their predictions were for this upcoming year in “The League.”

This edition will feature what the 13 players on this year’s roster predicted. Next week, we’ll check in with what the coaching staff had to say.

	Rob Brandenberg	Bradford Burgess	Troy Daniels	Treveon Graham	Jarred Guest	D.J. Haley	David Hinton
Atlantic Division Winner	Knicks	Celtics	Knicks	Knicks	Knicks	Celtics	Knicks
Central Division Winner	Bulls	Bulls	Bulls	Bulls	Bulls	Bulls	Bulls
Southeast Division Winner	Heat	Heat	Heat	Heat	Heat	Heat	Heat
Eastern Conference Finals	Heat vs. Knicks	Heat vs. Bulls	Heat vs. Knicks	Heat vs. Knicks	Heat vs. Bulls	Heat vs. Celtics	Heat vs. Bulls
Eastern Conference Champ	Heat	Bulls	Heat	Heat	Heat	Heat	Heat
Northwest Divison Winner	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder
Pacific Division Winner	Clippers	Lakers	Lakers	Clippers	Lakers	Lakers	Clippers
Southwest Division Winner	Spurs	Mavericks	Mavericks	Mavericks	Mavericks	Spurs	Spurs
Western Conference Finals	Lakers vs. Thunder	Mavericks vs. Thunder	Thunder vs. Mavericks	Lakers vs. Thunder	Lakers vs. Thunder	Lakers vs. Thunder	Clippers vs. Thunder
Western Conference Champ	Thunder	Mavericks	Mavericks	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder
NBA Finals	Thunder vs. Heat	Mavericks vs. Bulls	Mavericks vs. Heat	Thunder vs. Heat	Thunder vs. Heat	Thunder vs. Heat	Thunder vs. Heat
NBA Champion	Heat	Bulls	Mavericks	Heat	Heat	Thunder	Heat
MVP	LeBron James	Derrick Rose	Dirk Nowitski	Kevin Durant	Derrick Rose	Kevin Durant	LeBron James
Rookie of the Year	Kemba Walker	Norris Cole	Norris Cole	Kemba Walker	Norris Cole	Kyrie Irving	Kyrie Irving
Most Overrated Team	Bulls	Knicks	Heat	Clippers	Clippers	Heat	Bulls
Most Underrated Team	Kings	Spurs	Knicks	Spurs	Grizzlies	Clippers	Nuggets
Most Overrated Player	Pau Gasol	Joe Johnson	LeBron James	Joe Johnson	Russell Westbrook	LeBron James	Kevin Durant/ Derrick Rose
Most Underrated Player	Kevin Love	Ed Davis	Joel Anthony	Tyson Chandler	Tyrek Evans	Lamar Odom	Rudy Gay
Player You Want Taking Shot with the game on the line	Dwayne Wade	Kobe Bryant	Kobe Bryant	Kobe Bryant	Kevin Durant	Kobe Bryant	Kobe Bryant

	Heath Houston	Reco McCarter	Teddy Okereafor	Juvonte Reddic	Darius Theus	Briante Weber
Atlantic Division Winner	Celtics	Celtics	Celtics	Knicks	Knicks	Celtics
Central Division Winner	Bulls	Bulls	Bulls	Bulls	Bulls	Bulls
Southeast Division Winner	Hawks	Heat	Heat	Heat	Heat	Heat
Eastern Conference Finals	Heat vs. Bulls	Heat vs. Bulls	Heat vs. Bulls	Heat vs. Knicks	Heat vs. Bulls	Heat vs. Celtics
Eastern Conference Champ	Heat	Bulls	Heat	Heat	Heat	Heat
Northwest Divison Winner	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder
Pacific Division Winner	Clippers	Lakers	Lakers	Clippers	Lakers	Clippers
Southwest Division Winner	Grizzlies	Mavericks	Grizzlies	Grizzlies	Mavericks	Grizzlies
Western Conference Finals	Clippers vs. Thunder	Lakers vs. Thunder	Thunder vs. Lakers	Grizzlies vs. Thunder	Mavericks vs. Thunder	Clippers vs. Thunder
Western Conference Champ	Thunder	Thunder	Lakers	Thunder	Thunder	Thunder
NBA Finals	Thunder vs. Heat	Thunders vs. Heat	Lakers vs. Heat	Thunder vs. Heat	Thunder vs. Heat	Thunder vs. Heat
NBA Champion	Heat	Heat	Heat	Thunder	Heat	Heat
MVP	Chris Paul	LeBron James	LeBron James	Kevin Durant	Dwayne Wade	Kevin Durant
Rookie of the Year	Kemba Walker	Norris Cole	Norris Cole	Norris Cole	Norris Cole	Norris Cole
Most Overrated Team	Clippers	Lakers	Clippers	Clippers	Heat	Lakers
Most Underrated Team	Spurs	Grizzlies	Nuggets	Grizzlies	Nuggets	Grizzlies
Most Overrated Player	Dirk Nowitzski	Russell Westbrook	Russell Westbrook	Kyrie Irving	LeBron James	Russell Westbrook
Most Underrated Player	Kevin Love	Brandon Jennings	Zach Randolph	James Harden	James Harden	Rajon Rondo
Player You Want Taking Shot with the game on the line	Kobe Bryant	Dwayne Wade	Carmelo Anthony	Kevin Durant	Dwayne Wade	Kevin Durant