Live Bar April 13, 2017 Marc Stein no longer participates in the NBA regular season awards voting in the 2017-18 season, but he still gives his own winners:
MVP: Jokic (Preseason Forecast: Alphabet Brother)
Best Rookie: Barnes (Preseason Forecast: Jaylen Green)
Best Coach: Jenkins (Preseason Prediction: McMillan)
Fastest improving player: Dezhangtai Murray (preseason forecast: Poole)
Best Sixth Man: Love (Preseason Forecast: Mills)
Best Defensive Player: Jaren Jackson (Preseason Prediction: Gobert)
A burst: Doncic, Booker, Alphabet Brother, Tatum, Jokic
Second team: Morant, Curry, Durant, DeRozan, Embiid
Three teams: Trey-Like, Paul, James, Siakam, Downs
(Will be)