The new NBA season officially begins on Tuesday, and you are too impatient to wait and see what happens. We understand your predicament, and because we are compelled to help you, we have elected to predict what will happen this season. Below you'll find our predictions for the final standings for both conferences plus award winners and the last two rounds of the playoffs.

Your prediction providers are Tom Ziller, Paul Flannery, Mike Prada, Ricky O'Donnell, Elena Bergeron, Zito Madu and Seth Rosenthal. Enjoy.

EAST STANDINGS

Here is how we think the Eastern Conference standings will shake out.

RANK ZILLER FLANNERY PRADA O'DONNELL BERGERON MADU ROSENTHAL 1 Cavs Cavs Cavs Cavs Cavs Cavs Cavs 2 Bulls Heat Hawks Bulls Bulls Bulls Heat 3 Wizards Hawks Wizards Hawks Hawks Wizards Hawks 4 Heat Wizards Bulls Wizards Wizards Hawks Bulls 5 Hawks Bulls Heat Heat Heat Raptors Raptors 6 Raptors Celtics Celtics Celtics Raptors Heat Wizards 7 Celtics Raptors Bucks Bucks Bucks Bucks Celtics 8 Bucks Bucks Pistons Pacers Celtics Celtics Magic 9 Pistons Pacers Raptors Magic Pacers Pacers Bucks 10 Pacers Pistons Pacers Raptors Magic Pistons Knicks 11 Knicks Magic Knicks Pistons Pistons Magic Pacers 12 Magic Hornets Magic Knicks Knicks Hornets Pistons 13 Nets Knicks Nets Nets Nets Knicks Hornets 14 Hornets Nets Sixers Sixers Sixers Nets Nets 15 Sixers Sixers Hornets Hornets Hornets Sixers Sixers

WEST STANDINGS

Here is how we think the Western Conference standings will shake out.

RANK ZILLER FLANNERY PRADA O'DONNELL BERGERON MADU ROSENTHAL 1 Warriors Warriors Thunder Warriors Warriors Thunder Warriors 2 Thunder Thunder Rockets Rockets Spurs Warriors Thunder 3 Rockets Clippers Warriors Clippers Rockets Clippers Rockets 4 Spurs Rockets Spurs Thunder Thunder Spurs Spurs 5 Clippers Spurs Clippers Spurs Clippers Rockets Clippers 6 Grizzlies Grizzlies Pelicans Grizzlies Pelicans Pelicans Jazz 7 Pelicans Pelicans Grizzlies Pelicans Grizzlies Grizzlies Grizzlies 8 Suns Jazz Jazz Jazz Jazz Suns Pelicans 9 Jazz Suns Suns Suns Kings Jazz Suns 10 Kings Nuggets Kings Nuggets Blazers Kings Wolves 11 Nuggets Kings Nuggets Kings Suns Wolves Nuggets 12 Mavs Blazers Blazers Wolves Lakers Lakers Lakers 13 Lakers Mavs Lakers Blazers Nuggets Nuggets Kings 14 Blazers Lakers Wolves Lakers Wolves Blazers Blazers 15 Wolves Wolves Mavs Mavs Mavs Mavs Mavericks

NBA FINAL FOUR

Here are the teams we each see make the conference finals.

TEAMS ZILLER FLANNERY PRADA O'DONNELL BERGERON MADU ROSENTHAL East Cavs Cavs Cavs Cavs Cavs Cavs Cavs East Wizards Heat Wizards Bulls Bulls Bulls Heat West Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Warriors Spurs West Thunder Clippers Spurs Clippers Spurs Thunder Thunder

FINALS & CHAMPIONS

Here are our Finals predictions. Predicted winner in bold.

TEAMS ZILLER FLANNERY PRADA O'DONNELL BERGERON MADU ROSENTHAL East Cavs Cavs Cavs Cavs Cavs Cavs Cavs West Thunder Clippers Warriors Warriors Spurs Thunder Spurs

AWARDS

And finally, here are our awards predictions.

AWARDS ZILLER FLANNERY PRADA O'DONNELL BERGERON MADU ROSENTHAL MVP Durant Davis Durant James Davis Davis Harden ROOKIE Okafor Mudiay Mudiay Towns Towns Mudiay Towns DEFENSIVE Gobert Leonard Ibaka Green Leonard Leonard Leonard SIXTH MAN Iguodala I. Thomas T. Evans I. Thomas T. Thompson I.Thomas I. Thomas COACH Gentry Donovan McHale Kerr Popovich Gentry Snyder MOST IMPROVED ... Meh Player we didn't see being any good

Porter Wiggins no idea Aaron Gordon EXECUTIVE D. Griffin Buford Buford Griffin Griffin Buford Buford

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