HEATcast: Everything You Need to Know About the NBA After the All-Star Break

Bloggers from the Miami Heat Index and Section 357 Show updated predictions from their season preview with Alfredo Arteaga from HeatFreak.com on everything that would happen in the 2012 NBA season after the All-Star break.

Podcast Details
Podcasters: Miami Heat Index and Big Shot Ron

Recorded: March 2, 2012 at 6:00 PM ET
Duration: 60:36
How to Listen: Play the audio embedded below, download the mp3 or subscribe to iTunes

Companion Reading
Previous Season Preview HEATcasts:

• Everything You Need to Know About the 2012 NBA Season Before It Happens
• Everything You Need to Know About the NBA After One Month

Trade Predictions

• Original prediction - Dwight Howard: Lakers | Updated prediction - Howard to Nets (MHI), No trade (Big Shot Ron)
• Deron Williams: None | None
• Other: Monta Ellis and Rudy Gay won't end the season on the Warriors and Grizzlies (Big Shot Ron), Andrew Bynum will be traded for Gerald Wallace (Alfredo) | Monta to Magic, Pacers

Twitter Will Blow Up When...

• Original prediction - MHI: Sexually Deviant Behavior of Rose is Exposed. Where there's smoke... there's fire | Updated prediction - Wall of isolation around Derrick Rose is too tight and will explode if he doesn't loosen up next season
• Original prediction - Big Shot Ron: Daryl Morey Snitches on David Stern and explains what really happened to the Lakers' CP3 trade | Updated prediction - Morey spills the beans at the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference

Regular Season Awards

• Original prediction - Coach of the Year: Gregg Popovich (MHI), Scott Brooks (Alfredo Arteaga), Lionel Hollins (Big Shot Ron) | Updated predictions - Hollins & Brooks come up short behind Popovich 
• Original prediction - Executive of the Year: Glen Grunwald (MHI & Big Shot Ron), Neil Olshey (Alfredo) | MHI picks Billy King for pulling off a Dwight Howard trade; Big Shot Ron picked Olshey
• Original prediction - Most Improved Player: Eric Gordon (MHI), DeAndre Jordan (Alfredo), DeMar DeRozan (Big Shot Ron) | Updated predictions - Roy Hibbert is the favorite if he lasts the season, but the HEAT can make two interesting cases for winning the award
• Original prediction - Sixth Man of the Year: James Harden (MHI), Udonis Haslem (Alfredo), Lamar Odom (Big Shot Ron) | Updated prediction - Harden is the front-runner
• Original prediction - Defensive Player of the Year: Joakim Noah (MHI), Dwight Howard (Alfredo & Big Shot Ron) | Updated prediction - Howard will cement his case for winning the award by taking the Nets’ defense from worst in the NBA to average
• Original prediction - Rookie of the Year: Kenneth Faried (MHI), Kemba Walker (Alfredo), Kyrie Irving (Big Shot Ron) | Updated prediction - Kyrie’s got too big a lead for anyone to catch him
• Original prediction - MVP: Wade Chris Paul (MHI), Kevin Durant (Alfredo & Big Shot Ron) | Updated prediction - It’s LeBron vs. Wade with the winner decided by the hatred of NBA writers
• Original prediction - All-NBA First Team: PG Chris Paul (MHI), Derrick Rose (Alfredo & Big Shot Ron); SG Dwyane Wade; SF LeBron James; PF Kevin Durant; C Dwight Howard | Updated prediction - Injuries could open up spots for Chris Paul & Kobe Bryant

Playoffs

• Original prediction - Winners (aka title contenders): HEAT, Bulls, Thunder | Updated prediction - MHI said the Spurs are contenders if Ginobili’s healthy in the playoffs
• Original prediction - Losers (aka tankers): Hornets & Pistons | Updated prediction - Bobcats are the worst team in the NBA and they’re on a mission to prove it in the record books
• Original prediction - Pretenders (won't win a playoff series, get someone fired): Knicks (Mike D’Antoni will be fired), Clippers (Larry Brown replaces Vinny Del Negro), Magic (Otis Smith will be fired) | Updated prediction - Jeremy Lin saved D’Antoni and CP3 saved Del Negro. Nothing can save Smith.

This podcast was inspired by E.J. Fischer.