i think it's a bit too early to really make an educated guess as to who will represent the east and the west in the finals. AI trade and other before the treading deadline will have huge impacts on them. as for the individual awards here are my picks: MVP: Nash (just because he's won 2 in a row doesn't mean he doesn't deserve the 3rd one, esp if the suns keep playing the way they do. no disrespect to boozer or yao but i beleive those 2 teams are gonna slow down. Offensive player of the year : Carmelo Anthony (not much argument there) Defensive player of the year: Bruce Bowen (just look at the stats of the player this guy defends after each game) Most Improved player of the year : TJ Ford (if you've gone head to head with hoop2hoop you'd know what i mean) Sixth man of the year: this is a tricky one because some guys used to be starters but now are coming off the bench, aka manu ginobili