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Contest Rules:
Predict the end of season Rookie of the Year and both All-Rookie Teams
* Make note the date to get your final prediction and any edits to your prediction will be 10/24/2023 @ 12p CST. This is a day earlier than the Mavs record prediction as this is the official date of the start to the regular season. I will post to timestamp the predictions as closed around that time.
Contest Scoring:
25 points for predicting the correct RotY
5 points for every player you correctly pick on the correct All-Rookie team
1 point for every player you name that is on any of the All-Rookie teams, but not predicted on their correct team
Contest Award:
Big Brain: 23/24 RotY
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Rookie of the Year:
Chet Holmgren
First Team:
Chet Holmgren
Brandon Miller
Jordan Walsh
Auser Thompson
Amen Thompson
Second Team:
Dereck Lively II
Victor Wembanyama
Jarace Walker
Vasilije Micic
Scoot Henderson
Well...that was a lot of work--and a total crap shoot. Obviously I couldn't watch all of them, so I had to do a lot of research. Not a lot to go on with some rookies.
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ROTY: Wemby
First team:
Wemby
Holmgren
Scoot
Miller
A. Thompson (I take the 2.5 points), just kidding. Ausar Thompson.
Second team:
Walker
Lively
Whitmore
George
Amen Thompson
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After what I saw last the other night, vs the Heat, no way Wemby is on the rookie second team.
ROTY: Wemby
1st team.
Wemby
Scoot
Holmgren
Whitmore
Ausar Thompson
2nd team
Amen Thompson
Miller
Bufkin
Walker
Black
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RotY: Scoot
1st team:
Scoot
Ausar
Amen
Black
Walker
2nd team:
Miller
Lively
Wallace
Dick
Hawkins
Wemby and Chet will not play 65 games and will therefore not be eligible for inclusion.
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(10-16-2023, 09:58 AM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Wemby and Chet will not play 65 games and will therefore not be eligible for inclusion.
Ah so, Grasshopper. Deep thinking...and you may be right.
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(10-16-2023, 11:16 AM)ballsrchr Wrote: Ah so, Grasshopper. Deep thinking...and you may be right.
Ya, was trying to take the games played into account for the other awards too. It’s a huge wrinkle in an otherwise, mostly crapshoot.
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