This is a summary of the predictions made by the 12 participants in the NBA Prediction Contest, which is still open to new entrants btw. The season will have started by the end of next month, so these are the final preseason predictions. It might be fun to look back and see how we did: @remindme in 8 months.

Champion
  • Celtics 1/4
  • Pacers 1/4
  • Thunder 1/6
  • Nuggets 1/12
  • Timberwolves 1/12
  • Mavericks 1/12
  • Lakers 1/12

MVP
  • Luka 2/3
  • Giannis 1/6
  • Jokic 1/12
  • SGA 1/12

All NBA 1st Team
  • Luka 1
  • Jokic 11/12
  • Giannis 11/12
  • Shai 3/4
  • Edwards 7/12
  • Brunson 1/3
  • Wembanyama 1/4
  • Embiid 1/12
  • Tatum 1/12
  • Mitchell 1/12
If only I could play some of these odds.
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The title odds are weird because the foreigners copied your strange Pacers pick. I hope you're pleased with yourself.
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I noticed you have made an error on predyx. You have purchased the no shares on the 49ers winning the SB when you meant to purchase yes.
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It's a hedge. I have better odds on the 49ers winning the Super Bowl at Nitro. Now I win either way.
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This is literally the entire purpose of prediction markets: arbitraging all of the available information. Irrational homers only make this more difficult.
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