Now that we have a month of basketball, we can start reflecting on our predictions. If you want to move on from one of your picks, let me know. Remember that older correct picks are worth more than newer correct picks.
We had a couple new participants join the contest in October. The contest is still open to new folks as the season rolls on.
Here's the current state of the competition with your max possible score next to your name:
| Contestant | MVP | Champ | All NBA | ||||
| @Undisciplined 69 | Luka | OKC | Jokic | Giannis | Luka | Ant | SGA |
| @grayruby 70 | Giannis | Pacers | Jokic | Giannis | Luka | Mitchell | Brunson |
| @gnilma 70 | SGA | OKC | Jokic | Wemby | Luka | SGA | Brunson |
| @BitcoinAbhi 70 | Luka | Denver | Jokic | Giannis | Luka | Ant | SGA |
| @Bell_curve 70 | Luka | Celtics | Jokic | Giannis | Luka | Ant | SGA |
| @0xbitcoiner 70 | Jokic | Pacers | Jokic | Giannis | Luka | Ant | Brunson |
| @Coinsreporter 49 | Giannis | Pacers | Jokic | Giannis | Luka | Ant | Brunson |
| @TheMorningStar 49 | Luka | Celtics | Jokic | Giannis | Luka | Ant | SGA |
| @onthedeklein 49 | Luka | T-Wolves | Jokic | Giannis | Luka | Wemby | SGA |
| @Carresan 49 | Luka | Mavs | Jokic | Giannis | Luka | Wemby | SGA |
| @BTC_Bellzer 49 | Luka | Celtics | Embiid | Giannis | Luka | Tatum | SGA |
| @realBitcoinDog 49 | Luka | Lakers | Jokic | Giannis | Luka | Ant | SGA |
| @SimpleStacker 42 | SGA | Celtics | Jokic | Tatum | Luka | Brunson | SGA |
| @BlokchainB 42 | SGA | Knicks | AD | Giannis | Ant | Brunson | SGA |
I'm not quite ready to move on from Luka, but it's not looking great for Dallas. The nice thing is that Giannis and Jokic are also on struggling teams.
The pot is still only about 4k, but I'm sure it will continue to grow.
If you want to join this contest, just leave your predictions for MVP, Champion, and All-NBA 1st team in the comments. See the June post for more details.
Thank you for the update.
I want to remove Wemby and Brunson from my All NBA picks and change to Tatum and Giannis. Thanks!
Everyone is on team Giannis. MVP incoming!
He's been playing very well despite his team sucking.
Do you think he'll get traded?
He might ask for a trade if they continue to suck. Or maybe force them to trade Dame for something. The Bucks is in a really bad position right now, as they have no picks, no young talent, and not much expendable assets to trade for what they need: defense and 3 point shooting shooting.
The question would be if they can get enough back for Dame, Lopez, and whoever else has positive trade value, to rebuild a contender in the next couple of seasons.
If not, then trading Giannis is the move to make while his trade value is still astronomical.
Spurs should trade for him. I want to see Giannis and Wemby on the same team.
Maybe this is who OKC should cash in their chips for.
If that does happen, Spurs front court will have "you shall not drive" written all over them.
Yes to the Raptors.
We will the Bucks Dick in return.
I imagine they'd be excited about taking Dick for Giannis.
I'll see myself out.
Congratulations Giannis you are now a Raptor!
Congratulations Bucks fans the entire fate of your franchise is now riding on Dick!
My picks still look perfect. Giannis is going to be MVP and win me some fiat which I can sweep into Bitcoin and the Pacers have turned the corner. They managed to win a game!
For posterity's sake, he abandoned his pick less than two weeks later.
The Pacers portion. Yes. I am a coward. I am getting off the Pacers sinking ship.
Do we have the option to edit or it's just one time pick?
I wish we had an NBA and an NFL Prediction pool like the one we have for Cricket.
You can change your picks whenever you want. Just be aware that later picks are worth less than earlier picks.
Getting off of that Pacers pick would be fairly wise.