2023-24 Mavs Prediction Contest!

kacey ring · Post #1 » by **kacey ring** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:29 pm

/***************** Scoreboard *****************/
Thru 22 (out of 25) questions having an answer:

User- Score
Maverick41 - 15 (68.2%)
kacey ring - 13 (59.1%)
deb - 13 (59.1%)
Realtalk420 - 12 (54.5%)
gomavs - 12 (54.5%)
Forbes - 12 (54.5%)
BliscoSantos - 11 (50.0%)
GermanFan120 - 10 (45.5%)
Mavrelous - 10 (45.5%)
Cresy06 - 10 (45.5%)
Italy23 - 9 (40.9%)

Resolved:
Team Performance
2. Will the Mavs make the playoffs? Yes or No
3. Will the Mavs win their division? Yes or No
4. Will the Mavs win the in-season tournament? Yes or No
5. How many regular season games will the Mavs win? Less than 44 or 44 or more!

Individual Awards
3. Will Kyrie make an All-NBA team? Yes or No
4. Will Kyrie make the all-star team? Yes or No
5. Will any of the Mavs rookies make an all-rookie team and/or participate in the rookie/sophomore game during the ASB? Yes or No

Individual Stats
1. How many triple doubles will Luka have in the regular season? More than 10!
2. What will Luka's FT% be for the regular season? >75%
3. Will Kyrie Irving average more than 27 PPG in the regular season? Yes or No
4. Will Dwight Powell finish with more starts than Dereck Lively for the regular season? Yes or No
5. Will OMax lead all Mavs rookies in PPG for the regular season? Must meet minimum scoring requirements. Yes or No
6. How many regular season games will Dereck Lively post 5 blocks or more? 0-2 games
7. How many 3 point FGs will Lively make during the regular season? 0
8. Will Seth Curry make more than 100 threes during the regular season? Yes or No
9. Will the top three scorers (PPG) for the regular season be Luka, Kyrie, and THJ? Minimum requirements must be met. Yes or No
10. Will Jaden Hardy average more than 10 PPG during the regular season? Yes or No

Front Office
1. Will Jason Kidd be fired during the regular season? Yes or No
2. Will THJ be traded before the trade deadline passes? Yes or No
3. Will the Mavs trade a future FRP or FRP swap before the trade deadline passes? Yes or No
4. Which big man will the Mavs acquire during the regular season? Myles Turner, Clint Capela, Robert Williams, None of these dudes
5. How much will Mark Cuban be fined this year? $0[/i][/b]

Not Resolved:
Team Performance
1. Will the Mavs win the NBA Finals? Note: Everyone picked "No," so the outcome won't impact the scoreboard.

Individual Awards
1. Luka will be MVP of the regular season?
2. Which All-NBA team will Luka make?

Bonus question (for tie breakers)
How many PPG will the Mavericks score during the regular season?

Post #2 » by **Mavrelous** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 2:52 pm

Thanks for doing the KR!

kacey ring · Post #3 » by **kacey ring** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 5:28 pm

Mavrelous wrote:Thanks for doing the KR!

NP! I had to sneak another question into the form to collect the RealGM username. You should be able to go back and fill that in for your submission. It’s on the instructions page!

kacey ring · Post #4 » by **kacey ring** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 5:30 pm

Also, I’m not opposed to extending the deadline date to allow for more participation.

Maverick41 · Post #5 » by **Maverick41** » Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:57 am

Submitted. Fun survey. Thanks Kacey for putting in the effort. Results should be fun.

kacey ring · Post #6 » by **kacey ring** » Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:53 pm

Up to 8 submissions. Can we make it 10?!

Get your predictions in!

kacey ring · Post #7 » by **kacey ring** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:02 pm

We made it to 10! Can we make it to 15?!

Just a reminder I’ll be locking the form later tonight.

kacey ring · Post #8 » by **kacey ring** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 4:33 pm

Finally found some time to revisit the submissions and aggregate the feedback. We only had 11 responses from the board, not bad for Year 1!

I'll edit my first post to include an ongoing scoreboard once one of the questions has a for sure answer, which is likely to be the Team Performance - question #4.

Team Performance
1. Will the Mavs win the NBA Finals?: No one picked the Mavs to win it all
2. Will the Mavs make the playoffs?: 100% said yes!
3. Will the Mavs win their division?: 45% said yes
4. Will the Mavs win the in-season tournament? 2 users said yes. Mathematically, the Mavs still have a chance!
5. How many regular season games will the Mavs win? 8 users said 44 or more, only 3 said less than 44.

Individual rewards
1. Luka will be MVP of the regular season?: 27% (3 users) think he will.
2. Which All-NBA team will Luka make?: 10 users said 1st team, 1 user said 2nd team.
3. Will Kyrie make an All-NBA team?: 36% (4 users) think he will.
4. Will Kyrie make the all-star team?: 100% said yes!
5. Will any of the Mavs rookies make an all-rookie team and/or participate in the rookie/sophomore game during the ASB?: 73% believe a Mavs rookie will.

Individual Stats
1. How many triple doubles will Luka have in the regular season?: 64% said more than 10! 2 said 7-10, 2 more said 0-6.
2. What will Luka's FT% be for the regular season?: 82% (9 users) said 70-75% The other two users said more then 75%
3. Will Kyrie Irving average more than 27 PPG in the regular season?: Only 18% said yes.
4. Will Dwight Powell finish with more starts than Dereck Lively for the regular season?: 36% (4 users) said yes. Lets hope that's not true!
5. Will OMax lead all Mavs rookies in PPG for the regular season? Must meet minimum scoring requirements. : Only 1 user said yes.
6. How many regular season games will Dereck Lively post 5 blocks or more?: 1 user said 6-8, 5 said 3-5, 5 said 0-2.
7. How many 3 point FGs will Lively make during the regular season? : 1 user said 5-10, 6 said 1-4, and 4 said 0. He's hoisted a few this year, but they were in blowouts. His form still looks solid.
8. Will Seth Curry make more than 100 threes during the regular season?: 73% said yes. He'll need more playing time to get there.
9. Will the top three scorers (PPG) for the regular season be Luka, Kyrie, and THJ? Minimum requirements must be met. : 64% said yes.
10. Will Jaden Hardy average more than 10 PPG during the regular season?: 73% said yes.

Front Office
1. Will Jason Kidd be fired during the regular season? : 2 users said yes.
2. Will THJ be traded before the trade deadline passes? : 64% said yes.
3. Will the Mavs trade a future FRP or FRP swap before the trade deadline passes? : 55% said yes.
4. Which big man will the Mavs acquire during the regular season? : The options here were Rob Williams, Capela, Turner or none of those dudes. 6 said none of them. 3 said Rob Williams, then 1 each for Capela and Turner.
5. How much will Mark Cuban be fined this year? : 8 said more than $50k.

Bonus question (for tie breakers)
How many PPG will the Mavericks score during the regular season? The guesses ranged from 105 to119.

Post #9 » by **Mavrelous** » Fri Nov 24, 2023 5:03 pm

1. Will the Mavs win the NBA Finals?: No one picked the Mavs to win it all

O' ye of little faith

kacey ring · Post #10 » by **kacey ring** » Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:47 pm

The first post has been updated to reflect the current scoreboard. 9 way tie for first!

I do believe all 11 submissions were unique, so that reduces the chances of the tiebreaker/bonus question coming into play.

kacey ring · Post #11 » by **kacey ring** » Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:54 am

Update scoreboard in OG post.

3. Will Kyrie make an All-NBA team? NO. Due to Kyrie missing 18 regular season games, he is now ineligible for any end of season awards.

kacey ring · Post #12 » by **kacey ring** » Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:38 am

Updated scoreboard.

Ya boy, Lively, will be participating in the Rookie-Soph game during the ASB.

kacey ring · Post #13 » by **kacey ring** » Sat Feb 3, 2024 11:16 pm

Updated. Kyrie didn't get picked for ASG and very unlikely he would be a replacement with Fox and Sabonis being snubbed.

We all guessed Kyrie would make the ASG, so the scoreboard remains unchanged.

kacey ring · Post #14 » by **kacey ring** » Fri Feb 9, 2024 1:14 am

Updated scoreboard.

THJ didn't get traded. Mavs didn't acquire any of the big guys that they were pursuing in the offseason. But, Mavs traded a FRP.

kacey ring · Post #15 » by **kacey ring** » Sun Mar 3, 2024 3:51 pm

Update scoreboard. We've got a close one folks!

-Luka has over 10 triple dubs
-It's now mathematically impossible for Powell to have more starts than Lively this year.

Post #16 » by **Mavrelous** » Sun Mar 3, 2024 3:55 pm

kacey ring wrote:Update scoreboard. We've got a close one folks!

-Luka has over 10 triple dubs
-It's now mathematically impossible for Powell to have more starts than Lively this year.

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi Dwight, but fear not, your spot in the FO is waiting for you!

kacey ring · Post #17 » by **kacey ring** » Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:38 pm

Updated scoreboard.

-Mavs picked up win #44. Can they reach 50?!

kacey ring · Post #18 » by **kacey ring** » Mon Apr 8, 2024 3:41 am

Updated scoreboard. I decided to call two of the individual stat questions complete.

5. Will OMax lead all Mavs rookies in PPG for the regular season? Must meet minimum scoring requirements. With only four games left, OMax would need to average ~67 points per game just to catch Lively's 8.78 PPG. Not even Malachi Flynn could achieve this. Both Lively and Omax meet the requirements for the rookie leaderboard for scoring.

8. Will Seth Curry make more than 100 threes during the regular season? With only 38 made threes and only four games left in the Hornets' season, then safe to say Seth isn't going to reach 100 made 3FG this year.

kacey ring · Post #19 » by **kacey ring** » Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:33 am

Updated scoreboard. Maverick41 has pulled away and has this sealed up. Even if someone is able to tie then their tie breaker answer is near-exact.

While there is still one game left, most of these the outcome is pretty obvious (for e.g., Jaden Hardy isn't going to score 210 points vs the Thunder to bump his scoring average to 10.1 PPG.

Maverick41 wrote:

Mavrelous wrote:

Italy23 wrote:

gomavs wrote:

Realtalk420 wrote:

deb wrote:

GermanFan120 wrote:

Cresy06 wrote:

BliscoSantos wrote:

Forbes wrote:

Post #20 » by **Mavrelous** » Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:34 am

Congrats to Mavricks41! 70% is awesome...
Thanks KR for doing it, it was a fun tournament...