2011-2012 Nuggets Prediction Contest

[TheBigEnglish]

Alright, finally got a break here so I'll give this a whirl!

NBA questions:

1. List the Western Conference playoff seedings (1 point for each correct team in the playoffs, an additional 1 point for getting a team in it's correct seed)
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
Denver
Portland
Dallas
Lakers
Clippers
Memphis

2. List the Eastern Conference playoff seedings (1 points for each correct team in the playoffs, an additional 1 point for getting a team in it's correct seed)
Heat
Bulls
Hawks
Magic
Celtics
Knicks
Pacers
Bucks

3. Who will be the NBA scoring champion? (3 points)
Kevin Durant

4. Who will be the MVP? (3 points)
LBJ

5. Rookie of the Year? (3 points)
Ricky Rubio

6. Defensive Player of the Year? (3 points)
Dwight Howard

7. Coach of the Year? (3 points)
Nate McMillan

8. Most Improved Player? (3 points)
Ty Lawson

9. 6th Man of the Year? (3 points)
James Harden

10. What team will have the longest winning streak of the season? (3 points)
Miami Heat

11. What team will have the longest losing streak of the season? (3 points)
Utah Jazz

12. What team will have the best record in the league? (3 points) (2 bonus points if you also guess the number of wins/losses correctly)
Heat 48-18

13. What team will have the worst record in the league? (3 points) (2 bonus points if you also guess the number of wins/losses correctly)
Jazz 12-54

14. T/F - Dwight Howard will be traded by the deadline (3 points)
True

Nuggets questions:

15. T/F - The nuggets will have an All-star (3 points - 2 bonus points if you get the player right...if applicable)
True- Lawson

16. T/F - The Nuggets will beat the Knicks on 1/21/2012 (3 points)
True

17. T/F - Wilson Chandler will play for the Nuggets after the trade deadline this season (3 points)
True

18. T/F - Nuggets will score over 135 points in a game this season (3 points)
True

19. T/F - Nuggets will hold an opponent under 75 points in a game this season (3 points)
True

20. Who will lead the team in PER? (player efficiency rating) (3 points)
Lawson

21. Who will lead the team in +/-? (3 points)
Dre

22. Who will lead the team in scoring? (points per game) (3 points)
Galinari

23. Who will lead the team in minutes played? (not mpg) (3 points)
Afflalo

24. Who will get more minutes per game - Timofy Mozgov or Kosta Koufos? (3 points)
Mozgov

25. Who will lead the team in assists in more games (not apg) - Ty Lawson or Andre Miller? (3 points)
Miller

26. Which one of the following players will have the greatest PER increase over their cumulative from last season? Lawson, Afflalo, Nene, Gallinari, Fernandez (3 points)
Fernandez

27. Will Kenneth Faried play in more than 40 games? (3 points)
Yes - at least he'd better!

28. Will Rudy Fernandez make more or less 3 point field goals per game than Jr Smith did last season? (3 points)
Less

29. Will his 3 point field goal percentage be higher or lower? (39%) (3 points)
Lower

30. Which player will lead the team in 3 point field goal percentage? (minimum 20 makes) (3 points)
Lawson

31. Will more than 9 players see the court in more than half the games this season? (3 points)
Yes

32. Will Nene score more than his career high (28) points in a game this season? (3 points)
Yes

33. The season high of a any Nuggets player will be over or under 36.5 points? (3 points)
Under

34. Will the Nuggets make a trade before the deadline? (3 points)
Yes

35. What will be the Nuggets longest winning streak of the season? (3 points)
5 games

36. What will be the Nuggets longest losing streak of the season? (3 points)
3 games

37. What will be the final point differential of the Nuggets biggest winning blowout of the season? (3 points if you're within 3 points of the point differential)
35 points

38. Will the nuggets be on a pace to win 50 or more games at seasons end? (.609 or 41-25 or better) (3 points)
Yes

39. In what place will the Nuggets come in the Northwest Division? (3 points)
2nd

40. Will the Nuggets be .500 or better 'Against the Spread' this season. (3 points) - In other words, will they win by a greater margin than the las vegas books predict, or lose by a lesser margin than the books predict...more than 50% of the time?
Yes

Tie Breaker: Points per game of the Nuggets leading scorer, whoever it is. (include at least 1 decimal place)
22.3

[clockwork]

and no more entries or edits accepted (unless you pay me off under the table)

feel free to bump the thread throughout the season to discuss questions as they get answered. and bump it up in the playoffs too so i remember to grade everything.

thanks for playing.

[corona]

yea, sorry.....feel free to keep answering guys...

if you win, you just get an asterisk....and the date with julie browman may be downgraded to waffle house instead of applebees.

[Doomsta]

Bump! i did really poor but w/e lets see who won

[corona]

results are in (thanks The Rebel for the reminder)

1. eathb_au - 70
2. clockwork - 67
3. Manimal - 66
4. Doomsta - 65
5. DAFan334 - 64
6. Marino - 61
7. RRFB - 56
7. Maf - 56
7. TheBigEnglish - 56
10. mutumba - 55
11. The Rebel - 53
12. corona - 52

yours truly finishing DFL. lol

feel free to check my work. lots of adding in my head, and things could have gone wrong. double checked the top 3 finishers twice just to make sure.

here's how i graded it...

1. San Antonio
Oklahoma City
LA Lakers
Memphis
LA Clippers
Denver
Dallas
Utah

2. Chicago
Miami
Indiana
Boston
Atlanta
Orlando
New York
Philadelphia

3. Kevin Durant (scoring champ)

4. Lebron James (mvp)

5. Kyrie Irving (roy)

6. Tyson Chandler (dpoy)

7. Popovich (coy)

8. Ryan Anderson (mip)

9. James Harden (6moy)

10. San Antonio (longest winning streak)

11. Charlotte (longest losing streak)

12. San Antonio or Chicago (50-16)

13. Charlotte (7-59)

14. False (howard not traded before deadline)

15. False (didn't have all-star)

16. True (beat knicks)

17. True (wilson chandler plays after deadline)

18. False (less than 135 points)

19. True (Orlando 101-74)

20. Kenneth Faried PER 21.9

21. Gallinari +218

22. Lawson (16.4ppg)

23. Lawson (2124 minutes played)

24. Koufos (16.5mpg)

25. Andre Miller (31) (lawson had 30...so close)

26. Lawson +1.5 PER
Afflalo +1.1
Fernandez -0.5
Nene -1.8
Gallinari +0.8

27. Yes (more than 40 games for faried)

28. Less (fernandez 3pm)

29. Lower (fernandez 3fg%)

30. Afflalo (leading 3fg%)

31. Yes (10+ players playing in almost every game)

32. No (nene didn't break his career high)

33. Over - Gallinari (37)

34. Yes (Nene/Mcgee trade)

35. 6 game win streak

36. 5 game losing streak

37. 39 (123-84 vs. GSW)

38. No (38-28)

39. 2nd in NW division

40. 39-33-1 ATS Yes

Tie Breaker:
16.4 (Lawson)

[GreenRiddler]

That starting lineup puts a lot of pressure on Lawson and Gallo to shoot well.

[The Rebel]

Looks good, and damn I used to be good at this ****, maybe I should start paying more attention.

[RRFB]

Jesus, I picked Sacramento to make the playoffs?

[clockwork]

wow I can't believe I did so well, this year I'm taking the gold.