2009-2010 Nuggets Prediction Contest

[MHZ]

NBA questions:

1. List the Western Conference playoff seedings (2 points for each correct team in the playoffs, an additional 1 point for getting a team in it's correct seed)

1. Lakers
2. Nuggets
3. Blazers
4. Spurs
5. Dallas
6. Utah
7. New Orleans
8. Phoenix

2. List the Eastern Conference playoff seedings (2 points for each correct team in the playoffs, an additional 1 point for getting a team in it's correct seed)

1. Cleveland
2. Boston
3. Orlando
4. Atlanta
5. Miami
6. Washington
7. Toronto
8. Indiana

3. Name the East and West champions, and the NBA champions (5 points for conference champions, 10 points for NBA champions)

LA over Cleveland

4. Who will be the NBA scoring champion? (5 points)

Wade

5. Who will be the MVP? (5 points)

Wade

6. Rookie of the Year? (5 points)

Blake Griffin

7. Defensive Player of the Year? (5 points)

Kobe Bryant

8. Coach of the Year? (5 points)

Flip Saunders

9. Most Improved Player? (5 points)

Aaron Brooks

10. 6th Man of the Year? (5 points)

JR Smith

11. Name the NBA player who will have the highest single game point total for the season, and what will it be? (5 points for the player, 5 more points if you get the number)

LeBron James - 57

12. Name the NBA Player who will have the highest single game rebounding total for the season and what will it be? (5 points for the player, 5 more points if you get the number)

Dwight Howard - 23

13. Name the NBA Player who will have the highest single game assist total for the season and what will it be? (5 points for the player, 5 more points if you get the number)

Chris Paul - 19

14. What coach will be fired before the season's end? (none is also an option) (5 points - 5 bonus points if you guess the first coach to be fired)

Paul Westphal

15. What team will have the longest winning streak of the season? (5 points)

Lakers

16. What team will have the longest losing streak of the season? (5 points)

Sacramento

17. What team will have the best record in the league? (3 points) (5 bonus points if you also guess the number of wins/losses correctly)

LA - 66-16

18. What team will have the worst record in the league? (3 points) (5 bonus points if you also guess the number of wins/losses correctly)

Sacramento - 20-62

19. Will the Washington Wizards get out of the first round? (5 points)

No

20. Will Ron Artest miss more than 1 game due to suspension? (either team suspension, or league suspension) (5 points)

No

Nuggets questions:

21. Who will start the most games alongside Billups (AC, Afflalo, JR, none of the above)? (5 points)

Afflalo

22. How many All-Stars will the Nuggets have? (5 points)

2

23. Will Carmelo score 50 or more points in one game?(5 points - 5 bonus points for guessing the exact amount)

Yes - 51

24. What will be Carmelo's lowest scoring game of the season, in which he plays minutes? (5 points for guessing the exact amount)

13

25. How many game winning shots will Carmelo hit? (defined as: game tied or nuggets down, under 24 seconds on the clock) (5 points)

2

26. Will Jr Smith surpass 11 3 point field goals made in one game? (5 points)

No

27. Who will have a higher ppg average - Chauncey or JR? (5 points)

Chauncey

28. Who will lead the team in PER? (5 points)

Melo

29. Who will have the 3rd most 3 point field goal makes on the team? (Billups & Smith being near locks for 1 & 2) (5 points)

Melo

30. Who will play in more games this season, JR Smith or Nene? (5 points)

JR Smith

31. How many games will the Birdman block more than 5 shots? (5 points)

5

32. True/False - Joey Graham plays more total minutes than Renaldo Balkman. (5 points)

True

33. Who will have a higher A/TO ratio, AC or Ty Lawson? (5 points)

Ty Lawson

34. Will AC play more or less mpg than last season (22.9)? (5 points)

Less

35. Who will lead the Nuggets in total rebounds for the season? (not rpg) (5 points)

Nene

36. True/False - Chauncey Billups will have a higher 3 point FG% than Johan Petro's FT% (5 points)

False

37. Who will play more total minutes as a Nugget - Johan Petro or Malik Allen? (5 points)

Allen

38. Who will lead the team in +/-? (5 points)

Melo

39. Will Nene have more or less dunks than last season? (5 points)

More

40. Who will have more dunks - Chris Andersen or Carmelo Anthony? (5 points) (last season it was 62 and 64 respectively)

Melo

41. In how many regular season games will more than 9 Nuggets players get playing time? (5 points)

25

42. What will be the nuggets longest winning streak of the season? (5 points - 5 bonus points for guessing the correct amount)

11

43. What will be the nuggets longest losing streak of the season? (5 points - 5 bonus points for guessing the correct amount)

3

44. Will the Nuggets divisional record be better, tied or worse than last year (12-4)? (5 points)

Worse

45. Name a team the Nuggets won't lose to in the regular season. (5 points)

Knicks

46. Name a team the Nuggets won't beat in the regular season. (5 points)

Boston

47. True/False - either Billups or Anthony will get at least 1 first place MVP vote. (5 points)

True

48. True/False - the Nuggets have one of the 5 best records in the league. (5 points)

True

49. What will be the Nuggets biggest blowout of the season? (5 points if you're within 5 points of the point differential)

32

50. Will the Nuggets be .500 or better 'Against the Spread' this season. (5 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: How many games will Ty Lawson play minutes in?

68

[corona]

NBA questions:

1. List the Western Conference playoff seedings (2 points for each correct team in the playoffs, an additional 1 point for getting a team in it's correct seed)
Lakers
Spurs
Nuggets
Blazers
Jazz
Mavericks
Hornets
Rockets

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

3. Name the East and West champions, and the NBA champions (5 points for conference champions, 10 points for NBA champions)
Lakers over Celtics

4. Who will be the NBA scoring champion? (5 points)
Dwyane Wade

5. Who will be the MVP? (5 points)
Kobe Bryant

6. Rookie of the Year? (5 points)
Blake Griffin

7. Defensive Player of the Year? (5 points)
Dwight Howard

8. Coach of the Year? (5 points)
Stan van Gundy

9. Most Improved Player? (5 points)
Roy Hibbert

10. 6th Man of the Year? (5 points)
Manu Ginobili

11. Name the NBA player who will have the highest single game point total for the season, and what will it be? (5 points for the player, 5 more points if you get the number)
Dwyane Wade, 58

12. Name the NBA Player who will have the highest single game rebounding total for the season and what will it be? (5 points for the player, 5 more points if you get the number)
Dwight Howard, 25

13. Name the NBA Player who will have the highest single game assist total for the season and what will it be? (5 points for the player, 5 more points if you get the number)
Deron Williams, 20

14. What coach will be fired before the season's end? (none is also an option) (5 points - 5 bonus points if you guess the first coach to be fired)
Don Nelson

15. What team will have the longest winning streak of the season? (5 points)
Lakers (21 games)

16. What team will have the longest losing streak of the season? (5 points)
Golden State Warriors (12 games)

17. What team will have the best record in the league? (3 points) (5 bonus points if you also guess the number of wins/losses correctly)
Lakers, 69-13

18. What team will have the worst record in the league? (3 points) (5 bonus points if you also guess the number of wins/losses correctly)
Milwaukee, 20-62

19. Will the Washington Wizards get out of the first round? (5 points)
Yes

20. Will Ron Artest miss more than 1 game due to suspension? (either team suspension, or league suspension) (5 points)
No

Nuggets questions:

21. Who will start the most games alongside Billups (AC, Afflalo, JR, none of the above)? (5 points)
Afflalo

22. How many All-Stars will the Nuggets have? (5 points)
2

23. Will Carmelo score 50 or more points in one game?(5 points - 5 bonus points for guessing the exact amount)
Yes, 52

24. What will be Carmelo's lowest scoring game of the season, in which he plays minutes? (5 points for guessing the exact amount)
14

25. How many game winning shots will Carmelo hit? (defined as: game tied or nuggets down, under 24 seconds on the clock) (5 points)
2

26. Will Jr Smith surpass 11 3 point field goals made in one game? (5 points)
No

27. Who will have a higher ppg average - Chauncey or JR? (5 points)
Smith

28. Who will lead the team in PER? (5 points)
Carmelo Anthony

29. Who will have the 3rd most 3 point field goal makes on the team? (Billups & Smith being near locks for 1 & 2) (5 points)
Carmelo Anthony

30. Who will play in more games this season, JR Smith or Nene? (5 points)
Jr Smith

31. How many games will the Birdman block more than 5 shots? (5 points)
5

32. True/False - Joey Graham plays more total minutes than Renaldo Balkman. (5 points)
True

33. Who will have a higher A/TO ratio, AC or Ty Lawson? (5 points)
Lawson

34. Will AC play more or less mpg than last season (22.9)? (5 points)
Less

35. Who will lead the Nuggets in total rebounds for the season? (not rpg) (5 points)
Carmelo Anthony

36. True/False - Chauncey Billups will have a higher 3 point FG% than Johan Petro's FT% (5 points)
False

37. Who will play more total minutes as a Nugget - Johan Petro or Malik Allen? (5 points)
Malik Allen

38. Who will lead the team in +/-? (5 points)
Nene

39. Will Nene have more or less dunks than last season? (5 points)
Less

40. Who will have more dunks - Chris Andersen or Carmelo Anthony? (5 points) (last season it was 62 and 64 respectively)
Carmelo Anthony

41. In how many regular season games will more than 9 Nuggets players get playing time? (5 points)
30

42. What will be the nuggets longest winning streak of the season? (5 points - 5 bonus points for guessing the correct amount)
8 games

43. What will be the nuggets longest losing streak of the season? (5 points - 5 bonus points for guessing the correct amount)
3 games

44. Will the Nuggets divisional record be better, tied or worse than last year (12-4)? (5 points)
worse

45. Name a team the Nuggets won't lose to in the regular season. (5 points)
New Jersey Nets

46. Name a team the Nuggets won't beat in the regular season. (5 points)
Boston Celtics

47. True/False - either Billups or Anthony will get at least 1 first place MVP vote. (5 points)
True

48. True/False - the Nuggets have one of the 5 best records in the league. (5 points)
True

49. What will be the Nuggets biggest blowout of the season? (5 points if you're within 5 points of the point differential)
36 points

50. Will the Nuggets be .500 or better 'Against the Spread' this season. (5 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?
No

Tie Breaker: How many games will Ty Lawson play minutes in?
70

[MHZ]

Spooky. I was just about to rag on corona for missing his own deadline, but between my click into the thread and getting to the end, you posted.

[corona]

giving everyone until around 5pm mtn time. will be locked around tipoff of the season opener (boston/cleveland)