Our Trading Deadline Betting Game
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:45 am
My basketball buddies and I do this thing almost annually, usually on the week of the trading deadline. It's the first time i'm gonna post this mainly for comments on who's trade prediction got the highest possiblility. Our pot money this year is equivalent to almost $200, our highest pot money ever, with each one putting in about $30+.
There is a breakdown on how the prizes will be divided, it's just quite long and in table format so i'm not gonna jot it here. bottom line is the closest to the actual trade in terms of teams and players involved gets the majority of the prize, the farthest from the actual will get lesser money but not totally $0. So if you got everything right, then everything's yours, tax free. lol.
Here's the main rule: One entry per person. Each participant should have different teams and players on their entries. The order of submission is drawn like the draft, and you cannot select the teams that the previous participant had selected.
Here are the entries according to the order of submission:
Entry no.1) Phoenix & Chicago
PHO trades:
-Shaquille O' Neal
-Matt Barnes
CHI trades:
-Kirk Hinrich
-Andres Nocioni
-Aaron Gray
Entry No.2) Milwaukee & Portland
MIL trades:
-Richard Jefferson
-Luke Ridnour
-2nd rd. draft pick
POR trades:
-Raef LaFrentz
-Travis Outlaw
-Sergio Rodriguez
-Shavlik Randolph
Entry No.3) Sacramento & Minnesota
SAC trades:
-Brad Miller
-Quincy Douby
MIN trades:
-Mike Miller
-Craig Smith
Entry no.4) Indiana & LA Clippers
IND trades:
-Mike Dunleavy
-Maceo Baston
-Josh McRoberts
LAC trades:
-Marcus Camby
-Ricky Davis
-Jason Hart
Entry no. 5) New Jersey & Cleveland
NJ trades:
-Vince Carter
-Keyon Dooling
CLE trades:
-Wally Szczerbiak
-Daniel Gibson
-Terrance Kinsey
-1st rd. draft pick
Entry no.6) Washington & Oklahoma City
WAS trades:
-Caron Butler
-Darius Songaila
-Mike James
OC trades:
-Chris Wilcox
-Earl Watson
-Robert Swift
-Joe Smith
-Damien Wilkins
-2nd rd. pick
There is a breakdown on how the prizes will be divided, it's just quite long and in table format so i'm not gonna jot it here. bottom line is the closest to the actual trade in terms of teams and players involved gets the majority of the prize, the farthest from the actual will get lesser money but not totally $0. So if you got everything right, then everything's yours, tax free. lol.
Here's the main rule: One entry per person. Each participant should have different teams and players on their entries. The order of submission is drawn like the draft, and you cannot select the teams that the previous participant had selected.
Here are the entries according to the order of submission:
Entry no.1) Phoenix & Chicago
PHO trades:
-Shaquille O' Neal
-Matt Barnes
CHI trades:
-Kirk Hinrich
-Andres Nocioni
-Aaron Gray
Entry No.2) Milwaukee & Portland
MIL trades:
-Richard Jefferson
-Luke Ridnour
-2nd rd. draft pick
POR trades:
-Raef LaFrentz
-Travis Outlaw
-Sergio Rodriguez
-Shavlik Randolph
Entry No.3) Sacramento & Minnesota
SAC trades:
-Brad Miller
-Quincy Douby
MIN trades:
-Mike Miller
-Craig Smith
Entry no.4) Indiana & LA Clippers
IND trades:
-Mike Dunleavy
-Maceo Baston
-Josh McRoberts
LAC trades:
-Marcus Camby
-Ricky Davis
-Jason Hart
Entry no. 5) New Jersey & Cleveland
NJ trades:
-Vince Carter
-Keyon Dooling
CLE trades:
-Wally Szczerbiak
-Daniel Gibson
-Terrance Kinsey
-1st rd. draft pick
Entry no.6) Washington & Oklahoma City
WAS trades:
-Caron Butler
-Darius Songaila
-Mike James
OC trades:
-Chris Wilcox
-Earl Watson
-Robert Swift
-Joe Smith
-Damien Wilkins
-2nd rd. pick