A day when scrawny kids from California...
...start their roads in becoming NBA Legends.
Where Can't miss prospects...
...become busts.
Where Foreign Surprises Are Born...
Dunk Contest Winners Too...
Sometimes Headaches.
Sometimes Future Stars Fall Into Your Lap...
Where one warm summer night, can change a franchise's entire future...
It's the NBA Draft.
NBA DRAFT INFORMATION
What: 2011 NBA draft
When: June 23
Where: Newark, N.J.
Time: 7 ET (ESPN, ESPN3)
Rounds: Two rounds
Here Are the Rules:
Only one entry allowed per participant
Each Participant Will Try to Predict the Course of the First Round. There are 30 picks.
You can edit your entry as many times as you want until the draft starts.
This thread will be locked by one of the moderators, shortly before 7 P.M. on June 26th. All entries must be submitted before then.
A player can only be used once in your first round predicition.
One point will be awarded for each player correctly placed in the first round.
Example: If you have the Utah Jazz taking Jimmer Fredette at #12, and he ends up being taken by the Kings at #7 then you will still earn one point because you correctly predicted him being taken in the first round regardless of his exact position.
An additional one point will be earned if you correctly place a player at their exact draft position.
Example: If I predict the Cavs taking Kyrie Irving at #1, and he indeed goes at this spot, then I earn 2 points. One for correctly placing him in the first round. One for correctly predicting his exact draft position. Easy enough, right?
Even if a team trades their pick, you will still be awarded two points if you correctly predict the player at his actual drafted position.
Example: For instance, if I predict the Pacers taking Fareid at #15, and they trade the pick to the Celtics, who then take Fareid. I still get two points.
In the event of a tie, the poster who has finalized their entry first, wins.
Example: If Joe Schmoe and myself both score 50 points, the participant who finalized their entry first wins. So, if edited my entry two hours before the draft, and Joe Schmoe edited his 4 days before, Joe Schmoe wins because he finalized his first.
*BONUS*:
You will earn an additional 5 points (in addition to the 2), if you correctly predict who the Pacers take at #15.
You will earn an additional 5 points if you correctly predict who the Pacers take at #42.
Draft Order (copy and paste as template):
1. Cleveland Cavaliers
2. Minnesota Timberwolves
3. Utah Jazz
4. Cleveland Cavaliers
5. Toronto Raptors
6. Washington Wizards
7. Sacramento Kings
8. Detroit Pistons
9. Charlotte Bobcats
10. Milwaukee Bucks
11. Golden State Warriors
12. Utah Jazz
13. Phoenix Suns
14. Houston Rockets
15. Indiana Pacers
16. Philadelphia 76ers
17. New York Knicks
18. Washington Wizards
19. Charlotte Bobcats
20. Minnesota Timberwolves
21. Portland Trail Blazers
22. Denver Nuggets
23. Houston Rockets
24. Oklahoma City Thunder
25. Boston Celtics
26. Dallas Mavericks
27. New Jersey Nets
28. Chicago Bulls
29. San Antonio Spurs
30. Chicago Bulls
At #15 the Pacers will take:
At #42 the Pacers will take:
Good luck any may the best prognosticator win!
2005 Winner: PacersRule07
2006 Winner: PacersRule07
2007 Winner: PacerPerspective
2008 Winner: PacerPerspective
2009 Winner: FienX420
2010 Winner: A little help?
2011 Winner: Could be you.
I put Brooks at 25 hoping we trade Rush for him. I did a homer march madness bracket on the OTB and won that tho.