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NBA 2025 Prediction Contest: December Updates

571 sats \ 28 comments \ @Undisciplined 21 Dec Stacker_Sports

Last month @grayruby finally gave up on his silly Pacers pick. Considering how many of our international stackers copied that pick, it may have been a brilliant bit of 4-D chess, especially with him telling me that he wanted to bail on the pick mere minutes before the end of the month, as we recorded our podcast.

We also had @gnilma bail on Brunson and Wemby for All NBA 1st Team.

Remember, older correct predictions are worth more than younger ones, so don't wait too long to get off your bad predictions.

Here's the current state of the competition with your max possible score next to your nym:

Contestant	MVP	Champ	All NBA
@Undisciplined 69	Luka	OKC	Jokic	Giannis	Luka	Ant	SGA
@grayruby 65	Giannis	Pacers	Jokic	Giannis	Luka	Mitchell	Brunson
@gnilma 62	SGA	OKC	Jokic	Giannis	Tatum	Luka	SGA
@BitcoinAbhi 70	Luka	Denver	Jokic	Giannis	Luka	Ant	SGA
@Bell_curve 70	Luka	Celtics	Jokic	Giannis	Luka	Ant	SGA
@0xbitcoiner 70	Jokic	Pacers	Jokic	Giannis	Luka	Ant	Brunson
@Coinsreporter 49	Giannis	Pacers	Jokic	Giannis	Luka	Ant	Brunson
@TheMorningStar 49	Luka	Celtics	Jokic	Giannis	Luka	Ant	SGA
@onthedeklein 49	Luka	T-Wolves	Jokic	Giannis	Luka	Wemby	SGA
@Carresan 49	Luka	Mavs	Jokic	Giannis	Luka	Wemby	SGA
@BTC_Bellzer 49	Luka	Celtics	Embiid	Giannis	Luka	Tatum	SGA
@realBitcoinDog 49	Luka	Lakers	Jokic	Giannis	Luka	Ant	SGA
@SimpleStacker 42	SGA	Celtics	Jokic	Tatum	Luka	Brunson	SGA
@BlokchainB 42	SGA	Knicks	AD	Giannis	Ant	Brunson	SGA

I'm still not quite ready to move on from Luka for MVP, but those Giannis picks are looking pretty good right now, as is that Jokic pick.

Prize The pot should be around 5k after this post.

If you want to join this contest, just leave your predictions for MVP, Champion, and All-NBA 1st team in the comments. See the June post for more details.

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40 sats \ 3 replies \ @gnilma 21 Dec

I feel my picks are looking pretty good, except for the MVP pick. SGA is playing great, but these other guys are insane! Leaning towards going Joker or Giannis. Will wait and see a bit more and let you know if I do want that change.

BTW, Wemby had been playing great ever since I bailed on him, haha.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 21 Dec

He has, but I don't think there'll be room for him on the 1st team.

25 sats \ 1 reply \ @gnilma 21 Dec

I think so too. Maybe next season when he becomes more consistent and when the Spurs becomes a better team. This young team is looking pretty promising. They might be able to make the play-in this season if they continue to play well.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 21 Dec

They're the 11th seed right now, with a winning record. If any of the old veteran teams ahead of them sustain a single bad injury, they'll likely be in.

59 sats \ 12 replies \ @grayruby 21 Dec

I thought I changed my pick from the Pacers to the Magic. Haha

74 sats \ 10 replies \ @gnilma 21 Dec

Changing from Pacers to Magic... It seems you're just trolling.

47 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby 21 Dec

Haha. Magic are good and Banchero is coming back. No value in picking a favourite since points get deducted for changing pick so I am rolling with the Magic.

51 sats \ 8 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 21 Dec

No else had your beloved Rockets, though.

35 sats \ 7 replies \ @grayruby 21 Dec

I may switch to them by next update. Then the grizzlies. Then the Cavs. And back to the Pacers by playoff time. Haha

51 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 21 Dec

I doubt @gnilma would be giving you a hard time if you had switched to the Cavs.

72 sats \ 5 replies \ @gnilma 22 Dec

It feels like he's just trying to troll our friends here who don't follow the NBA. They follow his picks, thinking he's the sports territory owner and has got to know what he's doing. And here he is picking the Pacers and the Magic. SMH...

48 sats \ 4 replies \ @grayruby 22 Dec

What? Even if that were the case they should be making their own picks, not following my dumb picks.

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61 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 21 Dec

That's funny! I changed it in the spreadsheet, but forgot to change it here. I did remember to dock your points possible, though.

28 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 21 Dec

AD 😭

70 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 21 Dec

He's been great!

28/12/3 and playing great defense.

72 sats \ 6 replies \ @Coinsreporter 22 Dec

I can't get it. How did @grayruby and @gnilma lose some points from November.

56 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby 22 Dec

We changed picks.

60 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 22 Dec

Yep. They didn't lose points. They lost possible points.

Each pick in June was potentially worth 10 points, because there were 10 months until the end of the season (I might have to add a couple of points to the Champion picks).

The picks they made last month were only potentially worth 5 points, because there were only 5 months until the end of the season.

73 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 22 Dec

Thanks. I get it now. Sometimes we foget that there's lot of maths running backend while participants enjoying the pool.

66 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 22 Dec

I see. But it's still confusing how you reversed? If I change from Pacers to Denver, how many points I'll lose ?

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @gnilma 22 Dec

Check out the original post to see how the points are calculated and how the contest works.

#585231

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 22 Dec

You only get points for a correct prediction, so you would only lose points if the Pacers end up winning the championship. The reason you would switch is that you think someone else is going to win, which would result in gaining points.

32 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 22 Dec

wait a minute! i'm in first place tied with @BitcoinAbhi and @Bell_curve with 70 points?

37 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 22 Dec

Nope. We’re all tied for last place with zero real points.